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1. With anger and tears, families of those killed in the Colorado movie theater shooting last week got their first glimpse of suspected gunman James Holmes in court Monday. Victims' families are planning their final goodbyes for the 12 who died in the massacre¹ that wounded 58 others.

2. State College Pennsylvania, home to Penn State University, is reeling from the unprecedented² sanctions imposed against the school by the NCAA. Many fear the fines and ban from post season play may negatively affect business owners who normally thrive during football season.

3. A public hearing on the oversized sugary drink ban in New York City is expected Tuesday afternoon. The proposal by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg requires the approval from the city's board of health.

4. Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners³ is headed to the New York Yankees. In a trade that went down Monday, Suzuki goes from the team with the most losses to a team with the most wins in Major League Baseball.

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1 massacre
n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀
参考例句：
There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。 If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

2 unprecedented
adj.无前例的，新奇的
参考例句：
The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。 A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

3 mariners
海员，水手（mariner的复数形式）
参考例句：
Mariners were also able to fix their latitude by using an instrument called astrolabe. 海员们还可使用星盘这种仪器确定纬度。 The ancient mariners traversed the sea. 古代的海员漂洋过海。