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1. The terrorists who seized a mall in Nairobi, Kenya, say they are still holding hostages. Al-Shabab made the announcement on Twitter. 

2. President Obama speaks to the UN¡¯s General Assembly Tuesday. He is expected to signal his willingness to engage Iran, if that country makes nuclear concessions1. 

3. Rescue workers in China used bamboo and ladders to save a family of seven, stranded2 in the massive floods caused by a typhoon. 

4. And closing arguments began Tuesday in the Michael Jackson civil negligence3 case. Jackson¡¯s family is accusing concert promoter AEG of hiring the doctor who was convicted of giving the singer an overdose of medication. 


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1 concessions 6b6f497aa80aaf810133260337506fa9     
n.（尤指由政府或雇主给予的）特许权( concession的名词复数 )；承认；减价；（在某地的）特许经营权
参考例句：
  • The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工，公司将不得不作出一些让步。
  • The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。
2 stranded thfz18     
a.搁浅的，进退两难的
参考例句：
  • He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
  • I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。
3 negligence IjQyI     
n.疏忽，玩忽，粗心大意
参考例句：
  • They charged him with negligence of duty.他们指责他玩忽职守。
  • The traffic accident was allegedly due to negligence.这次车祸据说是由于疏忽造成的。

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