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1. Outrage¹ after a video was posted online that appears to show four US marines urinating on corpses². US military officials condemned³ the video and launched a full investigation⁴. The AP hasn't independently verified the video's authenticity⁵.

2. Mitt⁶ Romney insists he opposes abortion⁷. The Republican presidential candidate is raising the issue on the campaign trail in south Carolina. It's an effort to counter his rivals' attacks.

3. A judge says he'll sign an order declaring Natalee Holloway legally dead. The teenager vanished more than six years ago in Aruba.

4. And it's a rare sight during a Chicago winter. But this hummingbird⁸ which showed up just before Thanksgiving is attracting a bit of a following. The birds stayed for 7 weeks before apparently⁹ heading south for the winter.

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1 outrage
n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒
参考例句：
When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。 We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

2 corpses
n.死尸，尸体( corpse的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them. 活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。来自《简明英汉词典》 Overhead, grayish-white clouds covered the sky, piling up heavily like decaying corpses. 天上罩满了灰白的薄云，同腐烂的尸体似的沉沉的盖在那里。来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

3 condemned
adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的动词condemn的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。 The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

4 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 authenticity
n.真实性
参考例句：
There has been some debate over the authenticity of his will. 对于他的遗嘱的真实性一直有争论。 The museum is seeking an expert opinion on the authenticity of the painting. 博物馆在请专家鉴定那幅画的真伪。

6 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。

7 abortion
n.流产，堕胎
参考例句：
She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。 A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

8 hummingbird
n.蜂鸟
参考例句：
The hummingbird perches on a twig of the hawthorn.小蜂鸟栖在山楂树枝上。 The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backward.蜂鸟是唯一能倒退向后飞的鸟。

9 apparently
adv.显然地；表面上，似乎
参考例句：
An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。 He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。