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1. Investigators1 looking into what went wrong in the Gulf2 of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a boat. Engineers have lifted the damaged blowout preventer from beneath the sea and are getting their first chance to look at the failed device up close.
2. Torrential rains from a tropical depression have caused mudslides in Guatemala that have killed dozens of people. One landslide3 partially4 buried a bus, killing5 12 people.
3. Jetblue flight attendant Steven Slater's big exit last month was for good. His lawyer said he has resigned from his job. Slater gained infamy6 after jumping down a plane's emergency slide. The airline will only say he is no longer an employee. Slater still faces criminal charges.
4. Sixty-nine people in Mexico have made it into the Guinness World Record book. Sunday they set a new record for the greatest number of people simultaneously7 lassoing. The group twirled their ropes for nearly three minutes.
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n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 ) | |
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2 gulf | |
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂 | |
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3 landslide | |
n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票;一面倒的胜利 | |
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adv.部分地,从某些方面讲 | |
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5 killing | |
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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6 infamy | |
n.声名狼藉,出丑,恶行 | |
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7 simultaneously | |
adv.同时发生地,同时进行地 | |
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