Global warming is unquestionably the most (1) ............... environmental issue facing whoever ends up in the White House in January 2009. Not only does climate change (2) ............... -- and in most cases exacerbate -- other environmental problems, it has even wider implications for the economy and society at large. Luckily for all of us, both Barack Obama and John McCain are (3) ............... to tackling climate change, although their (4) ............... approaches differ in significant ways. While Obama is clearly the (5) ............... candidate on most of these issues, the fact that McCain even takes them seriously is a plus for environmental advocates exasperated by eight years of neglect by the Bush administration. [from Scientific American. Slightly modified to fit in with our EFL/ESL objectives]
01 pressing / lethargic / available / temporary / hygienic (1) .............. for Mistaken Hysterectomy
05 greener / more wildish / less durable / windier / more disgusting
Doctors (2) ............... a hysterectomy.(3) ............... by the rector's office and the chief surgeon, occurred when Mrs. Leila Namal, 55, was mistaken for another woman around the same age. (4) ............... by the staff, adding that they had initiated an inquiry into the matter.(5) ............... and he did not have the authority to impose fines or penalties.
A 55-year-old woman who entered the operating room at the Follofosh University Hospital to get her cataract removed instead
The incident,
A university official said it was the first time such a mistake was
The provincial health director, Dr. John Jason Jackson, said he did not have detailed knowledge on the matter, but noted that universities were