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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
1.The Dow closes up as talks drag on in Washington about rescuing the nation's financial institutions. Plans for a 700-billion-dollar bailout come as US suffers its largest bank collapse1 in history. Republicans on Capitol Hill want less government in the plan and lower cost for taxpayers2.
2.First presidential debate is on. Republican John McCain is in Oxford3, Mississippi, to face Democratic rival Barack Obama. This comes after McCain called off plans to attend because of the financial crisis.
3.German police nabbed two Somali men on a plane headed for Amsterdam acting4 on a suicide note saying they wanted to fight in a holy war and die in a terrorist attack. The men were not armed.
4.Something strange in the air over the English Channel, a daredevil stunt5 man wearing wings and jet turbines. This Swiss man flew from France to England wiggling his body to control the homemade wing.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.drag on Also, drag out. Prolong or be prolonged tediously.
The speech dragged on for another hour, or He dragged out the story in an excruciating manner.
2.call off
to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date:
The performance was called off because of rain.
3.nab v.Informal
to arrest or capture
4.act on
to act in accordance with; follow
He acted on my advice.
5.turbine涡轮
6.wiggle vt.
To cause to move back and forth with quick irregular motions
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collapse
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| vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷 | |
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taxpayers
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| 纳税人，纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 ) | |
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Oxford
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| n.牛津（英国城市） | |
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acting
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| n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的 | |
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stunt
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| n.惊人表演，绝技，特技；vt.阻碍...发育，妨碍...生长 | |
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