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1. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito tells senators Americans have a right to designate family members or friends to carry out their right-to-die wishes.
2. At least 110 are killed and 1,000 injured in a Saudi Arabian stampede as thousands of Muslim pilgrims rush to complete a symbolic stoning ritual on the last day of the hajj.
3. European ministers declaring talks over Iran’s nuclear program at a dead end say Tehran should be referred to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.
4. The man who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981 is released from prison after serving more than 25 years in Italy and Turkey.
5. Oprah Winfrey breaks her silence about James Frey’s disputed memoir of addiction dismissing allegations of falsehoods as “much ado about nothing”.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. designate
3 designate designates designating designated
When you designate someone as something, you formally choose them to do that particular job.
Designate someone as the spokesperson.
The President's designated successor is his son.
VB
2. memoir
2 memoir memoirs
A memoir is a book or article that you write about someone who you have known well. (FORMAL)
He has just published a memoir in honour of his captain.
N-COUNT
3. falsehood
2 falsehood falsehoods
A falsehood is a lie. (FORMAL)
He accused them of knowingly spreading falsehoods about him.
N-COUNT
4. much ado about nothing [简明英汉词典]
无事空忙
小题大作
庸人自扰
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