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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
1. Australia's Qantas Airlines has been ordered to urgently inspect every oxygen bottle aboard its fleet of Boeing 747s. Investigators1 are focusing on the idea that an oxygen cylinder2 might have exploded mid-flight, ripping a hole in the side of the plane. The plane had to make an emergency landing. No one was injured.
2. At least 45 people are dead and more than 100 injured after a series of blasts in India. Officials say up to 16 blasts went off Saturday night. Several Indian cities have been hit by serial3 blasts in recent months. The attacks have been blamed on Islamic militants4.
3. Senator Barack Obama is back in Chicago this morning. The Illinois senator returned from his overseas trip Saturday night. Obama is set to address a convention in Chicago today. His Republican opponent John McCain has no public events on his schedule today.
4. The pitcher5 at the center of that minor6 league baseball fight is now out of jail. Julio Castillo faces assault charges after hitting a fan in the head with a baseball. Castillo threw the ball during this brawl7. If convicted, he could get up to eight years in prison.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. cylinder: n.
A cylinder is an object with flat circular ends and long straight sides.
2. brawl: n.
a noisy quarrel or fight among a group of people, especially in a public place.
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cylinder
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| n.圆筒，柱(面)，汽缸 | |
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serial
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| n.连本影片，连本电视节目；adj.连续的 | |
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militants
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| 激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 ) | |
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pitcher
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| n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐；(棒球)投手 | |
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| adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修 | |
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brawl
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| n.大声争吵，喧嚷；v.吵架，对骂 | |
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