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1. Al-Qaida's No. 3 man is now confessing to beheading Daniel Pearl of the Wall Street Journal. Pearl was killed in Pakistan in 2002. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed also says he planned the 9/11 attacks.

2. Police are searching for a motive1 behind a New York shooting. Four ended up dead including two auxiliary2 police officers and the gunman. A neighbor says a former employee walked into a pizzeria shooting a worker 15 times in the back.

3. California is jumping into the presidential primaries early. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger moved the state's primary to February from June, saying the state will now get the respect it deserves.

4. There is a new species of leopard3 out there in the rainforest of Borneo. The clouded leopard is secretive and gets its name from the cloud-shaped patterns on its fur.

 

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. auxiliary: adj.
Auxiliary staff and troops assist other staff and troops.

2. pizzeria: n-count
A pizzeria is a place where pizza is made, sold, and eaten.

3. primary: verb
A primary or a primary election is an election in an American state in which people vote for someone to become a candidate for a political office.


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1 motive GFzxz     
n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的
参考例句：
  • The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
  • He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
2 auxiliary RuKzm     
adj.辅助的，备用的
参考例句：
  • I work in an auxiliary unit.我在一家附属单位工作。
  • The hospital has an auxiliary power system in case of blackout.这家医院装有备用发电系统以防灯火管制。
3 leopard n9xzO     
n.豹
参考例句：
  • I saw a man in a leopard skin yesterday.我昨天看见一个穿着豹皮的男人。
  • The leopard's skin is marked with black spots.豹皮上有黑色斑点。

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