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1.The Obama administration is asking private investors1 to help buy up to a trillion dollars of bad assets from the nation's banks. President Obama calls it "one more critical element" in his effort to revive the economy.

2.Investigators2 say they are looking into possible overloading3 on a plane that crashed in Montana, killing4 all 14 people aboard. The National Transportation Safety Board says the plane was likely designed to carry a total of 11 people, including two pilots.

3.Lance Armstrong has broken his collarbone in a crash during a five-day-race in Spain. A fellow team member says it was a clean fracture without complications. He added the seven-time Tour de France champion should make a fast recovery.

4.And Pandora is a horse unlike most. This five-year-old thoroughbred mare5 is allergic6 to grass. Her owner says she has to cover the horse from top to tail in specially7 designed rugs that protect her skin. But, she says, despite the long face, Pandora appears to be happy and healthy.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.collarbone: n.锁骨

one of the pair of bones that go from the bottom part of your neck to your shoulders

2.complication: n. 并发症

a medical problem or illness that happens while someone is already ill and makes treatment more difficult

3.thoroughbred: adj.纯种的；良种的

a horse that has parents of the same very good breed


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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 investigators e970f9140785518a87fc81641b7c89f7     
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 overloading 5d6065404e868eff08c1dbdf99107858     
过载，超载，过负载
参考例句：
  • Enables multiple users to search the site without overloading the server. 使多个用户搜索网站，而无需超载的服务器上。
  • The driver got stripped down again for overloading his trunk. 那位卡车司机因为超载又受到责备。
4 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
5 mare Y24y3     
n.母马，母驴
参考例句：
  • The mare has just thrown a foal in the stable.那匹母马刚刚在马厩里产下了一只小马驹。
  • The mare foundered under the heavy load and collapsed in the road.那母马因负载过重而倒在路上。
6 allergic 4xozJ     
adj.过敏的，变态的
参考例句：
  • Alice is allergic to the fur of cats.艾丽斯对猫的皮毛过敏。
  • Many people are allergic to airborne pollutants such as pollen.许多人对空气传播的污染物过敏，比如花粉。
7 specially Hviwq     
adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地
参考例句：
  • They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
  • The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

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