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1. A judge in Atlanta sentences Brian Nichols to multiple life sentences with no chance of parole. Nichols killed four people in a brazen1 courthouse shooting in 2005. The case was repeatedly bogged3 down by legal complications, angering families of victims.

2. A bomb explosion in an Oregon bank, kills two law enforcement officers including a bomb technician. Now authorities are looking for any leads in the case and asking why an employee brought the device into the bank after finding it in bushes outside.

3. President-elect Barack Obama names New York housing commissioner4 Shaun Donovan as secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Donovan is a Harvard-educated architect with a reputation for curtailing6 low-income foreclosures.

4. In China, this panda pair gets ready for a journey to Taiwan, part of an exchange to ease tensions between the long-time rivals. The male and female will travel with bamboo, apples and steamed cornbread to ease the adjustment.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. brazen: adj.

used to describe a person or the actions of a person who is not embarrassed about behaving in a wrong or immoral7 way

2. bog2 down: phr v.

if a process or plan becomes bogged down, it is delayed so that no progress is made.

3. curtail5: v.

If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it. (FORMAL)

 


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1 brazen Id1yY     
adj.厚脸皮的，无耻的，坚硬的
参考例句：
  • The brazen woman laughed loudly at the judge who sentenced her.那无耻的女子冲着给她判刑的法官高声大笑。
  • Some people prefer to brazen a thing out rather than admit defeat.有的人不愿承认失败，而是宁肯厚着脸皮干下去。
2 bog QtfzF     
n.沼泽；室...陷入泥淖
参考例句：
  • We were able to pass him a rope before the bog sucked him under.我们终于得以在沼泽把他吞没前把绳子扔给他。
  • The path goes across an area of bog.这条小路穿过一片沼泽。
3 bogged BxPzmV     
adj.陷于泥沼的v.（使）陷入泥沼， （使）陷入困境( bog的过去式和过去分词 )；妨碍，阻碍
参考例句：
  • The professor bogged down in the middle of his speech. 教授的演讲只说了一半便讲不下去了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • The tractor is bogged down in the mud. 拖拉机陷入了泥沼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 commissioner gq3zX     
n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员
参考例句：
  • The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
  • He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
5 curtail TYTzO     
vt.截短，缩短；削减
参考例句：
  • The government hopes to curtail public spending.政府希望缩减公共事业开支。
  • The minister had to curtail his visit.部长不得不缩短访问日期。
6 curtailing fc2a252abd7cbf46ccc5d7b1c246ddaa     
v.截断，缩短( curtail的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • They will be curtailing the discussions at two thirty. 他们将把讨论缩短至两点半。 来自互联网
  • Individually, banks are acting rationally by retaining their capital and curtailing lending. 此外，银行们正在合理地保留其资本和减少贷款。 来自互联网
7 immoral waCx8     
adj.不道德的，淫荡的，荒淫的，有伤风化的
参考例句：
  • She was questioned about his immoral conduct toward her.她被询问过有关他对她的不道德行为的情况。
  • It is my belief that nuclear weapons are immoral.我相信使核武器是不邪恶的。

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