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1. Campaigning together, Mitt¹ Romney and Paul Ryan are painting the upcoming presidential contest as a stark² choice between two competing visions. A huge, excited crowd met the newly minted Republican tickets Sunday in Mooresville, North Carolina, the day after Ryan was named the GOP vice³ presidential pick.

2. Firefighters battled a blaze at a recycling center in east London. That is the biggest the city's seen in several years. That fire was about seven miles east of the Olympic park, home of Sunday night's closing ceremony.

3. A spokesman says Egypt's president has ordered the defense⁴ ministry⁵ and chief of staff to retire. Mohamed Morsi has also cancelled the military-declared constitutional amendments⁶ that gave top generals wide powers.

4. The US team led Spain by only one point after three quarters in Olympic men's basketball. But they eventually won gold with a 107-100 final. Kevin Durant led with 30 points, LeBron James added 19.

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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 stark
adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地
参考例句：
The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。 He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

3 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

4 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。 The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

5 ministry
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。 We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

6 amendments
（法律、文件的）改动( amendment的名词复数 )；修正案；修改；（美国宪法的）修正案
参考例句：
The committee does not adequately consult others when drafting amendments. 委员会在起草修正案时没有充分征求他人的意见。 Please propose amendments and addenda to the first draft of the document. 请对这个文件的初稿提出修改和补充意见。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-08-15