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1.Stocks soar as the government unveils plans to restore calm to the financial system. The Dow closes up more than 300 points, extending a two-day rally. Investors¹ appear soothed² by plans to rescue banks from billions of dollars in bad debt.

2.United States is urging North Korea to not restart its nuclear reactor³, saying the country has to decide whether it wants a better relationship with the world or to remain isolated⁴. North Korea is angry (that) the US's not scrubbed it from a terrorism blacklist.

3.The tainted⁵ milk crisis in China widens after tests find an industrial chemical in milk produced by three of the country's top dairies. Tainted baby formula is blamed for killing⁶ four infants and making more than 6,000 children sick.

4.The Boston Celtics celebrate their NBA championship with President Bush at the White House. The team handed over a personalized jersey⁷ and a ball with autographs.

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1.rally n.

a quick or marked recovery

2. bad debt [N-COUNT]呆帐 A bad debt is a sum of money that has been lent but is not likely to be repaid. The bank set aside £1.1 billion to cover bad debts from business failures.

in bed debt短语中用单数

3.dairy n. (pl. dairies) A commercial establishment for processing or selling milk and milk products.

4.baby formula 婴幼儿配方奶粉

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1 investors
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 soothed
v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 )；抚慰；使舒服；减轻痛苦
参考例句：
The music soothed her for a while. 音乐让她稍微安静了一会儿。 The soft modulation of her voice soothed the infant. 她柔和的声调使婴儿安静了。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 reactor
n.反应器；反应堆
参考例句：
The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。 Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

4 isolated
adj.与世隔绝的
参考例句：
His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。 Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

5 tainted
adj.腐坏的；污染的；沾污的；感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏
参考例句：
The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。 He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 killing
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。

7 jersey
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。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-20