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1.The Obama administration is asking private investors¹ to help buy up to a trillion dollars of bad assets from the nation's banks. President Obama calls it "one more critical element" in his effort to revive the economy.

2.Investigators² say they are looking into possible overloading³ on a plane that crashed in Montana, killing⁴ all 14 people aboard. The National Transportation Safety Board says the plane was likely designed to carry a total of 11 people, including two pilots.

3.Lance Armstrong has broken his collarbone in a crash during a five-day-race in Spain. A fellow team member says it was a clean fracture without complications. He added the seven-time Tour de France champion should make a fast recovery.

4.And Pandora is a horse unlike most. This five-year-old thoroughbred mare⁵ is allergic⁶ to grass. Her owner says she has to cover the horse from top to tail in specially⁷ designed rugs that protect her skin. But, she says, despite the long face, Pandora appears to be happy and healthy.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.collarbone: n.锁骨

one of the pair of bones that go from the bottom part of your neck to your shoulders

2.complication: n. 并发症

a medical problem or illness that happens while someone is already ill and makes treatment more difficult

3.thoroughbred: adj.纯种的；良种的

a horse that has parents of the same very good breed