Web www.englishdaily626.com   [ Movie Reviews | Common Sentences | Glossary of Correct Usage | High School Vocab | Questions & Answers | Sample Letters ] [ Movies Lines | Advertisements | Words Differentiation | Common Errors | Songs | Links ] <<Prev Train your ear Next>>     TOEFL Vocabulary   English Daily Conversation   Learn grammar by example   Learn American idioms       805.mp3 In his first prime-time news conference, President Barack Obama pressured lawmakers to approve a massive economic recovery bill. The president defended his emergency plan and said that if Congress fails to act quickly, it could turn this crisis into a ___1___. An out of work truck driver smiled as he pleaded guilty to killing 2 people and wounding 6 others at a Tennessee church last summer. Jim Adkisson says he went on the shooting rampage because he considered the liberal church a den of un-American ___2___. NY Yankee ___3___ Alex Rodriguez has admitted to using a banned substance several years ago while he was with the Texas Rangers. In an interview with ESPN, Rodriguez said he was naive and apologized repeatedly. And the public will soon be able to get a ___4___ look at presidential history. The small, red bible used to swear in Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama will go on rare public display to mark the 200th anniversary of the 16th president’s birth.       Answers   1. catastrophe ( a sudden event that causes very great trouble or destruction ) 2. vipers ( A person regarded as malicious or treacherous ) 3. slugger ( [Baseball] A batter who hits many extra-base hits) 4. close-up ( short distance )     800   801   802   803   804   805   806   807   808   809   810   811   812   813   814   815   816   817   818   819   820   821   822   823   824   825   826   827   828   829   830   831   832   833   834   835   836   837   838   839   840   841   842   843   844   845   846   847   848   849   850   851   852   853   854   855   856   857   858   859   860   861   862   863   864   865   866   867   868   869   870   871   872   873   874   875   876   877   878   879   880   881   882   883   884   885   886   887   888   889   890   891   892   893   894   895   896   897   898   899   900   901   902   903   904   905   906   907   908   909   910   911   912   913   914   915   916   917   918   919   920   921   922   923   924   925   926   927   928   929   ( Nov 20 ) Train your ear 1       Common English mistakes   Ancient Chinese stories   Learn English Proverbs   American Slang expressions

Learn Chinese the easy way Medical Explorer