Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13518946
Vocabulary:
lacklustre – (adj.) not interesting or exciting; dull;
It was a lacklustre performance.
The coach criticized his team’s lacklustre performance.
gloom – (adj.) dark and depressing;
What a gloomy day!
This dark paint makes the room very gloomy.
flock – (n) a group of people, birds or sheep etc
The farmer kept a flock of geese.
Flocks of people were lining up to see Nelson Mandela.
dust-up – (n) a fight, usually a short one;
He get into a dust-up with his brother.
I saw a dust-up on a street yesterday.
vigil – (n) a period of time, especially at night, when you stay in a place to wait for something or to give your support to someone;
Bill kept a constant vigil by his wife’s bed during her illness.
All night she kept vigil over the sick child.
vendor – (n) a person who sells sth;
When I was a student during the holidays I worked as an ice cream vendor.
I don’t like a street vendor.
stream – (n) a small narrow river;
A path runs alongside the stream.
Streams are very charming in the mountains.
Precis:
Osama Bin Laden was killed in Pakistan in Abbottabad on 2 May. This is the time the local tourist season which lasts until September. These four months bring the most profit for the owners hotels, restaurants, shops etc. Abbottabad is a tourist base for people who want visit other areas in Pakistan such as: Thandie, Nathiagali or Kaghan. About 500 tourists a day go here in the season. Tourist business is going down now. Few tourists have visited Abbottabad since the death of Bin Laden’s. Tourists are afraid for their safety. Only journalists come to Abbottabad because they want gain some information. The owners are thinking that killing Bin Laden in Abbottabad may have a lasting impact on this town. The crisis is affecting the larger companies and people are worring about work so some moving in other parts of the country.
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