News in Detail

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News in Detail

1. Focusing on Details. Supply the information, from what you have heard, about the US envoys.
(1) The visiting Americans
  a. carry
passports;
  b. bring a Bible
and
cake which was
of
US-Iran
;
  c. were confined to
for five days and later
after Khomeini advised Iranian officials
or
.
(2) One of the US envoys
  a. looks exactly like President Reagan's
;
  b. is also a frequent
for
.

2. Supply the information, from what you have heard, about the Iranians.
(1) Rafsanjani
  a. announces that Iran will
in Lebanon, in other words,
to free US and French hostages if
, and if the American and French governments
to the revolutionary government of Iran;
  b. claims that Iranian
officials have a
between
and
;
  c. describes the visit by the American emissaries as
.
(2) Iran
    holds a ceremony marking the
anniversary of
.

3. Supply the information, from what you have heard, about the US government.
The White House
  a. says that it would neither
nor
the reports;
  b. believes that comments might
the efforts
.

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News in Detail

1. Focusing on Details. Supply the information, from what you have heard, about the US envoys.
(1) The visiting Americans
  a. carry
passports;
  b. bring a Bible
and
cake which was
of
US-Iran
;
  c. were confined to
for five days and later
after Khomeini advised Iranian officials
or
.
(2) One of the US envoys
  a. looks exactly like President Reagan's
;
  b. is also a frequent
for
.

2. Supply the information, from what you have heard, about the Iranians.
(1) Rafsanjani
  a. announces that Iran will
in Lebanon, in other words,
to free US and French hostages if
, and if the American and French governments
to the revolutionary government of Iran;
  b. claims that Iranian
officials have a
between
and
;
  c. describes the visit by the American emissaries as
.
(2) Iran
    holds a ceremony marking the
anniversary of
.

3. Supply the information, from what you have heard, about the US government.
The White House
  a. says that it would neither
nor
the reports;
  b. believes that comments might
the efforts
.