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1. A two-day nuclear summit with leaders from 47 countries starts today in Washington. President Barack Obama is looking for global help in his goal of ensuring all nuclear materials worldwide within four years. The president considers nuclear weapons in terrorist hands to be the single biggest threat to US security.
2. A team of federal investigators1 arrives today at the scene of West Virginia's mining disaster, a week to the day after an explosion killed 29. Authorities have said that high levels of volatile2 methane3 gas may have played a role in the disaster.
3. Russian investigators say readings from flight recorders indicate that there were no technical problems with the Polish president’s Soviet-made plane that crashed, killing4 him and 95 others. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday the pilot was warned of bad weather over the airport in western Russia.
4. Masters week started with Tiger Woods in the spotlight5. It ended with Phil Mickelson in the spotlight. Lefty won his third Masters title yesterday, shooting a 5 under bar 67 to beat Lee Westwood by three shots. It was Mickelson's first major title since his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. Tiger Woods finished in the tie for fourth, five shots behind Mickelson.
1 investigators | |
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 ) | |
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2 volatile | |
adj.反复无常的,挥发性的,稍纵即逝的,脾气火爆的;n.挥发性物质 | |
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3 methane | |
n.甲烷,沼气 | |
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4 killing | |
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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5 spotlight | |
n.公众注意的中心,聚光灯,探照灯,视听,注意,醒目 | |
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