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1. The first votes in the New Hampshire primary were cast just after midnight in Dixville Notch¹. Mitt² Romney may be the favorite Tuesday, but his rivals are also looking for a good showing.

2. The New Jersey³ Assembly's top Republican leader has died at the Statehouse on the final day of the legislative⁴ session. Seventy-five-year-old Alex DeCroce collapsed⁵ Monday night, attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. A legislature was scaling back plans for Tuesday's reorganization and Governor Christie was postponing⁶ his state-of-the-state speech.

3. Syrian President Bashar Assad says he won't step down because he still has his people's support. Tuesday Assad made his first speech since he agreed last month to an Arab League plan to halt the government's crackdown on dissent⁷.

4. And National Guard members are helping⁸ dig out Cordova, Alaska. One count says the town has seen more than ten feet of snow in the last few weeks, collapsing⁹ roofs, triggering avalanches¹⁰ and trapping some people in their homes.

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1 notch
n.(V字形)槽口，缺口，等级
参考例句：
The peanuts they grow are top-notch.他们种的花生是拔尖的。 He cut a notch in the stick with a sharp knife.他用利刃在棒上刻了一个凹痕。

2 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。 Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

3 jersey
n.运动衫
参考例句：
He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。 They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

4 legislative
n.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的
参考例句：
Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。 Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。

5 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
参考例句：
Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。 The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

6 postponing
v.延期，推迟( postpone的现在分词 )
参考例句：
He tried to gain time by postponing his decision. 他想以迟迟不作决定的手段来争取时间。来自辞典例句 I don't hold with the idea of postponing further discussion of the matter. 我不赞成推迟进一步讨论这件事的想法。来自辞典例句

7 dissent
n./v.不同意，持异议
参考例句：
It is too late now to make any dissent.现在提出异议太晚了。 He felt her shoulders gave a wriggle of dissent.他感到她的肩膀因为不同意而动了一下。

8 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
参考例句：
The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。 By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

9 collapsing
压扁[平]，毁坏，断裂
参考例句：
Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。 The rocks were folded by collapsing into the center of the trough. 岩石由于坍陷进入凹槽的中心而发生褶皱。

10 avalanches
n.雪崩( avalanche的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The greatest dangers of pyroclastic avalanches are probably heat and suffocation. 火成碎屑崩落的最大危害可能是炽热和窒息作用。来自辞典例句 Avalanches poured down on the tracks and rails were spread. 雪崩压满了轨道，铁轨被弄得四分五裂。来自辞典例句