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1.President Barack Obama is ordering 4,000 more troops to Afghanistan to train its military and police forces. He says the mountainous region between Afghanistan and Pakistan is the most dangerous place in the world. Obama vowed¹ to disrupt, dismantle² and defeat Al-Qaeda there.

2.Minnesota's governor's telling residents of Moorhead to heed³ the advice of emergency responders. Moorhead lies on the other side of the Red River from Fargo, North Dakota, where river levels have reached record heights and is still rising.

3.Mourners in Oakland, California said farewell today to four police officers who were gunned down last weekend. The slain⁴ officers’ caskets draped in American flags, arrived in a caravan⁵ that passed under a giant US flag held up by two fire truck ladders.

4.Bar patrons in Arizona got a startle when a bobcat trotted⁶ in the front door. One man was attacked and slightly hurt. The cat was shot by police. Tests showed it had rabies.

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1 vowed
起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。 I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

2 dismantle
vt.拆开，拆卸；废除，取消
参考例句：
He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.他请求美国立即提供援助，拆除这批弹头。 The mower firmly refused to mow,so I decided to dismantle it.修完后割草机还是纹丝不动，于是，我决定把它拆开。

3 heed
v.注意，留意；n.注意，留心
参考例句：
You must take heed of what he has told.你要注意他所告诉的事。 For the first time he had to pay heed to his appearance.这是他第一次非得注意自己的外表不可了。

4 slain
杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)
参考例句：
The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。 His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。

5 caravan
n.大蓬车；活动房屋
参考例句：
The community adviser gave us a caravan to live in.社区顾问给了我们一间活动住房栖身。 Geoff connected the caravan to the car.杰弗把旅行用的住屋拖车挂在汽车上。

6 trotted
小跑，急走( trot的过去分词 )；匆匆忙忙地走
参考例句：
She trotted her pony around the field. 她骑着小马绕场慢跑。 Anne trotted obediently beside her mother. 安妮听话地跟在妈妈身边走。

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美联社一分钟新闻 2009-03-28