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2008.06.05
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1. Barack Obama says he had a short talk with Hillary Clinton earlier today. He said 1 after yesterday's primaries but didn't say whether she plans to concede. Meantime, Obama has asked a three-person team including Caroline Kennedy to help look for a prospective vice presidential candidate.
2.President Bush is trying to 2 to keeping Iran from getting nuclear weapons. He and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met today and also talked about Israel's attempts to negotiate peace with the Palestinians.
3.The nasty divorce case of New Jersey's former first couple is coming to a close. It's now up to a divorce court judge to decide 3 the state's gay ex-governor Jim McGreevey owes his estranged wife Dina Matos.
4. And it's a new world record in karaoke. Anthony Lawson broke the previous record of 38 and a half continuous hours of singing, and he didn't stop there. His new record is 4 . The karaoke challenge also raised 650 dollars for charity. |
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.concede vi./vt.
to admit that you are not going to win a game, argument, battle etc
2.prospective (only before noun 只做定语) adj.
prospective employee/candidate/buyer etc someone who is likely to do a particular thing or achieve a particular position
3.nasty adj.
nasty behaviour or remarks are extremely unkind and unpleasant
4.come to a close=finish/end
5.It's now up to sb to do sth
It is used to say that someone is responsible for a particular duty
6.challenge n.
[uncountable and countable] something that tests strength, skill, or ability, especially in a way that is interesting
7.raise……（钱数）for charity 为慈善事业／机构筹款
raise vt. to collect money that you can use to do a particular job or help people
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