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　　1. Secretary of State John Kerry is remembering a young diplomat¹ killed in Afghanistan Saturday. Twenty-five-year-old Anne Smedinghoff was killed in a bombing, the first diplomat killed since the Benghazi attacks.

　　2. Members of Rick Warren's Southern California church began Sunday services with a prayer for the popular evangelical pastor². He and his family are coping with the apparent suicide of his 27-year-old son Matthew.

　　3. Fashion designer Lilly Pulitzer has died at age 81. She is known in part for starting her own line of tropical print dresses by accident.

　　4. And Pope Francis was formally installed as bishop³ of Rome Sunday. Francis arrived a half-hour early to bless a plaque⁴ renaming a corner of the piazza⁵ outside the church after Pope John Paul II, who died in 2005.

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1 diplomat
n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人
参考例句：
The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。 He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

2 pastor
n.牧师，牧人
参考例句：
He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。 We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师：教会的事是由五位执事管理的。

3 bishop
n.主教，（国际象棋）象
参考例句：
He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。 Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

4 plaque
n.饰板，匾，(医)血小板
参考例句：
There is a commemorative plaque to the artist in the village hall.村公所里有一块纪念该艺术家的牌匾。 Some Latin words were engraved on the plaque. 牌匾上刻着些拉丁文。

5 piazza
n.广场；走廊
参考例句：
Siena's main piazza was one of the sights of Italy.锡耶纳的主要广场是意大利的名胜之一。 They walked out of the cafeteria,and across the piazzadj.他们走出自助餐厅,穿过广场。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-04-10