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2008.06.19
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1. With gasoline topping 4 dollars a gallon, President Bush is calling on lawmakers to 1 . But Democrats quickly rejected the idea.
2. The White House is also asking Congress for nearly two billion dollars in 2 . Right now officials fear dozens more levees along the Mississippi River may overflow. The record-breaking storms and flooding in the area are being blamed for 24 deaths.
3. The crowd at Tim Russert's funeral would have made a great panel on his Sunday morning news show. Presidential hopeful senators Barack Obama and John McCain were there as well as members of 3 from both parties. The "Meet the Press" host died Friday of a heart attack.
4. "Unfortunate" Tiger Woods is done for the year. That's because the golfer is 4 . Woods has been dealing with the injury for the last ten months. |
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. lift [transitive]v
to remove a rule or a law that says that something is not allowed
2. offshore adj.
in or under the sea and not far from the coast
3. panel. [countable]n.
a group of well-known people who answer questions on a radio or television programme
4. be done for
informal to be in serious trouble or likely to fail
5. ligament [countable]n.
a band of strong material in your body, similar to muscle, that joins bones or holds an organ in its place
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