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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-02-21

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1.Mayors come to the White House where President Barack Obama says his 787-billion-dollar economic package will help struggling cities, but Washington and cities have a responsibility to spend the money wisely.

2.A global search is on for the billions of dollars investors1 entrusted2 to Allen Stanford. Authorities tracked down the Texas billionaire in Virginia, serving him with a criminal complaint accusing him of committing an 8-billion-dollar fraud.

3.The leader of the Likud Party in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has six weeks to form the country's next government. He came in second in recent parliamentary elections. Netanyahu wants centrist rivals to join him in a unity3 coalition4.

4.In Australia, a zoo in Sydney is welcoming the birth of two meerkats pups, the first to be born here in nine years. Zanzibar and Nairobi are now four weeks old and eating worms. Meerkats are native to a desert region in southern Africa.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.serve with: phrase

to give a subpoena requiring the appearance in court to give testimony to somebody


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1 investors dffc64354445b947454450e472276b99     
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
2 entrusted be9f0db83b06252a0a462773113f94fa     
v.委托，托付( entrust的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • He entrusted the task to his nephew. 他把这任务托付给了他的侄儿。
  • She was entrusted with the direction of the project. 她受委托负责这项计划。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 unity 4kQwT     
n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调
参考例句：
  • When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
  • We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
4 coalition pWlyi     
n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合
参考例句：
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

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