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       847.mp3 President Barack Obama is expected to unveil new details about his healthcare plan today. The healthcare industry is expected to ___1___ two trillion dollars over the next decade if the President can get Congress to pass a plan for universal health care coverage. Firefighters are starting to ______2______ of the wildfire that has destroyed dozens of homes near Santa Barbara, California. The blaze is now 65% contained. All but about 400 residents have been allowed back in their homes. Pope Benedict is in Israel where he’s called for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. The Pope also said he would honor the memory of the six million Jews who died during the ___3___. The Pope made the comments at the start of his five-day trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories. Space shuttle Atlantis is set to lift off today on NASA’s final trip to the Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis' astronauts will perform five spacewalks to ___4___ new gear on the Telescope. Astronauts also will attempt to fix two science instruments.       Answers   1. pledge ( a serious and formal promise ) 2. get an upper hand ( position of control, a dominating position ) 3. holocaust ( a very large amount of destruction, especially by fire or heat, or the killing of very large numbers of people ) 4. install ( to put in )     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

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