beloved 热爱的，喜爱的

threatened 受威胁

plunge 大幅度下跌

strikes 被车撞

dwindling 下滑，减少

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from BBC news reports.

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

beloved / threatened / plunge / strikes / dwindling

1. But only weeks later, the cheers and smiles turned to tears as the decision accelerated Argentina's ________ into the worst economic crisis of its history.

2. Conservationists hailed the move as a way to protect Equatorial Africa's endangered animals and ________ forests.

3. A husband is auctioning off his late wife's ________ collection of designer handbags for charity.

4. There are no globally-collated figures for iceberg ________, but they happen every year.

5. Polar bears are listed as ________ under the US Endangered Species Act.