7th précis

Title: Poland marks Smolensk plane crash anniversary

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13025746

Vocabulary:

justice – (n) fairness;
„Law and Justice” is main opposition party in Poland.
Justice is the foundation of a good teacher.

issue – (n) topic for discussion;
It’s a website devoted to environmental issues.
The government cannot avoid the issue of homelessness.

bury – (v) to put a body in ground after death;
All his family are buried in the same cemetery.
She wants to be buried in the village graveyard.

dense - (adj.) containing a lot of things or people close together;
I was lost in dense forest.


notable - (adj) interesting or important;
The area is notable for its scenery and wildlife.
It was notable events.

reckon – (v) to belive or consider; to have the opinion;
I reckon there’s something wrong with him.
This is generally reckoned to be the nicest area in the city.

twin – (n) one of two children born at the same time to the same mother.
I have a twin brother and one sister.
They are identical twins.


Precis:

Poles are celebrating the first anniversary of plane crash which killed Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife and 94 other victims including the representatives of the armed forces, National Bank, Olympic Committee and politicians from all parties. It was the worst national disaster since the Second World War. The place of crash was a symbolic. The delegation was coming to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre. During the Second World War, Polish officers, the elite of the country were murdered on Stalin’s orders.
After the crash, the Polish nation was in shock. People put flowers outside the presidential palace. When announced that Lech Kaczyński and Maria Kaczyńska will be buried on Wawel Hill in Krakow, some Poles felt that this place was inappropriate.
The investigation into the crash was carried out by Russian specialists, because the tragedy was in Russian. In January, the Russians gave the results of the investigation. The cause of the crash was pilot mistake. Jarosław Kaczyński doesn’t agree with this report. Currently, the investigation is carried out by the Polish side.