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1. The Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church held a memorial service in honor of the two people killed in a shooting rampage a week ago. Six others were hurt. The suspect in the case is due in court Tuesday.

2. A British man who was attacked during his Caribbean honeymoon1 has died. Benjamin Mullany was declared dead at a Wales hospital. He and his wife Catherine were attacked last week while they vacationed in Antigua, she was killed immediately.

3. One hundred and forty-five people were killed in a stampede at a Hindu temple in northern India. The pilgrims were attending a nine-day religious festival. Dozens of people fell over the edge of a mountain path when a railing gave way.

4. Brett Farve will return to the Green Bay Packers' roster2 effective Monday afternoon. Farve announced his retirement3 in March. The NFL commissioner4 held off on granting Farve's request for reinstatement for nearly a week, hoping he and the team would resolve their differences.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. Unitarian Universalism: n. 一位论-普救派

A religious association of Christian5 origin that has no official creed6 and that considers God to be unipersonal, salvation7 to be granted to the entire human race, and reason and conscience to be the criteria8 for belief and practice.

2. stampede: n.

If a lot of people all do the same thing at the same time, you can describe it as a stampede.

3. Hindu: adj.

Hindu is used to describe things that belong or relate to Hinduism(印度教).

4. railing: n.

A fence made from metal bars is called a railing or railings.

5. roster: n.

a list of the names of people on a sports team, in an organization etc.

6. hold off: v.

If you hold off doing something, you delay doing it or delay making a decision about it.

7. reinstatement: n.

Reinstatement is the act of giving someone back a job or position which has been taken away from them.


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1 honeymoon ucnxc     
n.蜜月(假期);vi.度蜜月
参考例句:
  • While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
  • The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。
2 roster CCczl     
n.值勤表,花名册
参考例句:
  • The teacher checked the roster to see whom he would teach this year.老师查看花名册,想了解今年要教的学生。
  • The next day he put himself first on the new roster for domestic chores.第二天,他把自己排在了新的家务值日表的第一位。
3 retirement TWoxH     
n.退休,退职
参考例句:
  • She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
  • I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。
4 commissioner gq3zX     
n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员
参考例句:
  • The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
  • He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
5 Christian KVByl     
adj.基督教徒的;n.基督教徒
参考例句:
  • They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
  • His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
6 creed uoxzL     
n.信条;信念,纲领
参考例句:
  • They offended against every article of his creed.他们触犯了他的每一条戒律。
  • Our creed has always been that business is business.我们的信条一直是公私分明。
7 salvation nC2zC     
n.(尤指基督)救世,超度,拯救,解困
参考例句:
  • Salvation lay in political reform.解救办法在于政治改革。
  • Christians hope and pray for salvation.基督教徒希望并祈祷灵魂得救。
8 criteria vafyC     
n.标准
参考例句:
  • The main criterion is value for money.主要的标准是钱要用得划算。
  • There are strict criteria for inclusion in the competition.参赛的标准很严格。

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