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1. Wall Street plunges1 again as credit markets remain tight and jobless claims hit seven-year high, stoking fears the government's financial rescue plan may not halt recession. Some lawmakers in the House now say they will change their votes when a new rescue plan comes up on Friday.

2. It's debate night for the number two candidates on the presidential tickets. Old Washington hand, Senator Joe Biden, will face off against Republican and newcomer governor Sarah Palin in St. Louis. Palin has recently struggled to give clear answers in some highly-publicized interviews.

3. Investigators2 in California say it's clear from newly-found wreckage3 that adventurer Steve Fossett died instantly. His plane hit in a mountainside head-on. It was about a year ago that Fossett vanished. The remains4 of his plane just found.

4. This bear popped into a subway sandwich shop in Canada for a sniff5 but it's soon left hungry. News reports say the bear was later tracked down and shot, because it posed danger to humans.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. stoke: v.

If you stoke something such as a feeling, you cause it to be felt more strongly.

2. head-on: adv.

if two vehicles crash etc head-on, the front part of one vehicle hits the front part of the other.

3. pop into: phr v.

to go somewhere quickly, suddenly, or in a way that you did not expect.

 


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1 plunges 2f33cd11dab40d0fb535f0437bcb9bb1     
n.跳进，投入vt.使投入，使插入，使陷入vi.投入，跳进，陷入v.颠簸( plunge的第三人称单数 )；暴跌；骤降；突降
参考例句：
  • Even before he plunges into his program, he has his audience in his pocket. 他的节目甚至还没有出场，就已控制住了观众。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • 'Monseigneur, he precipitated himself over the hill-side, head first, as a person plunges into the river.' “大人，他头冲下跳下山坡去了，像往河里跳一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
2 investigators e970f9140785518a87fc81641b7c89f7     
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 wreckage nMhzF     
n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏
参考例句：
  • They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
  • New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
4 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
5 sniff PF7zs     
vi.嗅…味道；抽鼻涕；对嗤之以鼻，蔑视
参考例句：
  • The police used dogs to sniff out the criminals in their hiding - place.警察使用警犬查出了罪犯的藏身地点。
  • When Munchie meets a dog on the beach, they sniff each other for a while.当麦奇在海滩上碰到另一条狗的时候，他们会彼此嗅一会儿。

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