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1. President Barack Obama has chosen Jay Carney to replace outgoing Robert Gibbs as the White House Press Secretary. Carney is currently Vice¹ President Joe Biden's communications chief. He previously² worked for Time Magazine.

2. Police say an American missionary³ couple who were attacked by gunmen in Mexico may have been targeted for their 2008 Chevy pickup⁴ truck. Sam Davis frantically⁵ drove against traffic Wednesday to get his wife who had been shot in the head to a hospital across the border. She died about an hour after her arriving in Texas.

3. Things are slowly returning to normal as the East Coast digs out from another round of snow. Crews from New York to Washington spent much of Thursday removing wrecked⁶ and abandoned cars from highways and restoring power. At least six deaths are blamed on this latest storm.

4. The rumors⁷ can stop swirling⁸. The baby grand piano that turned up on a Miami sandbar was burned to tatters by New Year’s revelers, then brought to its new home by a 16-year-old who said he was hoping the idea might help him get into a prestigious⁹ art school.

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1 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

2 previously
adv.以前，先前（地）
参考例句：
The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。 Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

3 missionary
adj.教会的，传教(士)的；n.传教士
参考例句：
She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。 I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。

4 pickup
n.拾起，获得
参考例句：
I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。\|\|The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。

5 frantically
ad.发狂地, 发疯地
参考例句：
He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。 She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。

6 wrecked
adj.失事的，遇难的
参考例句：
the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸 the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞

7 rumors
n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷
参考例句：
Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。来自《简明英汉词典》 Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。来自《简明英汉词典》

8 swirling
v.旋转，打旋( swirl的现在分词 )
参考例句：
Snowflakes were swirling in the air. 天空飘洒着雪花。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 She smiled, swirling the wine in her glass. 她微笑着，旋动着杯子里的葡萄酒。来自辞典例句

9 prestigious
adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的
参考例句：
The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。 You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。