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1. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is striking back against critics in the US. Al-Maliki says Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton and Carl Levin need to come to their senses. Both lawmakers have called for al-Maliki's ouster.
2. The Atlanta Falcons are considering whether to ask Michael Vick to repay his 22-million-dollar signing bonus. Vick will formally enter a guilty plea Monday for his involvement in a dog fighting ring.
3. Dozens are dead in Greece as wildfires burn for the third day. Fires are closing in on a site of the ancient Olympics. Officials blame some of those fires on arson.
4. The father of a six-year-old paralyzed Palestinian girl is fighting for her to stay in Jerusalem for treatment. The girl was paralyzed during an Israeli air strike. The Israeli government wants to transfer the girl to the West Bank. But her father says the only chances of survival is to continue receiving treatment in Jerusalem.
1. strike back: If you strike back, you harm or criticize someone who has harmed or criticized you. (回击) eg. The president struck back at critics who say he should be held accountable for conditions that contributed to the riots.
2. come to one's senses: 恢复理性
3. ouster: noun: when someone is removed from a position of power or from a competition - used in news reports(驱逐)
4. plea: noun: a statement by someone in a court of law saying whether they are guilty or not( 抗辩,答辩) eg.Adams entered a plea of 'not guilty'.
5. wildfire: A wildfire is a fire that starts, usually by itself, in a wild area such as a forest, and spreads rapidly, causing great damage.
6. close in on: 包围，围住
7. blame sth on sb/sth: attribute sth to把...归咎（a_emily）于
8. paralyze(AmE)/paralyse(BrE): 使瘫痪 to make sb unable to feel or move all or part of their body
9. air strike: an attack in which military aircraft drop bombs(空袭) eg. A senior defence official said last night that they would continue the air strikes.
10.arson: noun: 纵火(罪) the crime of deliberately making something burn, especially a building
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