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1. Pedro Hernandez, the man accused of murdering six-year-old Etan Patz underwent a psychological examination Friday, exactly 33 years after the boy's disappearance¹. Hernandez is waiting an arraignment² in Manhattan criminal court.

2. For the first time ever, astronauts welcomed a privately³ owned space capsule into orbit. The unmanned SpaceX Dragon capsule docked successfully at the international space station with the aid of a giant robotic arm. The capsule delivered half of a ton of supplies for the crew.

3. Partial results of Egypt's first free presidential elections point to a matchup between a candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood⁴ and an ousted⁵ veteran of Hosni Mubarak's in the next month runoff election.

4. A Canadian man was arrested at Miami international airport today after rushing toward the front of an American airlines plane from Jamaica. The disoriented passenger did not obey crew member instructions and had to be subdued⁶ by fellow passengers on Flight 320.

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1 disappearance
n.消失，消散，失踪
参考例句：
He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。 Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

2 arraignment
n.提问，传讯，责难
参考例句：
She was remanded to juvenile detention at her arraignment yesterday. 她昨天被送回了对少年拘留在她的传讯。来自互联网 Wyatt asks the desk clerk which courthouse he is being transferred to for arraignment. 他向接待警员询问了马宏将在哪个法庭接受传讯。来自互联网

3 privately
adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地
参考例句：
Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。 The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

4 brotherhood
n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊
参考例句：
They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。 They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。

5 ousted
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )；革职；罢黜；剥夺
参考例句：
He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。 He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

6 subdued
adj. 屈服的，柔和的，减弱的动词subdue的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。 I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候，我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。