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1. A website is claiming that 7 NFL football stadiums will be hit with radiological dirty bombs this weekend. But the government is expressing doubts about the threat, telling the public to continue to go about their plans including going to football games.
2. In an effort to keep the pressure on North Korea, the US is reaffirming its commitments to allies in the region. On a trip to Tokyo, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said America has both the will and the capability to defend Japan.
3. Prosecutors in New York have secured plea deals with 7 funeral home directors who've been linked to a scheme to dig through corpses for transplantable body parts. The directors secretly pleaded guilty to charges in a plot to harvest bone and tissue and sell it to biomedical supply companies.
4. Paul McCartney's lawyers say he will vigorously defend himself against allegations made by his estranged wife. Heather Mills McCartney claims that she was mistreated during their 4 years of marriage.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. radiological : ADJ
Radiological means relating to radioactive materials.
2. dirty bomb : N-COUNT (脏弹)
A dirty bomb is a bomb made of conventional explosives, like TNT, with the addition of radioactive isotopes, designed to spread over a wide area. Dirty bombs are less devastating than nuclear devices, but easier to create.
3. go about : PHR-V
If you go about in a particular way, you behave or dress in that way, often as part of your normal life.
4. funeral home : N-COUNT
A funeral home is a place where a funeral director (丧葬承办人)works and where dead people are perpared for burial or cremation.
5. estranged : ADJ
An estranged wife or husband is no longer living with their husband or wife. [FORMAL]
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