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时间：2009-08-11 02:58:21

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1.Members of this community are praying for the safe return of an Idaho soldier. 23-year-old Bowe Bergdahl is heard saying in this Taliban video. He’s scared he won't be able to go home. Bergdahl went missing from his base in eastern Afghanistan late last month.

2.Federal investigators1 are trying to figure out why a San Francisco train operator turned off his automatic controls moments before collision. 48 people were hurt when one train slammed into another stopped at the station on Saturday. The driver hasn't been identified but officials say he started as a bus driver in 1979.

3.The adult daughter of a slain2 Florida couple known for adopting 13 special needs children said she and her husband planed to take care of the kids. 23-year-old Ashley Markham told a local newspaper it was her mother's wish.

4.The crew of Apollo-11 is urging mankind to take a giant leap to Mars. That push comes as they mark Monday's 40th anniversary of man's first landing on the moon. The astronauts will be making a rare appearance together joining President Barack Obama at the White House.

 


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1 investigators e970f9140785518a87fc81641b7c89f7     
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 slain slain     
杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)
参考例句：
  • The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
  • His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。

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