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1. A Democratic official says President-elect Barack Obama will name New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson as commerce secretary. The official says Obama plans to announce the selection after Thanksgiving.

2. Three people have been shot, one critically inside a northern New Jersey1 church. Some two hundred people reportedly were inside the Asian-Indian house of worship in Clifton when the gunman opened fire just before noon.

3. Asian and Pacific countries are predicting the world's economic crisis will be history by the summer of 2010. The optimistic forecast comes at the end of the APEC summit in Peru. The goal is to overhaul2 global regulations to prevent future crisis.

4. And rescuers returned eleven pilot whales to sea Sunday. That's a day after officials say they discovered a pod of 64 mothers and calves3 stranded4 on a beach in southeastern Australia. Rescuers say they hope the whales will rejoin another migratory5 pod once they swim back into the Bass6 Strait.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. pilot whale: n. 【动】巨头鲸,圆头鲸

a small whale with black skin

2. pod: n.

a group of sea animals, such as whales or dolphins, that swim together

3. calves: n.

the plural of calf

the baby of a cow, or of some other large animals, such as an elephant or whale


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1 jersey Lp5zzo     
n.运动衫
参考例句：
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
2 overhaul yKGxy     
v./n.大修，仔细检查
参考例句：
  • Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
  • It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。
3 calves bb808da8ca944ebdbd9f1d2688237b0b     
n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子，腓；腿肚子( calf的名词复数 )；牛犊；腓；小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 )；（冰川）崩解；生（小牛等），产（犊）；使（冰川）崩解
参考例句：
  • a cow suckling her calves 给小牛吃奶的母牛
  • The calves are grazed intensively during their first season. 小牛在生长的第一季里集中喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 stranded thfz18     
a.搁浅的，进退两难的
参考例句：
  • He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
  • I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。
5 migratory jwQyB     
n.候鸟，迁移
参考例句：
  • Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
  • This does not negate the idea of migratory aptitude.这并没有否定迁移能力这一概念。
6 bass APUyY     
n.男低音(歌手)；低音乐器；低音大提琴
参考例句：
  • He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
  • The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。

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