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1.Colorado fire crews are trying to figure out why a television station building went up in flames. A competing station says the fire started at Grand Junction's KREX this morning. The cause is under investigation1.

2.Just a day after competitions in two states, the presidential candidates are on the stump2 again. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama honored Martin Luther King Jr. at services in New York and Atlanta. John Edwards has vowed3 to keep running. Meanwhile John McCain said his party's race is still competitive despite his win in South Carolina. Rudi Giuliani says he is ready for Florida.

3.Gaza City is dark. Palestinian officials say the territory's only electrical plant shut down because Israel blocked the shipment of fuel. Human rights groups and UN agency condemned4 the move. Israel blockaded Gaza Thursday in a move to pressure militants5 who fired rockets across the border.

4.The frigid6 cold has socked in the northeast. From Washington D.C. to Maine, temperatures are low and wind chill numbers are even lower. Caribou7, Maine could see minus 35 degrees tonight.


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1 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
2 stump hGbzY     
n.残株，烟蒂，讲演台；v.砍断，蹒跚而走
参考例句：
  • He went on the stump in his home state.他到故乡所在的州去发表演说。
  • He used the stump as a table.他把树桩用作桌子。
3 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。
4 condemned condemned     
adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
  • He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
  • The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。
5 militants 3fa50c1e4338320d8495907fdc5bdbaf     
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
6 frigid TfBzl     
adj.寒冷的，凛冽的；冷淡的；拘禁的
参考例句：
  • The water was too frigid to allow him to remain submerged for long.水冰冷彻骨，他在下面呆不了太长时间。
  • She returned his smile with a frigid glance.对他的微笑她报以冷冷的一瞥。
7 caribou 8cpyD     
n.北美驯鹿
参考例句：
  • Afar off he heard the squawking of caribou calves.他听到远处有一群小驯鹿尖叫的声音。
  • The Eskimos played soccer on ice and used balls filled with caribou hair and grass.爱斯基摩人在冰上踢球，他们用的是驯鹿的毛发和草填充成的球。

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