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1. President Barack Obama is in Louisiana / where he's getting a fresh look at the damage being caused by the Gulf1 oil spill. It's his third visit to the region since the April explosion at the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform.

2. Meantime, children are playing with tar2 balls at Pensacola Beach in Florida. The oil continues to gush3 out after a cap was placed over the leak. BP is working on adjustments as well as shooting chemical dispersants at the oil.

3. Dutch murder suspect Joran van der Sloot is on the way to Peru. Authorities there are likely to charge him with the killing4 of a 21-year-old woman found dead in a Lima hotel room. Chilean police say that van der Sloot insists he's innocent.

4. And McDonald’s is recalling 12 million Shrek-themed drinking glasses because the pigment5 in paint on the glasses contains cadmium. That’s the same toxic6 metal that’s turned up in children’s jewelry7. The 16-ounce glasses were being sold for about two dollars each as part of a promotional campaign for the movie “Shrek Forever After.”

 


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1 gulf 1e0xp     
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
2 tar 1qOwD     
n.柏油，焦油；vt.涂或浇柏油/焦油于
参考例句：
  • The roof was covered with tar.屋顶涂抹了一层沥青。
  • We use tar to make roads.我们用沥青铺路。
3 gush TeOzO     
v.喷，涌；滔滔不绝(说话)；n.喷，涌流；迸发
参考例句：
  • There was a gush of blood from the wound.血从伤口流出。
  • There was a gush of blood as the arrow was pulled out from the arm.当从手臂上拔出箭来时，一股鲜血涌了出来。
4 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。
5 pigment gi0yg     
n.天然色素，干粉颜料
参考例句：
  • The Romans used natural pigments on their fabrics and walls.古罗马人在织物和墙壁上使用天然颜料。
  • Who thought he might know what the skin pigment phenomenon meant.他自认为可能知道皮肤色素出现这种现象到底是怎么回事。
6 toxic inSwc     
adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的
参考例句：
  • The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
  • There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。
7 jewelry 0auz1     
n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝
参考例句：
  • The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
  • Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

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