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2008.06.11
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1. A plane carrying about 200 passengers veered off a runway in Sudan and 1 . Local television reports at least 100 people are dead. The Sudan Airways plane was landing in Khartoum at the end of a flight from Amman, Jordan.
2. In Wisconsin, authorities are watching dams in this rain-soaked state after 2 Lake Delton, washing away homes and a highway. A swamp of the Midwest is recovering from drenching storms. The weather is blamed for at least 15 deaths.
3. In the Senate, Republicans blocked a bill 3 . Senators say the bill would have meant higher prices and increased oil imports. Meantime, gas prices rose another two cents to a national average of $4.04 a gallon.
4. On the side of a building in Japan, this woman tucks into bed, almost falling asleep. All part of a promotional 4 advertising a chain of hotels. |
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. veer: v.
to change direction.
2. -soaked:
-soaked combines with nouns such as `rain' and `blood' to form adjectives which describe someone or something that is extremely wet or extremely damp because of the thing mentioned.
3. drench: v.
to make something or someone extremely wet.
drenching: adj.
4. tuck into:
to make someone comfortable in bed for sleep by arranging the sheets around them.
tips: The form burst is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.
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