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 1. President Obama eulogized former South African President Nelson Mandela at a memorial service in Johannesburg earlier Tuesday, calling Mandela “the last great liberator2 of the 20th century”. Obama compared him to Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King JR and Abraham Lincoln.

 
2. General Motor has named Mary Barra to succeed Dan Akerson as its new CEO, making the 51-year-old the first female to head up a US car company. She is currently the senior vice1 president for global product development. 
 
3. A snowstorm earlier Tuesday caused widespread school and government closures in Washington, and elsewhere along the eastern seaboard. The storm is pushing into New England with the potential to snarl3 the evening commute4.  
 
4. A Georgia woman said she is still in pain and embarrassed after becoming the victim of an apparent practical joke. Illyanna Dela Keur says she was glued to a toilet seat at a Home Depot5. Her sister captured her rescue on camera. 

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1 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
2 liberator G1hxJ     
解放者
参考例句：
  • The best integrated turf quality was recorded in Ram I、Midnight、America、Connie、Liberator, which could be adopted in Shanxi. RamI、Midnight、America、Connie、Liberator综合质量表现均衡且分值较高，是山西省推广应用的重点品种。
  • It is the story of a new world that became a friend and liberator of the old. 这是一部新世界的发展史，是一部后浪推前浪的历史。
3 snarl 8FAzv     
v.吼叫，怒骂，纠缠，混乱；n.混乱，缠结，咆哮
参考例句：
  • At the seaside we could hear the snarl of the waves.在海边我们可以听见波涛的咆哮。
  • The traffic was all in a snarl near the accident.事故发生处附近交通一片混乱。
4 commute BXTyi     
vi.乘车上下班；vt.减(刑)；折合；n.上下班交通
参考例句：
  • I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
  • Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。
5 depot Rwax2     
n.仓库，储藏处；公共汽车站；火车站
参考例句：
  • The depot is only a few blocks from here.公共汽车站离这儿只有几个街区。
  • They leased the building as a depot.他们租用这栋大楼作仓库。

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