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1. About 30,000 Ukrainian opposition¹ supporters rallied in Kiev’s Independence Square Sunday. Opposition leaders speaking at the rally called for early elections to unseat Ukraine’s current president.

2. A Syrian official says more than 600 people have been evacuated² from the besieged³ city of Homs. The evaluations⁴ happened under a 3 day truce⁵ between the Syrian government and rebel forces. Despite the truce some civilians⁶ were met with gunfire as they tried to flee.

3. The host-country won its first gold medal of the Sochi Olympics in team figure skating. Earlier in the day, Russia won a bronze medal in women’s 3000-meter speed skating.

4. And consider it an early Valentine’s Day date: the First Couple was spotted⁷ having dinner at a popular Mexican restaurant in Washington DC over the weekend. The restaurant’s name, Oyamel.

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1 opposition
n.反对，敌对
参考例句：
The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。 The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

2 evacuated
撤退者的
参考例句：
Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。 The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

3 besieged
包围，围困，围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender. 巴黎被围困了四个月后被迫投降。 The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial. 公众纷纷来信对报社新近发表的社论提出诘问，弄得报社应接不暇。

4 evaluations
估价( evaluation的名词复数 )；赋值；估计价值； [医学]诊断
参考例句：
In fact, our moral evaluations are merely expressions of our desires. 事实上，我们的道德评价只是我们欲望的表达形式。来自哲学部分 Properly speaking, however, these evaluations and insights are not within the concept of official notice. 但准确地讲，这些评估和深远见识并未包括在官方通知概念里。

5 truce
n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束
参考例句：
The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。 She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

6 civilians
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )；老百姓
参考例句：
the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀 At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

7 spotted
adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的
参考例句：
The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。 Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-02-12