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1. Legendary¹ investor² Warren Buffett is warning shareholders³ of his Berkshire Hathaway that economic turmoil⁴ is likely to continue. Turmoil have helped bring a 62% drop in profits at the company last year.

2. President Barack Obama used his weekly message to say he will fight for change in heath care, energy and education. But he says change will be difficult because of what he calls "powerful vested interests" that will fight.

3. A pilots' group says turbulence⁵ from another plane may have caused this Turkish Airlines plane to crash, killing⁶ nine people and injuring scores more. The Boeing 737 went down just short of the runway at Amsterdam's airport.

4. Found in Peru, this 10-million-year-old fossil, a skull⁷ belonging to a giant marine⁸ bird with a wingspan of 20 feet. The bony-toothed bird went extinct some three million years ago.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. vested interests:

the groups of people who will gain from a plan, project, proposal etc

2. fossil: n. 化石

3. skull: n.

the bones of a person's or animal's head

4. wingspan: n.

the distance from the end of one wing to the end of the other

5. bony: adj.

a part of an animal that is bony consists mostly of bone

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1 legendary
adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）
参考例句：
Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。 Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。

2 investor
n.投资者，投资人
参考例句：
My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。 The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。

3 shareholders
n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。 the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任

4 turmoil
n.骚乱，混乱，动乱
参考例句：
His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。 The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

5 turbulence
n.喧嚣，狂暴，骚乱，湍流
参考例句：
The turbulence caused the plane to turn over.空气的激流导致飞机翻转。 The world advances amidst turbulence.世界在动荡中前进。

6 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

7 skull
n.头骨；颅骨
参考例句：
The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。 He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。

8 marine
adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵
参考例句：
Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。 When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

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美联社一分钟新闻 2009-03-01