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1.California authorities say a gunman went on a spree of shootings and carjacking across Orange County, California, killing¹ 3 people and wounding 3 others. They say the search for the gunman ended when he killed himself as police closed him.

2.President Obama lashed² out republicans, warning the people will lose their jobs if the sequester³ takes effect. House Speaker John Boehner released the statement saying the revenue debate is now closed. He says spending is the problem, spending must be the focus.

3.Oscar Pistorius cried as his lawyer told the South African courtroom that the Olympic athlete known as the Blade Runner mistook his girlfriend for an intruder and shot and killed her. Prosecutors⁴ however say Pistorious intentionally⁵ killed Reeva Steenkamp as she covered inside a locked bathroom.

4.Kate Middleton made her first public appearance Tuesday since her pregnancy⁶ was announced in December while the baby born slightly visible. The duchess of Cambridge visited a centre for recovering addicts⁷ in London.

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1 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 lashed
adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥
参考例句：
The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。 The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 sequester
vt.使退隐，使隔绝
参考例句：
Everything he owned was sequestered.他的所有财产都被扣押了。 This jury is expected to be sequestered for at least two months.预计这个陪审团将至少被隔离两个月。

4 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

5 intentionally
ad.故意地，有意地
参考例句：
I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。 The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。

6 pregnancy
n.怀孕，怀孕期
参考例句：
Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。 Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

7 addicts
有…瘾的人( addict的名词复数 )；入迷的人
参考例句：
a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts 帮助吸毒者恢复正常生活的机构 There is counseling to help Internet addicts?even online. 有咨询机构帮助网络沉迷者。来自超越目标英语第3册

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-02-23