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1. President-elect Barack Obama keeps working on a list of foreign leaders, talking to Russia's president, both agreeing they should meet soon. Obama is also being slammed by Iran after saying it is "unacceptable" for the nation to develop nuclear weapons.

2. In Haiti, a death toll1 from a school collapse2 rises to at least 75 people with crews continuing the search for survivors3. The president of the country is blaming poor construction for the accident, including a lack of steel reinforcement.

3. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits the West Bank town of Jenin. It used to be a militant4 stronghold. Now the town is calm with the deployment5 of Palestinian forces. Rice called it "a place of hope".

4. Hurricane Paloma is bearing down on Cuba--Category 4 storm that has farmers rushing to protect crops and livestock6. Earlier, the storm knocked out power across much of Grand Cayman Island.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. slam: v.

to criticize someone or something strongly - used especially in newspapers.

2. bear down: phr v.

bear down on sb/sth
to move quickly towards a person or place in a threatening way

3. livestock: n [plural, U]

animals such as cows and sheep that are kept on a farm

4. knock out: phr v.

to damage something so that it does not work.

 


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1 toll LJpzo     
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
2 collapse aWvyE     
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
3 survivors 02ddbdca4c6dba0b46d9d823ed2b4b62     
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
  • survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
4 militant 8DZxh     
adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士
参考例句：
  • Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
  • He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
5 deployment 06e5c0d0f9eabd9525e5f9dc4f6f37cf     
n. 部署,展开
参考例句：
  • He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
  • Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。
6 livestock c0Wx1     
n.家畜，牲畜
参考例句：
  • Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
  • The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。

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