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1. The FAA says four airlines are under investigation¹ for not complying with aviation regulations. Although it's not naming the carriers, they could face fines. This comes after a series of safety lapses² that delayed flights and grounded planes.

2. Police in Georgia say a group of third graders drew up an elaborate plan to attack their teacher, with some children assigned specific tasks like covering windows and cleaning up afterward³. The children were apparently⁴ angry after the teacher disciplined them.

3. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says while a recession is possible, he expects more growth in the second half of the year and into 2009. Bernanke told lawmakers the economy should be helped by a 168-billion-dollar stimulus⁵ package.

4. Japanese zoos are celebrating the arrival of a newborn lion and some cheetah⁶ cubs⁸, the seven-week-old lion cub⁷ is rare and is being treated like the prince of the zoo.

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1 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

2 lapses
n.失误，过失( lapse的名词复数 )；小毛病；行为失检；偏离正道v.退步( lapse的第三人称单数 )；陷入；倒退；丧失
参考例句：
He sometimes lapses from good behavior. 他有时行为失检。来自辞典例句 He could forgive attacks of nerves, panic, bad unexplainable actions, all sorts of lapses. 他可以宽恕突然发作的歇斯底里，惊慌失措，恶劣的莫名其妙的动作，各种各样的失误。来自辞典例句

3 afterward
adv.后来；以后
参考例句：
Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。 Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。

4 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。

5 stimulus
n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物
参考例句：
Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。 Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

6 cheetah
n.(动物)猎豹
参考例句：
The cheetah is generally credited as the world's fastest animal.猎豹被公认是世界上跑得最快的动物。 The distribution of the cheetah ranges from Africa to Central Asia.印度豹的足迹遍及从非洲到中亚的广大地区。

7 cub
n.幼兽，年轻无经验的人
参考例句：
The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。 The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。

8 cubs
n.幼小的兽，不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮 Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。来自《简明英汉词典》

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP News 2008-04-03