2. A federal judge is ordering the Bush Administration to answer questions about the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes. The Justice Department had been urging Congress to back off from its investigation.
3. A fourteen-year-old Illinois girl can thank the quick action of the USS Ronald Reagan for saving her life. Her appendix burst while on a cruise and the Navy quickly responded to the distress call, picking her up on a helicopter and performing the surgery on board the aircraft carrier.
4. No strings or nets needed for this man. He scaled the London office building to draw attention to global warming. However, he may need some help now. Police arrested him as soon as he came down.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Merriam-Webster Online
1. back off from:
If you back off from a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, or if you back off it, you withdraw it.
2. USS Ronald Reagan : 美国海军里根号航空母舰
3. burst : v.
If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.
4. distress : n.
a situation when a ship, aircraft etc is in danger and needs help
5. string : n.
String is thin rope made of twisted threads, used for tying things together or tying up parcels.
6. scale : v.
If you scale something such as a mountain or a wall, you climb up it or over it. (WRITTEN) (=climb)
