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A Surprising Risk for Toddlers on Playground Slides
By TARA PARKER-POPE


Orthopedic specialists say they treat a number of toddlers and young children each year with broken legs as a result of riding down slides on a parent's lap.

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orthopedics

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In a bid to take on Google, rivals Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL are teaming up to sell ads on each other's sites.



While a deal between G.E. and Comcast still could hit a snag over the final price, it is considered highly likely: G.E. wants to sell NBC because of rising losses, and Comcast wants to buy it to control more of the television programs and movies that flow through its cable systems.

The final threads may take days to sew up and there is a tentative plan to announce a final deal on Thursday.


《中英對照讀新聞》Sarkozy warns France： Vote for me or end up like Spain 法國總統薩科茲警告：選我，不然下場就和西班牙一樣

Nicolas Sarkozy warned French voters Thursday they should re-elect him as president to pursue his cost-cutting plans or face the kind of debt crises that have gripped Greece and Spain.
尼可拉斯．薩科茲週四警告，法國選民應該再把票投給他，讓他連任總統，繼續減支計畫，否則就會面臨緊纏希臘與西班牙的債務危機。



team up with
Form an association with, as in Our pediatrician is teaming up with specialists in such areas as orthopedics and cardiology. This expression alludes to the harnessing together of draft animals, such as oxen. [First half of 1900s]

sew up
1. Complete successfully, as in Our team has sewn up the championship. [Colloquial; c. 1900]
2. Gain complete control of, monopolize, as in Our restaurant hopes to sew up the town's takeout business. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]

Definition of nominate

verb

Pronunciation: /ˈnɒmɪneɪt/

[with object]

• 1propose or formally enter as a candidate for election or for an honour or award:the film was nominated for several Oscars
• appoint to a job or position:the company nominated her as a delegate to the convention

• 2specify (something) formally, typically the date or place for an event:a day was nominated for the exchange of contracts

adjective

Pronunciation: /ˈnɒmɪnət/

Zoology & Botany

• denoting a race or subspecies which is given the same epithet as the species to which it belongs, e.g. Homo sapiens sapiens: the nominate race and two subspecies occur

Derivatives

nominator

noun

Origin:

late Middle English (as an adjective in the sense 'named'): from Latin nominat- 'named', from the verb nominare, from nomen, nomin- 'a name'. The verb senses are first found in English in the 16th century

Definition of nomination

noun

[mass noun]

• the action of nominating or state of being nominated:women’s groups opposed the nomination of the judge [count noun]:the film received five nominations
• [count noun] a person or thing nominated:send your nominations in by 30th November