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1. President Barack Obama is freeing ten states from the strict and sweeping1 requirements of the No Child Left Behind education law. The states must promise to improve the way schools teach and evaluate students. The move is an acknowledgement that the law's main goal, getting all students up to par2 in reading and math by 2014, is not within reach.
2. Startling new pictures emerged from the Syrian city of Homs. Activists3 say government forces continued to bombard neighborhoods with mortars4 and rockets and scores of people have been killed.
3. A former aide to Gabrielle Giffords is running in the special election to serve as her interim5 replacement6 in Congress. Democrat7 Ron Barber was Giffords' district director. He was also wounded in the shooting at an Arizona shopping center.
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1 sweeping | |
adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的 | |
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2 par | |
n.标准,票面价值,平均数量;adj.票面的,平常的,标准的 | |
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3 activists | |
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 ) | |
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4 mortars | |
n.迫击炮( mortar的名词复数 );砂浆;房产;研钵 | |
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5 interim | |
adj.暂时的,临时的;n.间歇,过渡期间 | |
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6 replacement | |
n.取代,替换,交换;替代品,代用品 | |
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7 democrat | |
n.民主主义者,民主人士;民主党党员 | |
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8 lava | |
n.熔岩,火山岩 | |
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9 lighting | |
n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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