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[1] Haitians flock to church services on Sunday looking for some respite¹ from all the misery² around them. Aid is still slow to reach the survivors³, and rescue crews continue to scour⁴ the ruins for any sign of life.

[2] President Barack Obama is evoking⁵ the work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., as Americans continue to face hard times. He says it's time to get back to basics and added that pushing for change must take heart.

[3] Pope Benedict is defending the Vatican actions during the holocaust⁶. The Catholic Church and Jewish leaders has already on over the World War II Pope's record. Benedict though says the church worked quietly then to save Jews from the Nazis⁷.

[4] A Spanish lawmaker says he's horrified⁸ to learn the FBI used an online photograph of him to create an image showing what al-Qaeda leader Osama bin⁹ Laden¹⁰ might look like today. The FBI says it will remove the Bin Laden photo from its website.

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1 respite
n.休息，中止，暂缓
参考例句：
She was interrogated without respite for twenty-four hours.她被不间断地审问了二十四小时。 Devaluation would only give the economy a brief respite.贬值只能让经济得到暂时的缓解。

2 misery
n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦
参考例句：
Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。 He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

3 survivors
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。 survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

4 scour
v.搜索；擦，洗，腹泻，冲刷
参考例句：
Mother made me scour the family silver.母亲让我擦洗家里的银器。 We scoured the telephone directory for clues.我们仔细查阅电话簿以寻找线索。

5 evoking
产生，引起，唤起( evoke的现在分词 )
参考例句：
Some occur in organisms without evoking symptoms. 一些存在于生物体中，但不发生症状。 Nowadays, the protection of traditional knowledge is evoking heat discussion worldwide. 目前，全球都掀起了保护传统知识的热潮。

6 holocaust
n.大破坏；大屠杀
参考例句：
The Auschwitz concentration camp always remind the world of the holocaust.奥辛威茨集中营总是让世人想起大屠杀。 Ahmadinejad is denying the holocaust because he's as brutal as Hitler was.内贾德否认大屠杀，因为他像希特勒一样残忍。

7 Nazis
n.（德国的）纳粹党员( Nazi的名词复数 )；纳粹主义
参考例句：
The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。来自《简明英汉词典》 The Nazis were responsible for the mass murder of Jews during World War Ⅱ. 纳粹必须为第二次世界大战中对犹太人的大屠杀负责。来自《简明英汉词典》

8 horrified
a.(表现出)恐惧的
参考例句：
The whole country was horrified by the killings. 全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。 We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons. 地方监狱的普遍状况让我们震惊。

9 bin
n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件
参考例句：
He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。 He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

10 laden
adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的
参考例句：
He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。 Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-01-21)