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1. Officials in Louisiana are warning residents in low-lying areas to get out, as water gushing¹ from a floodgate creeps in. The Morganza spillway’s opening has diverted water from heavily populated New Orleans and Baton² Rouge³.

2. The head of the International Monetary⁴ Fund is denying allegations that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid in New York. Sixty-two-year-old Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been accused of attacking the woman in his suite⁵ on Saturday afternoon. He was later removed from a flight to Paris just moments before it was to depart.

3. An imam in Florida, along with two of his sons have been arrested on federal charges they provided some $50000 to the Pakistani Taliban. According to the indictment⁶, the funds were used to buy guns, support militants⁷' families and promote the organization’s cause.

4. NASA's next-to-last space shuttle flight is set to blast off Monday morning. Endeavour will fly under the command of astronaut Mark Kelly. His wife, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will be at Cape⁸ Canaveral for the launch.

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1 gushing
adj.迸出的；涌出的；喷出的；过分热情的v.喷，涌( gush的现在分词 )；滔滔不绝地说话
参考例句：
blood gushing from a wound 从伤口冒出的血 The young mother was gushing over a baby. 那位年轻的母亲正喋喋不休地和婴儿说话。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 baton
n.乐队用指挥杖
参考例句：
With the baton the conductor was beating time.乐队指挥用指挥棒打拍子。 The conductor waved his baton,and the band started up.指挥挥动指挥棒，乐队开始演奏起来。

3 rouge
n.胭脂，口红唇膏；v.(在…上)擦口红
参考例句：
Women put rouge on their cheeks to make their faces pretty.女人往面颊上涂胭脂，使脸更漂亮。 She didn't need any powder or lip rouge to make her pretty.她天生漂亮，不需要任何脂粉唇膏打扮自己。

4 monetary
adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的
参考例句：
The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。 Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

5 suite
n.一套(家具)；套房；随从人员
参考例句：
She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。 That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。

6 indictment
n.起诉；诉状
参考例句：
He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。 They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。

7 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

8 cape
n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风
参考例句：
I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。 She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。