2. Former Vice President Al Gore has arrived in Oslo, Norway. He is there to formally recieve the Nobel Peace Prize on Monday. Gore and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will be honored for bringing attention to the changing global climate.
3. NFL star Michael Vick's house is up for auction. The former Atlanta Falcons quarterback owes nearly a million dollars to pay for the care of pit bulls seized from his dogfighting operation. The assessed value is just under 750,000 dollars.
4. A youth organization in Mexico is trying to set the record for the world's longest clothesline. So far they have 70,000 articles hanging on 29 miles of line.
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1. the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change : 联合国政府间气候变化专门委员会
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 by two United Nations organizations, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), to evaluate the risk of climate change brought on by humans, based mainly on peer reviewed and published scientific/technical literature.[1] The Panel is only open to members of the WMO and UNEP.
2. Oslo: noun. 奥斯陆
a city in southeast Norway, the country's capital and main port
3. pit bull: noun. 比特犬 (美国斗兽场牛头更)
(American pit bull terrier) A powerful, muscular dog with short, smooth hair, broad head and ears which naturally fold over but in some countries are cropped. It has earned a reputation as a fighting dog.
4. clothesline: noun. 晾衣绳
a long thin rope on which you hang clothes to dry outdoors
