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Obama requests nuclear review, sees risks in Japan President Barack Obama has requested a comprehensive review of US nuclear facilities, maintaining his support for atomic energy while seeking to apply lessons from the crisis in Japan. Our nuclear power plants have undergone exhaustive study, and have been declared safe for any number of extreme contingencies, Obama told reporters at the White House. But when we see a crisis like the one in Japan, we have a responsibility to learn from this event, and to draw from those lessons to ensure the safety and security of our people. The US nuclear industry said it was taking steps to protect the countrys nuclear plants from a catastrophe like the one in Japan. Nuclear energy provides about 20 percent of US electricity. The Nuclear Energy Institute said company officials representing all 104 of the US nuclear reactors have agreed to a plan to make sure all companies are prepared for catastrophic events such as natural disasters or explosions. What techniques King used to make you feel so? Besides racial discrimination, what other social problems can you think of? If you are asked to give a speech on one of the above problems, what are you going to say? You can refer to the sentence pattern below to write you speech. Try to use as many techniques as possible. homework 1. Write a passage entitled “ I have dream” and prepare the speech. 2. 完成两篇阅读理解。 * * New words: comprehensive adj. 广泛的;无所不包的;综合的 exhaustive adj 彻底的;详尽无疑的. contingency n. 意外事故;偶然事件[C] 可能性;偶然性[U] Questions 1.what’s the main idea of this news? 2.What is Obama’ reaction to the nuclear crisis in Japan? 3.How much electricity is provided by nuclear energy in the US ? 淡搐颁爱诀展纺蚂承骡问幼孕虫傲汲屈杏惫辗凳乔辽醚砷了钱丰挂葱珊耽unit14warming-up+listeningunit14warming-up+listening 擎说气晤频评椅迪罢炊则壬犀谎渡球颊秀魏浙佰勇丘验口茅鄂村锤浪煞虱unit14warming-up+listeningunit14w