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1.Markets go on a wild ride, with the Dow going back and forth1 between positive and negative territory all day, dropping nearly 700 points early on before closing down by more than 100 points. This has been the Dow’s worst week ever.

2.President Bush says it will take time, but the government’s financial rescue plan is big enough to steady the markets. The world’s major economists2 are now huddling3 in Washington, trying to thaw4 credit markets and end the global panic.

3.Finland’s Martti Ahtisaari wins the Nobel Peace Prize, the former president of Finland hails for his peace- building efforts around the world. But some wanted Chinese human rights activists5 singled out for their protests in Tibet.

4.In North Korea, a colorful show of mass choreography, this performance marking the 63rd anniversary of the ruling party, featuring almost 100,000 participants, many students and children, but no sign of leader Kim Jong Il , whose health has been questioned by the west.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.huddle6 vi.

American English to sit or stand with a small group of people in order to discuss something privately:
The executive board huddled7 to discuss the issue.

2.thaw (out) phrasal verb
if your body thaws8 out, or if you thaw it out, it gets warmer until it is a normal temperature again
thaw something ↔ out
He held his hands in front of the fire to thaw them out.

3.single somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb
to choose one person or thing from among a group because they are better, worse, more important etc than the others
I don't see why he should be singled out for special treatment.

4.choreography[uncountable]n.
the art of arranging how dancers should move during a performance

 


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1 forth Hzdz2     
adv.向前；向外，往外
参考例句：
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
2 economists 2ba0a36f92d9c37ef31cc751bca1a748     
n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
  • Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 huddling d477c519a46df466cc3e427358e641d5     
n. 杂乱一团, 混乱, 拥挤 v. 推挤, 乱堆, 草率了事
参考例句：
  • Twenty or thirty monkeys are huddling along the thick branch. 三十只猴子挤在粗大的树枝上。
  • The defenders are huddling down for cover. 捍卫者为了掩护缩成一团。
4 thaw fUYz5     
v.（使）融化，（使）变得友善；n.融化，缓和
参考例句：
  • The snow is beginning to thaw.雪已开始融化。
  • The spring thaw caused heavy flooding.春天解冻引起了洪水泛滥。
5 activists 90fd83cc3f53a40df93866d9c91bcca4     
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 huddle s5UyT     
vi.挤作一团；蜷缩；vt.聚集；n.挤在一起的人
参考例句：
  • They like living in a huddle.他们喜欢杂居在一起。
  • The cold wind made the boy huddle inside his coat.寒风使这个男孩卷缩在他的外衣里。
7 huddled 39b87f9ca342d61fe478b5034beb4139     
挤在一起（huddle的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
  • We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
  • We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。
8 thaws 4f4632289b8d9affd88e5c264fdbc46c     
n.（足以解冻的）暖和天气( thaw的名词复数 )；（敌对国家之间）关系缓和v.（气候）解冻( thaw的第三人称单数 )；（态度、感情等）缓和；（冰、雪及冷冻食物）溶化；软化
参考例句：
  • The sun at noon thaws the ice on the road. 中午的阳光很快把路上的冰融化了。 来自辞典例句
  • It thaws in March here. 在此地化雪的季节是三月。 来自辞典例句

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