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1. World leaders have descended2 on Washington where talks continue today on potential ways to combat the global financial crisis. The economic summit is the largest gathering3 of its kind in the nation’s capital in nearly a decade.

2. The economy is a topic for President-elect Barack Obama in the Weekly Democratic Radio Address. This week’s remarks were videotaped and posted on YouTube.

3. A pair of wildfires are torching southern California. Strong wind gusts4 spanning the plains aren’t making things easier for the firefighters. More than 100 homes have been destroyed by the blazes.

4. This may take a while to clean up. A new world record for the number of dominoes toppled in one go has been set in the Netherlands. More than 4.3-million dominoes were knocked over during a two-hour TV show last night. The start took eight weeks to set up and more than a year to plan.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. descend1 on: phr v.

if a large number of people descend on a person or a place, they come to visit or stay.

2. span: v.

to include all of a particular space or area.

3. go: n.

an attempt to do something.

 


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1 descend descend     
vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降
参考例句：
  • I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
  • We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。
2 descended guQzoy     
a.为...后裔的，出身于...的
参考例句：
  • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
  • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
3 gathering ChmxZ     
n.集会，聚会，聚集
参考例句：
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
4 gusts 656c664e0ecfa47560efde859556ddfa     
一阵强风( gust的名词复数 )； （怒、笑等的）爆发； （感情的）迸发； 发作
参考例句：
  • Her profuse skirt bosomed out with the gusts. 她的宽大的裙子被风吹得鼓鼓的。
  • Turbulence is defined as a series of irregular gusts. 紊流定义为一组无规则的突风。

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