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 1. Two hundred workers who clean airplane cabins at New York's LaGuardia Airport picketed1 outside the terminal over health and safety issues including the Ebola virus. Workers are concerned they may encounter bodily fluid without having on trouble-protective gear. 

 
 
 
2. US-led airstrikes pounded the Islamic State group in Kobani today. The coalition2 intensified3 its aerial bombardment of female compositions in Syria. US officials say 5 airstrikes south of Kobani destroyed an Islamic State group's support building and damaged a training camp. 
 
 
 
3. Authorities say an off-duty St. Louis police officer shot and killed an 18-year-old with fire at him, setting up angry demonstrations4 in the area just two months after the death of Michael Brown. The officer was working for a private security company when he got into an altercation5 with the 18-year-old. His parents say he was unarmed. 
 
 
 
4. And a time capsule dating back to 1901 was uncovered from a statue atop a Boston building. Historians opened a small copper6 box, hidden in the head of the lion statue, and found a hard-cover book inside. President of the Bostonian Society said he was absolutely delighted by the discovery. 
 

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1 picketed a363b65b1ebbf0ffc5ee49b403a38143     
用尖桩围住（picket的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
  • They picketed the restaurant. 他们在饭馆外设置纠察。
  • Humboldt riotously picketed Von Trenk but the play was a hit. 尽管洪堡肆意破坏《冯·特伦克》的上演，然而这个剧还是轰动一时。
2 coalition pWlyi     
n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合
参考例句：
  • The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
  • Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
3 intensified 4b3b31dab91d010ec3f02bff8b189d1a     
v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Violence intensified during the night. 在夜间暴力活动加剧了。
  • The drought has intensified. 旱情加剧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 demonstrations 0922be6a2a3be4bdbebd28c620ab8f2d     
证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威
参考例句：
  • Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
  • The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
5 altercation pLzyi     
n.争吵，争论
参考例句：
  • Throughout the entire altercation,not one sensible word was uttered.争了半天，没有一句话是切合实际的。
  • The boys had an altercation over the umpire's decision.男孩子们对裁判的判决颇有争议。
6 copper HZXyU     
n.铜；铜币；铜器；adj.铜(制)的；(紫)铜色的
参考例句：
  • The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
  • Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。

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