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1. Japanese officials said there is no threat to public health from the traces of plutonium that were found in the soil outside the crippled nuclear reactor¹. The reactor has been leaking radiation for over two weeks.

2. President Barack Obama has a strong endorsement² for his actions in Libya. Republican Congressman³ Duncan Hunter writes in his San Diego Union-Tribune that Obama could have watched a humanitarian⁴ crisis unfold, but instead the president stood with the international community to save lives.

3. A Texas college student from Saudi Arabia, accused of buying chemicals and equipment to build a weapon of mass destruction, has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari faces up to life in prison.

4. And Barry Bond's former mistress has testified the slugger blamed a 1999 elbow injury on steroid use. Kimberly Bell also talked about physical and behavioral changes she said Tom experienced during their nine-year relationship.

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1 reactor
n.反应器；反应堆
参考例句：
The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.原子反应堆发出大量的热能。 Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules.在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

2 endorsement
n.背书；赞成，认可，担保；签(注)，批注
参考例句：
We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。 His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。

3 Congressman
n.（美）国会议员
参考例句：
He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。 The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

4 humanitarian
n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者
参考例句：
She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。 The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。