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1. Eric Holder1 could be the next attorney general. Aides of President-elect Barack Obama are polling senators, seeing if Holder could be confirmed. He was a number two official in the Justice Department under President Clinton.

2. Automakers are begging for Washington's help, trying to avoid collapse2. But Treasury3 Secretary Henry Paulson is against dipping into a 700-billion-dollar rescue fund, saying it is not intended for companies outside the financial firms.

3. Pirates seize a supertanker loaded with 100 million dollars in crude, anchoring it within sight of some fishing villages in Somalia. Officials there are vowing5 to rescue the tanker4 by force if necessary.

4. A glittering star for the top of a giant Christmas tree at New York's Rockefeller Center. This crystal star weighs 550 pounds and is almost ten feet in diameter.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. poll: v.

to ask a lot of people the same questions in order to find out what they think about a subject

2. dip into: phr v.

to use some of an amount of money that you have


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1 holder wc4xq     
n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物
参考例句：
  • The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
  • That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。
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 treasury 7GeyP     
n.宝库；国库，金库；文库
参考例句：
  • The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
  • This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。
4 tanker xqawA     
n.油轮
参考例句：
  • The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
  • Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。
5 vowing caf27b27bed50d27c008858260bc9998     
起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）
参考例句：
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。

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