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1. An official says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has returned to Jerusalem for another round meeting with Israeli leaders as she tries to block an elusive¹ truce² deal of the Israel-Hamas fighting. Clinton is due to travel later to Cairo.

2. Officials say two Taliban suicide bombers³ were apparently⁴ spotted⁵ and shot off before they could attack an American base in Afghanistan. The bombers detonated their explosives nearby, killing⁶ two Afghan guards.

3. San Francisco city supervisors⁷ voted to ban public nudity on Tuesday following complaints about naked men in the city's Castro District. The ban still needs the final vote and the mayor's signature to become final.

4. While turkey is the traditional centerpiece for thanksgiving dinner. Animal rights activists⁸ in California are making a push for saving the birds and making them pets. They say turkeys are intelligent, loyal animals who just need a little TLC.

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1 elusive
adj.难以表达(捉摸)的；令人困惑的；逃避的
参考例句：
Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。 Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。

2 truce
n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束
参考例句：
The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。 She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

3 bombers
n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟
参考例句：
Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。来自《简明英汉词典》 The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 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。

5 spotted
adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的
参考例句：
The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。 Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

6 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

7 supervisors
n.监督者，管理者( supervisor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
I think the best technical people make the best supervisors. 我认为最好的技术人员可以成为最好的管理人员。来自辞典例句 Even the foremen or first-level supervisors have a staffing responsibility. 甚至领班或第一线的监督人员也有任用的责任。来自辞典例句

8 activists
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。 Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。来自《简明英汉词典》

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-11-24