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The Republican presidential candidates are getting ready for their next debate tonight. Meanwhile, A \ university poll has H. King and Mitt¹ Romney tied at the top. Support of Texas governor Rick Perry has plummeted² over the pass month from 25% to 11%.

Federal prosecutors³ gave opening statements in the trail of a Nigerian man known underwear bomber⁴ today. Authorities say the 24-year old man was on a terrorist mission for Al Qaeda to kill 300 people and to go to heaven as a murder.

Mexico's Pacific coast is getting ready for hurricane Jova. The category 3 storm is expected to strike the coastline this afternoon or evening causing high waves and serious flooding. Forecasters say if Jova stays on track its center will hit south of P.

Authorities in Hungary confiscated⁵ about a hundred weapons on their way to the set of Bad P's new movie, World War Z. They say the machine guns, rifles, pistols and other weapons had not been properly deactivated⁶.

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1 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。 Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

2 plummeted
v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。 A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

4 bomber
n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者
参考例句：
He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。 Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

5 confiscated
没收，充公( confiscate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
Their land was confiscated after the war. 他们的土地在战后被没收。 The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。

6 deactivated
v.解除动员( deactivate的过去式和过去分词 )；使无效；复员；使不活动
参考例句：
\"The brain can be deactivated. It can be yours to command.\" “大脑计算机可以被停止。如果你下达命令的话。” 来自互联网 He successfully deactivated a nuclear reactor in a laboratory before meltdown. 他成功停用一个核反应堆在实验室之前崩溃。来自互联网