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1. The search for missing Caylee Anthony In Florida turns out some sort of bag with toys and what appears to be bones but no sign of the three-year-old girl. Caylee has not been seen since June, her mother has pleaded not guilty to murder.

2. It was a seesaw1 day on Wall Street with the Dow briefly2 dipping below 8,000 before finishing up by about 550 points. Free markets got strong backing from President Bush, during a speech in Manhattan.

3. A suicide car bomber3 attacks a US military convoy4 passing through a crowded market in Afghanistan, killing5 at least eight civilians6 and an American soldier, wounding 74 people. No one is taking responsibility for the blast but it bears the marks of Taliban militants7.

4. In Brazil, free Botox injections for people earning less than 250 dollars a month. A medical society offering the shots says it lets student doctors get experience while giving people a chance to get luxury treatments they could not otherwise afford.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. seesaw: adj.

In a seesaw situation, something continually changes from one state to another and back again.

2. Botox: 肉毒素

 


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1 seesaw Xh3yf     
n.跷跷板
参考例句：
  • Prices have gone up and down like a seesaw this year.今年的价格像跷跷板一样时涨时跌。
  • The children are playing at seesaw.孩子们在玩跷跷板。
2 briefly 9Styo     
adv.简单地，简短地
参考例句：
  • I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
  • He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
3 bomber vWwz7     
n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者
参考例句：
  • He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
  • Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
4 convoy do6zu     
vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队
参考例句：
  • The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
  • Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。
5 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
6 civilians 2a8bdc87d05da507ff4534c9c974b785     
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓
参考例句：
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
7 militants 3fa50c1e4338320d8495907fdc5bdbaf     
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

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