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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
1.Congressional leaders are scrambling1 to make changes to the 700 billion dollar financial bailout bill that failed in Congress Monday. Presidential candidates McCain and Obama both said they back Republican measure to increase the FDIC insurance limit to 250,000 dollars. Lawmakers are trying to reassure2 nervous Americans.
2.Nearly 170 people were killed in a stampede at a Hindu temple in western India. More than 12,000 people are gathered to worship when false rumors3 of a bomb spread through the crowd.
3.Eleven people who were kidnapped in Egypt have returned to their home countries. The five Italians, five Germans and one Romanian flew home after a week-long ordeal4. One former captor says the hostage-taker suddenly told them to get in their car and drive away.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
informal act in a hurried, disorderly, or undignified manner
2.stampede n.
a sudden rapid movement or reaction of a mass of people due to interest or panic.
3.ordeal n.
a prolonged painful or horrific experience
4.captor n.
One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.
5.hostage-taker n.
A person or party which seizes hostages is/are known as (a) hostage-taker(s)
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scrambling
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| v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞 | |
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reassure
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| v.使放心，使消除疑虑 | |
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rumors
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| n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷 | |
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ordeal
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| n.苦难经历，（尤指对品格、耐力的）严峻考验 | |
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scramble
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| v.爬行，攀爬，杂乱蔓延，碎片，片段，废料 | |
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