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1. Divers1 find two more bodies where a highway bridge collapsed2 in Minneapolis, bringing the death toll3 to seven with six still missing. Investigators4 say design flaws in steel plates holding the bridge together may be to blame for the disaster.
2. Crews drilling toward trapped coal miners in Utah may reach the six men tonight. There has been no communication with the miners since a cave-in on Monday. One hole is for a microphone and camera. A larger hole will bring food and water.
3. A man in Newark, New Jersey5 charged in the slayings of three college students surrenders, but only to the city's mayor. Another suspect, a fifteen-year-old, was caught earlier. Mayor Cory Booker says he had nothing to say to the surrendering suspect.
4. SUV drivers in Europe, beware! Environmental activists6 are targeting the large vehicles, giving them mud baths, putting stickers on windows. They say 4×4s are intimidating7 on the road and damage the climate.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. slay: verb
to kill someone - used especially in newspapers
2. Crews drilling toward trapped coal miners in Utah may reach the six men tonight. There has been no communication with the miners since a cave-in on Monday. One hole is for a microphone and camera. A larger hole will bring food and water.
3. A man in Newark, New Jersey5 charged in the slayings of three college students surrenders, but only to the city's mayor. Another suspect, a fifteen-year-old, was caught earlier. Mayor Cory Booker says he had nothing to say to the surrendering suspect.
4. SUV drivers in Europe, beware! Environmental activists6 are targeting the large vehicles, giving them mud baths, putting stickers on windows. They say 4×4s are intimidating7 on the road and damage the climate.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. slay: verb
to kill someone - used especially in newspapers
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1 divers | |
adj.不同的;种种的 | |
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2 collapsed | |
adj.倒塌的 | |
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3 toll | |
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟) | |
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4 investigators | |
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 ) | |
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5 jersey | |
n.运动衫 | |
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6 activists | |
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 ) | |
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7 intimidating | |
vt.恐吓,威胁( intimidate的现在分词) | |
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