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1. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Jerusalem on a high-stakes diplomatic mission. Her first stop was Beirut where leaders were disappointed that her trip did not bring about an Israeli-Hezbollah ceasefire.
2. A Texas jury is deciding if Andrea Yates was insane when she drowned her 5 children in the bathtub in 2001. Her attorneys claim she was delusional and believed killing her kids was the only way to save them from hell.
3. Newly released amateur video shows an incident in which a 14-year-old boy got sucked to the bottom of a hot tub. Authorities say a grate at the bottom became dislodged creating a strong suction that pulled the teenager down. Doctors expect a full recovery.
4. One daredevil's attempt to break his own world record for a longest motorcycle jump ends in a crash in Oklahoma. The promoter says a carburetor problem may have caused the accident. The daredevil was taken to a local hospital.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. high stakes
if the stakes are high when you are trying to do something, you risk losing a lot or it will be dangerous if you fail.
2. attorney: n-count
In the United States, an attorney or attorney at law is a lawyer.
3. delusion: n-count
A delusion is a false belief strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence, especially as a symptom of mental illness.
4. grate: n-count
A framework of parallel or latticed bars for blocking an opening.
5. dislodge: verb
To disloge means to move it from where it was fixed or held.
6. suction: n-count
It means a force that causes a fluid or solid to be drawn into an interior space or to adhere to a surface because of the difference between the external and internal pressures.
7. daredevil: n-count
A daredevil is one who is recklessly bold and adventurous.
8. promoter: n-count
A promoter is a financial and publicity organizer.
9. carburetor: n-count
A carburetor is the part of an engine, usually in a car, in which air and petrol are mixed together to form a vapour which can be burned.
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