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1. They hit the streets across the country, marching for immigration reform. Thousands from New York to California took part in Monday’s demonstrations boycotting work, shopping and school.
2. Members of the New Black Panther Party protested outside Duke University Monday, calling attention to the rape investigation involving the school’s lacrosse team. The group of demonstrators was denied access to the campus, but leader spoke with reporters, calling for the defendants to be tried and convicted.
3. The Supreme Court has sided unanimously with Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith. A high court said the former stripper can keep up the court fight to win some of her late husband’s oil fortune.
4. Cool Baby Park in downtown Beijing isn’t a typical theme park. There is water and games and lots of trees, but they are all for dogs. The park offers owners a chance not just to play with their companions, but to train them like champs as well.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. panther : n-count
A panther is a large wild animal that belongs to the cat family. Panthers are usually black.
2. the Black Panther Party ------黑豹党
In October of 1966, in Oakland California, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The Panthers practiced militant self-defense of minority communities against the U.S. government, and fought to establish revolutionary socialism through mass organizing and community based programs. The party was one of the first organizations in U.S. history to militantly struggle for ethnic minority and working class emancipation — a party whose agenda was the revolutionary establishment of real economic, social, and political equality across gender and color lines.
The New Black Panther Party for Self Defense takes its name from the original Black Panther Party. The original Panthers combined militant black nationalism with Marxism and advocated black empowerment and self-defense, often through confrontation. By 1969, the group had an estimated 5,000 members spread throughout 20 chapters around the country. In the early 1970s, however, the group lost momentum and most of its support due to internal disputes, violent clashes with police and infiltration by law enforcement agencies. Despite the collapse, the group's mystique continued to influence radicals, and by the early 1990s a new generation of militant activists began to model themselves after the original Panthers.
3. side : verb with/against n
If one person or country sides with another, they support them in an argument or a war. If people or countries side against another person or country, they support each other against them.
e.g. There has been much speculation that America might be siding with the rebels...
4. playmate : n-count
A child's playmate is another child who often plays with him or her.
e.g. The young girl loved to play with her playmates.
a Playboy Playmate
Meaning a playboy bunny. (A sexy girl of Playboy)
5. champ : noun[C] informal
a champion
e.g. the world champ
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