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1. Multiple people have been killed in an attack on an immigration services center in Binghamton, New York. The gunman reportedly barricaded1 the rear door of the building with his car before entering the front door and opening fire.

2. Courting Europe with an American-style campaign, President Barack Obama on Friday talked up his plans to eliminate nuclear weapons, close the Guantanamo Bay prison and tackle global warming at a town hall meeting in Strasbourg, France.

3. The nation's unemployment rate jumped to 8.5% in March, the highest since 1983 as employers cut some 600,000 jobs last month. It's fresh evidence of the total recession has inflicted2 on America's workers and economists3 say there is no relief in sight.

4. Seattle Mariners4 star outfielder Ichiro Suzuki is being treated for a bleeding ulcer5 and was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday for the first time in his career, sending Seattle into opening day minus one of baseball's best players.


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1 barricaded 2eb8797bffe7ab940a3055d2ef7cec71     
设路障于，以障碍物阻塞( barricade的过去式和过去分词 )； 设路障[防御工事]保卫或固守
参考例句：
  • The police barricaded the entrance. 警方在入口处设置了路障。
  • The doors had been barricaded. 门都被堵住了。
2 inflicted cd6137b3bb7ad543500a72a112c6680f     
把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team. 他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。
  • Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her. 卓娅英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑。
3 economists 2ba0a36f92d9c37ef31cc751bca1a748     
n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
  • Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 mariners 70cffa70c802d5fc4932d9a87a68c2eb     
海员，水手（mariner的复数形式）
参考例句：
  • Mariners were also able to fix their latitude by using an instrument called astrolabe. 海员们还可使用星盘这种仪器确定纬度。
  • The ancient mariners traversed the sea. 古代的海员漂洋过海。
5 ulcer AHmyp     
n.溃疡，腐坏物
参考例句：
  • She had an ulcer in her mouth.她口腔出现溃疡。
  • A bacterium is identified as the cause for his duodenal ulcer.一种细菌被断定为造成他十二指肠溃疡的根源。

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