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1. Hundreds packed a North Carolina church today for the funeral of Elizabeth Edwards. Her daughter Kate spoke¹ about her grace, wits and charm. Sixty-one-year-old Edwards died Tuesday. She's been praised for her strength amid a series of challenges, including the death of a son and betrayal by her husband.

2. Authorities say they've found human remains² believed to be the daughter of an Alabama man already charged with murder in the girl's death. Remains found earlier this week are believed to be those of the man's three-year-old son.

3. One of Bernard Madoff's sons has apparently³ committed suicide. The body of Mark Madoff was found this morning in New York. His attorney said the 46-year-old is a victim of his father's monstrous⁴ crime, which includes swindling billions of dollars from investors⁵.

4. This isn't how we expect to see Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin - about him playing the piano and singing, all in the name of helping⁶ children who are suffering from cancer.

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1 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。 The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 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。

4 monstrous
adj.巨大的；恐怖的；可耻的，丢脸的
参考例句：
The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.浓烟开始盘旋上升，形成了一个巨大的烟柱。 Your behaviour in class is monstrous!你在课堂上的行为真是丢人！

5 investors
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子 a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

6 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。