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1. Front-runner Mitt¹ Romney defended his business record. During the Republican debate in South Carolina, Romney under pressure from his Republican opponents also said he might release his tax records this spring.

2. Divers² have used explosives to blast holes in the hull³ of the cruise ship that's grounded off Italy's coast. They are stilling searching for more than two dozen passengers. At least six are dead. Prosecutors⁴ planned to question the captain who is accused of wrecking⁵ the ship.

3. Unions in Greece are staging a strike against austerity measures today. The country's involved negotiations⁶ this week in hopes of securing more bailout funds.

4. And opponents of Wisconsin governor Scott Walker say they have enough signatures to force a new election. Today is the deadline for Walker's opponents to hand in more than half a million signatures. He is facing a recall after approving a law that ended most collective bargaining rights for public workers.

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1 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。

2 divers
adj.不同的；种种的
参考例句：
He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。 Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

3 hull
n.船身；(果、实等的)外壳；vt.去(谷物等)壳
参考例句：
The outer surface of ship's hull is very hard.船体的外表面非常坚硬。 The boat's hull has been staved in by the tremendous seas.小船壳让巨浪打穿了。

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 wrecking
破坏
参考例句：
He teed off on his son for wrecking the car. 他严厉训斥他儿子毁坏了汽车。来自《简明英汉词典》 Instead of wrecking the valley, the waters are put to use making electricity. 现在河水不但不在流域内肆疟，反而被人们用来生产电力。来自辞典例句

6 negotiations
协商( negotiation的名词复数 )；谈判；完成（难事）；通过
参考例句：
negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判 Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。