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1. President Barack Obama privately¹ honored the US forces killed in the costliest² attack of the Afghanistan war. The President visited Dover Air Force Base in Delaware where fallen troops come home.

2. Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting two underage followers³ he took as brides. During the trail, prosecutors⁴ used DNA⁵ evidence to show Jeffs fathered a child with a 15-year-old. He played an audio recording⁶ of what they said was him sexually assaulting a 12-year-old.

3. Police in London plan to fill with the streets with 16,000 officers by day’s end. As part of the effort to stop the rioting that's raged since Saturday, it’s three times as many officers as were on duty yesterday.

4. A rare sand cat has been born at a zoo in Tel Aviv. The species used to common in the region, but is now extinct in the wild. Keepers hope to add it to a breeding program.

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1 privately
adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地
参考例句：
Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。 The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

2 costliest
adj.昂贵的( costly的最高级 )；代价高的；引起困难的；造成损失的
参考例句：
At 81 billion dollars, Katrina is the costliest natural disaster in American history. “卡特里娜”飓风造成了近810亿美圆的损失，是美国历史上最严重的自然灾难之一。来自互联网 Senator John Kerry has proposed a tax on the costliest health plans sold by insurance companies. 参议员约翰？克里(JohnKerry)已经提议对保险公司销售的高价值的保险计划征税。来自互联网

3 followers
追随者( follower的名词复数 )；用户；契据的附面；从动件
参考例句：
the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者 The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

4 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。

5 DNA
(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸
参考例句：
DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。 Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

6 recording
n.录音，记录
参考例句：
How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？ I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。