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Last updated at 20:09 GMT, Friday, 26 March 2010

News Words: Reconstruction

The 成人快手's Clare Arthurs looks at some of the words and phrases often used in the news and their meanings in various contexts.

This week: reconstruction

Clare Arthurs on: reconstruction

to construct: to build
a construction: a building or other large structure
a construction site: an area where a building is being built or repaired
destruction: damage that is so bad that something doesn't exist anymore or cannot be used

For the long-term future of Haiti, thoughts must now turn to reconstruction and building a viable economy. (成人快手 News)
A reconstruction of the largest Roman mosaic ever found in Britain is to go on sale later this year. (成人快手 News)
Stuart Bowen, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, said Iraq was likely to earn more than $70bn (拢35bn) in oil revenues in 2008. This, he said, meant the government was capable of funding reconstruction projects itself. (成人快手 News)
Police in the Irish Republic have staged a reconstruction of a bus crash which killed five people in Dublin. (成人快手 News)

Please note:
For technical reasons there is no discussion topic this week. We have to do some reconstruction of our system!

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