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 Leading the news this morning. Parts of Washington DC are in lockdown this morning after a man shooting at the Navy Yard in that city. 13 people including a gunman are died. Police have identified the gunman as 34-year-old Aaron Alexis from Fortworth Texas. They’re still searching for a possible second shooter.

   
UN weapons inspectors1 have concluded that sarin gas was used on a large scale in last month’s chemical attack in Syria. The attack on a rebel held area in Damascus killed at least 1,400 people. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon says the report makes for chilly2 reading.
   
Australia in the year Ita Buttra has criticized the lack of woman on the Coalition’s new frontbench. Julie Bishop3 is the only woman in Cabinet. Mr. Buttra says it’s proof a glass ceiling does still exists and she suggests a quota4 to get more women into the ministry5.
   
Engineers in Italia have successfully lifted the cruise ship Costa Concordia from rocks 20 months after ran aground. It’s one of the largest salvages7 ever undertaken. 32 people died when the ship ran aground off the Tascon Coast in January last year. 
   
And Scottish comedian8 and actor Billy Conalley has undergone surgery for prostate cancer. He’s also been diagnosed with the early stages of Parkinson’s disease. A spokeswoman for the 70-year-old says the surgery was successful and Conalley has fully6 recovered.

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1 inspectors e7f2779d4a90787cc7432cd5c8b51897     
n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官
参考例句：
  • They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 chilly pOfzl     
adj.凉快的，寒冷的
参考例句：
  • I feel chilly without a coat.我由于没有穿大衣而感到凉飕飕的。
  • I grew chilly when the fire went out.炉火熄灭后，寒气逼人。
3 bishop AtNzd     
n.主教，（国际象棋）象
参考例句：
  • He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
  • Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。
4 quota vSKxV     
n.（生产、进出口等的）配额，（移民的）限额
参考例句：
  • A restricted import quota was set for meat products.肉类产品设定了进口配额。
  • He overfulfilled his production quota for two months running.他一连两个月超额完成生产指标。
5 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
6 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
7 salvages 10bd7c5c23d0e7658868fd60ed27cc01     
海上营救( salvage的名词复数 )； 抢救出的财产； 救援费； 经加工后重新利用的废物
参考例句：
  • A man salvages coal at a cinder dump site in Changzhi, Shanxi province China. 中国山西长治，一名男子在煤渣处理站捡拾煤炭。
8 comedian jWfyW     
n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员
参考例句：
  • The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
  • The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

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