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1. Mitt¹ Romney looks strong in the polls heading into the Florida primary, but Newt Gingrich is insisting the race for the nomination² is far from over. The winner-take-all primary is worth 50 convention delegates, but the bigger prize is political momentum³.

2. Divers⁴ won't be doing any more searching for missing people in the submerged part of the Costa Concordia cruise ship. Italian officials say it's getting too dangerous for that. Sixteen people are still listed as missing. All are presumed dead.

3. New York authorities are looking into how two men were injured when they were hit by a shopping cart. They had apparently⁵ been pushed off an upper floor of a parking garage. They say a 30-year-old man is in stable condition, and a 52-year-old is in critical condition.

4. And it's Lucky's last day of work after seven years of sniffing⁶ out contraband⁷ at customs in Poland. He is retiring from service. During his career, Lucky has sniffed⁸ out 40 million contraband cigarettes.

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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 nomination
n.提名，任命，提名权
参考例句：
John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。 Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

3 momentum
n.动力，冲力，势头；动量
参考例句：
We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。 The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

4 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。

5 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。

6 sniffing
n.探查法v.以鼻吸气，嗅，闻( sniff的现在分词 )；抽鼻子（尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气）；抱怨，不以为然地说
参考例句：
We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing. 我们都感冒了，一个劲地抽鼻子，打喷嚏。 They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing. 他们都伤风了，呼呼喘气而且打喷嚏。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 contraband
n.违禁品，走私品
参考例句：
Most of the city markets were flooded with contraband goods.大多数的城市市场上都充斥着走私货。 The customs officers rummaged the ship suspected to have contraband goods.海关人员仔细搜查了一艘有走私嫌疑的海轮。

8 sniffed
v.以鼻吸气，嗅，闻( sniff的过去式和过去分词 )；抽鼻子（尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气）；抱怨，不以为然地说
参考例句：
When Jenney had stopped crying she sniffed and dried her eyes. 珍妮停止了哭泣，吸了吸鼻子，擦干了眼泪。来自《简明英汉词典》 The dog sniffed suspiciously at the stranger. 狗疑惑地嗅着那个陌生人。来自《简明英汉词典》