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1. There has been a shooting at a US navy facility in Tennessee. The military says the gunman opened fire, wounding two service members before being taken to custody¹. Police said the shooter was a Navy recruiter who had been relieved of duty.

2. President Barack Obama is calling on the congress to finish work on immigration overhaul² by the end of the year. The Senate has passed a measure that would provide an eventual³ path to citizenship⁴ for those are in the country illegally, and would tighten⁵ border security. But it is gone nowhere in the republican controlled House.

3. There should have been months of testing before the government¡¯s healthcare website went online. That¡¯s the view of the contractors⁶ who are responsible for setting up the site, a key part of the new healthcare law. The house hearing today focused on the administration¡¯s determination to get the system up and running by October 1st.

4. And a herd⁷ of Australian dairy cows had been led to a beach in a name of art. They are part of a work created by surrealist artist centre Andrew Baines. The hand-selected cows were put in water up to their knees in what Baines called ¡°A Metaphoric⁸ Escape¡±.

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1 custody
n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留
参考例句：
He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。 He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

2 overhaul
v./n.大修，仔细检查
参考例句：
Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。 It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。

3 eventual
adj.最后的，结局的，最终的
参考例句：
Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。 Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。

4 citizenship
n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)
参考例句：
He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。 Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

5 tighten
v.(使)变紧；(使)绷紧
参考例句：
Turn the screw to the right to tighten it.向右转动螺钉把它拧紧。 Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation.一些国家实行紧缩银根的货币政策，以避免通货膨胀。

6 contractors
n.（建筑、监造中的）承包人( contractor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。来自《简明英汉词典》 Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。来自《简明英汉词典》

7 herd
n.兽群，牧群；vt.使集中，把…赶在一起
参考例句：
She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。 He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见，只是人云亦云。

8 metaphoric
adj. 使用隐喻的；比喻的；比喻意义的
参考例句：
It was a metaphoric(al) phrase; we didn't really mean that he has green fingers, only that he is good at gardening. 它是一个比喻的词组；我们并非说他长了绿手指而是说他擅长园艺技能。 The ubiquitous mouse input device is not metaphoric of anything, but rather is learned idiomatically. 无所不在的鼠标输入设备没有任何隐喻；相反，是习惯用法的学习。来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-29