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1. The search continues for 20-year-old Lauren Spierer. Police have few leads but suspect foul¹ play in the disappearance² of the Indiana University sophomore³ who has been missing for five days.

2. Moammar Gadhafi stood defiant⁴ in the face of the heaviest and most punishing NATO airstrikes yet - at least 50 attacks over 24 hours sent plumes⁵ of smoke above the Libyan leader's compound in Tripoli.

3. A solar flare⁶ erupted from the sun in an impressive display captured by NASA cameras. NASA says the flare peaked on Tuesday and created a large cloud that appeared to cover almost half the surface of the Sun.

4. And the torch for the 2012 London Olympics has been revealed. A golden aluminium⁷ tube with 8000 mesh-like holes that represent the number of torch bearers and miles it will travel in the 70-day relay across Britain.

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1 foul
adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规
参考例句：
Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。 What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

2 disappearance
n.消失，消散，失踪
参考例句：
He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。 Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

3 sophomore
n.大学二年级生；adj.第二年的
参考例句：
He is in his sophomore year.他在读二年级。 I'm a college sophomore majoring in English.我是一名英语专业的大二学生。

4 defiant
adj.无礼的，挑战的
参考例句：
With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时，仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。 He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。

5 plumes
羽毛( plume的名词复数 )；羽毛饰；羽毛状物；升上空中的羽状物
参考例句：
The dancer wore a headdress of pink ostrich plumes. 那位舞蹈演员戴着粉色鸵鸟毛制作的头饰。 The plumes on her bonnet barely moved as she nodded. 她点点头，那帽子的羽毛在一个劲儿颤动。

6 flare
v.闪耀，闪烁；n.潮红；突发
参考例句：
The match gave a flare.火柴发出闪光。 You need not flare up merely because I mentioned your work.你大可不必因为我提到你的工作就动怒。

7 aluminium
n.铝 (=aluminum)
参考例句：
Aluminium looks heavy but actually it is very light.铝看起来很重，实际上却很轻。 If necessary, we can use aluminium instead of steel.如果必要，我们可用铝代钢。