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1. At least 26 people are dead after a bus crash on a steep mountain road in France. The bus was carrying Polish pilgrims back from a holy site in the French Alps. Officials say the bus did not have a permit to drive on the winding road.
2. A purported Taliban spokesman has announced a 24-hour reprieve for two dozen South Korean hostages in Afghanistan. The captors had threatened to kill the group today. Negotiators are discussing a possible swap involving Taliban prisoners and the South Koreans.
3. It was a fight to the finish in this year's British Open, Padraig Harrington emerging victorious after a four-hole play-off. Harrington beat Spain's Sergio Garcia by one stroke.
4. A Washington D.C. artist is trying to spread a little goodwill on a street of the nation's capital. The work of art is a compliment machine, offering automated messages to passers-by, "You stand out in a crowd." The artist hopes the random compliments give people a little boost of confidence.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. pilgrim: noun
a religious person who travels a long way to a holy place
2. the Alps: noun
a range of mountains which go through France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Austria.
3. purport: verb
to claim to be or do something, even if this is not true
4. reprieve: verb
an official order stopping the killing of a prisoner as a punishment
5. swap: noun [usually singular]
a situation in which you give something to someone and get another thing in return [= exchange]
6. the British Open: noun
the most important British golf competition, which is held every year in different parts of the UK
7. hole: noun
one part of a golf course with a hole(here it means a hole in the ground that you try to get the ball into in the game of golf) at one end
8. play-off: noun
a game played to decide who will win after a previous game has ended with two teams or players having equal points
直说了，原文中的hole是特指把一个golf ball打进洞的过程，four-hole play-off就是之前双方打成平局，接下来要打的一个包括了四个这样过程的比赛，用来决定最后胜者
9. compliment: noun
a remark that shows you admire someone or something
10. automated: adj
using computers and machines to do a job, rather than people
11. boost: noun
something that gives someone more confidence, or that helps something increase, improve, or become successful
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