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1. President Barack Obama says he prefers to use diplomacy¹ to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. But he told the America Israeli Public Affairs Committee that he won't hesitate to use force when necessary to defend the US and its interests.

2. The largest single day of voting in the Republican presidential race is two days away, with 419 delegates at stake in ten states. Mitt² Romney is in the lead, followed by Rick Santorum. Santorum told Fox News Sunday he could do better if Newt Gingrich or Ron Paul drop out of the race.

3. Exit polls cited by state television say Vladimir Putin has won Russia's presidential election. The opposition³ and independent observers say it's been marred⁴ by widespread violations⁵.

4. And more than 2000 people took place in a reindeer⁶ run in Anchorage. That was a record for the event in which reindeer, celebrities⁷ and ordinary folk take part.

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1 diplomacy
n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕
参考例句：
The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。 This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

2 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。

3 opposition
n.反对，敌对
参考例句：
The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。 The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

4 marred
adj. 被损毁, 污损的
参考例句：
The game was marred by the behaviour of drunken fans. 喝醉了的球迷行为不轨，把比赛给搅了。 Bad diction marred the effectiveness of his speech. 措词不当影响了他演说的效果。

5 violations
违反( violation的名词复数 )；冒犯；违反（行为、事例）；强奸
参考例句：
This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。 These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

6 reindeer
n.驯鹿
参考例句：
The herd of reindeer was being trailed by a pack of wolves.那群驯鹿被一只狼群寻踪追赶上来。 The life of the Reindeer men was a frontier life.驯鹿时代人的生活是一种边区生活。

7 celebrities
n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉
参考例句：
He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。 a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目