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1. A senior US official says sergeant¹, Bowe Bergdahl, has told military officials that he was tortured, beaten and held in a cage by his Taliban captors in Afghanistan after he tried to escape.

2. Vatican officials insist no political agenda is lurking² behind Pope Francis’ invitation to the Israel and Palestinian Presidents to pray for peace together in the Vatican gardens.

3. A hospital official says actor Tracy Morgan and two other men are in critical condition one day after a tractor trailer rammed³ into a chauffeured⁴ limousine⁵ bus, setting off a chain reaction crash that left one member his entourage dead.

4. And Hillary Rodham Clinton says she will decide whether to run for President again “When it feels right for me to decide”. She says potential Democratic rivals are free to choose what they would like to do.

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1 sergeant
n.警官，中士
参考例句：
His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。 How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

2 lurking
潜在
参考例句：
Why are you lurking around outside my house? 你在我房子外面鬼鬼祟祟的，想干什么？ There is a suspicious man lurking in the shadows. 有一可疑的人躲在阴暗中。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 rammed
v.夯实（土等）( ram的过去式和过去分词 )；猛撞；猛压；反复灌输
参考例句：
Two passengers were injured when their taxi was rammed from behind by a bus. 公共汽车从后面撞来，出租车上的两位乘客受了伤。 I rammed down the earth around the newly-planted tree. 我将新栽的树周围的土捣硬。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 chauffeured
v.受雇于人的汽车司机( chauffeur的过去式 )
参考例句：
He was chauffeured to all his meetings. 他由司机开车送去参加所有的会议。 He was chauffeured away soon thereafter with no public statement. 在那之后他没有做出任何公开声明，很快被车送离。来自互联网

5 limousine
n.豪华轿车
参考例句：
A chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for the grand lady.司机为这个高贵的女士打开了豪华轿车的车门。 We arrived in fine style in a hired limousine.我们很气派地乘坐出租的豪华汽车到达那里。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-06-10