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 And good afternoon, I’m Gio Benitez. Here are the top four stories buzzing online right now before the end of 2014. 

 

Coming in at No. 4, Adele is known for her songs about heartbreak, but the Grammy winner is making aloud and clear that she isn't writing any break-up anthems¹ about her partner Simon Konecki. The singer took the Twitter and to wish her funs a happy new year and to dismiss any rumours², declaring that she and Simon are “still very much together. Don’t believe what you read.” It’s an unusually public statement from the famously private star and we, of course, are happy to hear it. 

 

And No. 3 right now, if you are looking for some inspiration when you are setting your fitness goals for 2015, then look no further in Joy-Anna Duggar. Star of 19 Kids and Counting. Here she is, absolutely killing³ it in a weights room, a parallel squatting⁴. Check that out: 145 pounds! That’s tough for even me. She makes it look so easy. Victor’s sister Jessa posted this video on Instagram, declaring that Joy-Anna was “tear it up with a new personal best.” And now she clearly did it. Have any second helping⁵ at Christmas dinner or maybe it’s good because she’s able to do that, right?

 

Coming in at No. 2 right now, a Christmas wish has come true for a little boy named Evan. The seven-year-old’s finally helped him set up a GoPro camera on Christmas Eve and he managed to capture a video of Santa delivering presents to his house. Take a look. 

 

Evan’s video. Evan has gone wildly viral. It’s now been viewed on YouTube more than 4.5 million times. Let’s just hope Evan is on the naughty list for catching⁶ Santa at work. All right and he wasn't worried about catching Santa. 

 

A zoo in the UK has received a very cute Christmas gift with the arrival of a rare baby giraffe. Her name is Zahra, which means flower in Swahili. She might only be a week old, but she’s apparently⁷ six feet tall and confident on her two long legs there, four long legs. Zahra’s species is endangered with around only 1,000 left in the wild, but Zahra's already doing a great job of raising awareness⁸ about conservation with an adorable response to the media, sticking out her tongue at those cameras. 

 

Be sure to tune⁹ in GMA for more pop news tomorrow for ABC News. I’m Gio Benitez in NY. Have a great day.

1 anthems   

n.赞美诗( anthem的名词复数 )；圣歌；赞歌；颂歌

参考例句：

• They usually play the national anthems of the teams at the beginning of a big match. 在大型赛事开始前，他们通常演奏参赛国国歌。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rise please, rise for the anthems of & . 请全体起立，奏和两国国歌。 来自互联网

2 rumours   

n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 )；风闻；谣言；谣传

参考例句：

• The rumours were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据。
• Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 squatting   

v.像动物一样蹲下( squat的现在分词 )；非法擅自占用（土地或房屋）；为获得其所有权；而占用某片公共用地。

参考例句：

• They ended up squatting in the empty houses on Oxford Road. 他们落得在牛津路偷住空房的境地。
• They've been squatting in an apartment for the past two years. 他们过去两年来一直擅自占用一套公寓。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

6 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

7 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

8 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

9 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。