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1. An Idaho pastor¹ condemned² child trafficking as a "wicked and evil practice". At the same time, he defended members of his congregation detained in Haiti after they tried to bus 33 children into the Dominican Republic. The pastor told church members the Americans were trying to rescue children from an orphanage³.

2. Doctors say they have skirted a bureaucratic⁴ logjam to save the lives of three critically ill children who were victims of Haiti's earthquake. A five-year-old girl with tetanus and two others were put on a private jet today and flown to Philadelphia.

3. Massachusetts Senator-elect Scott Brown is on a kind of “Thank You” tour as he prepares to be sworn-in next month. Brown rallied with supporters in his home state.

4. And a two-year-old Oregon boy swung into action after his mother was hurt by glass from a broken mirror. Nemo used a chair to open the door and then went to tell neighbors his mom needed help.

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1 pastor
n.牧师，牧人
参考例句：
He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。 We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师：教会的事是由五位执事管理的。

2 condemned
adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的动词condemn的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。 The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

3 orphanage
n.孤儿院
参考例句：
They dispensed new clothes to the children in the orphanage.他们把新衣服发给孤儿院的小孩们。 They gave the proceeds of the sale to the orphanage.他们把销售的收入给了这家孤儿院。

4 bureaucratic
adj.官僚的，繁文缛节的
参考例句：
The sweat of labour washed away his bureaucratic airs.劳动的汗水冲掉了他身上的官气。 In this company you have to go through complex bureaucratic procedures just to get a new pencil.在这个公司里即使是领一支新铅笔，也必须通过繁琐的手续。