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Words in the News _. packed crowded night-spot a place where people can enjoy themselves late into the night witnesses people who saw what happened threw himself onto moved suddenly, with a lot of force onto legislators. people who make and pass new laws to pave the way for
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Words in the News_ • packed crowded • night-spot a place where people can enjoy themselves late into the night • witnesses people who saw what happened • threw himself onto moved suddenly, with a lot of force onto • legislators • people who make and pass new laws • to pave the way for • to get ready/prepare for • resumption of • restarting after a pause • bowing to • reluctantly agreeing to • viable • If something is able to do what it is supposed to do, it is viable. • underway • started, begun
Pre-listening Questions: • What’s the event? • What’s the reason? • What are the reactions of Israel and the United States of America?
—Event ambassador
—Reason The bombing came hours after ________________ ____________ headed by the new Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen. He's called for ______________________ ______ in order to pave the way for a ___________the peace process, but the militants have rejected his _______. They say he's bowing to American and Israeli _______ to stop attacks without guarantees of a _______ Palestinian state. Palestinian legislators approved a cabinet an end to the campaign of violence resumption of strategy pressure viable What are considered as guarantees by the militants?
—Israeli & American Reactions Israeli officials have reacted ______. They say the new Palestinian government has failed its first test, but the Americans, who are ____________ efforts to get peace negotiations __________, are determined to _______ their efforts. angrily sponsoring underway continue