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1. American evacuees from Lebanon have arrived safely at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Airport officials say the evacuees are getting help, contacting relatives and making further travel arrangements.
2. President Bush attended the NAACP convention today for the first time since taking office. In an address to the civil rights group, he calls slavery a "stain" yet to be cleaned.
3. Closing arguments in the Andrea Yates trial are set for Monday in Houston. Yates admitted to drowning her five children in 2001. For the second time, she has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
4. A 12-foot pet snake in Idaho swallowed an electric blanket, control box in all. His owner says the blanket got tangled up in the snake's rabbit dinner. Surgery saved the 60-pound reptile.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. closing argument : n-count
The final factual and legal argument made by each attorney on all sides of a case in a trial prior to a verdict or judgment.
2. insanity : n-uncount
Insanity is the state of being insane.
= madness
3. electric blanket : n-count---电热毯
An electric blanket is a blanket with wires inside it which carry an electric current that keeps the blanket warm.
4. tangle up : phrasal verb
If a person or thing is tangled up in something such as wire or ropes, they are caught or trapped in it.
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