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 1. Reaction has been swift after the Associated Press reported on the US government’s creation of the Cuban’s Twitter, a communications network designed to undermine the communist government in Cuba. White House spokesman Jay Carney called it a development program and not covert1. Senator, Patrick Leahy from Vermont called the program “Dump, Dump, Dump”. And said he was not aware the effort. 

 
2. The soldier who killed 3 people and wounded more than a dozen before killing2 himself in Fort Hood3 Wednesday showed no recent risks of violence according to the authorities. This is the second shooting rampage on the Texas military base. In 2009, an army psychiatrist4 killed 13 and wounded more than 30 at Fort Hood. 
 
3. Malaysian and Australian officials have vowed5 to give relatives of passengers on flight MH370 closure. Both countries are leading the multinational6 search efforts and pledge that no effort will be spared to solve the mystery of flight 370
 
4. Briton Queen Elizabeth paid a private visit to Pope Francis at the Vatican. During her 62-year reign7, the queen has met five pontiffs. 

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1 covert voxz0     
adj.隐藏的；暗地里的
参考例句：
  • We should learn to fight with enemy in an overt and covert way.我们应学会同敌人做公开和隐蔽的斗争。
  • The army carried out covert surveillance of the building for several months.军队对这座建筑物进行了数月的秘密监视。
2 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
3 hood ddwzJ     
n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖
参考例句：
  • She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
  • The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。
4 psychiatrist F0qzf     
n.精神病专家；精神病医师
参考例句：
  • He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。
  • The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。
5 vowed 6996270667378281d2f9ee561353c089     
起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
  • He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
  • I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
6 multinational FnrzdL     
adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司
参考例句：
  • The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
  • He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。
7 reign pBbzx     
n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势
参考例句：
  • The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
  • The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

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