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Excitement and apprehension¹ in Scotland Thursday as voters cast their ballots² in the divisive and potentially historical referendum on independence from England. The result is expected on Friday morning.

Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko asked a joint³ meeting of Congress for a 'lethal⁴' US military assistance to help win the war against Russian-backed separatists. Today the US has provided about 60 million dollars in non-lethal aid.

The Islamic State group has released a video showing a British photo journalist John Cantlie who says he is a prisoner of war. His name had not been mentioned among foreign hostages held by the group.

And hundreds of law enforcement officers lined the street outside the Grand Pennsylvania Church as slain⁵ trooper Bryan Dickson was laid to rest. Dickson was killed in an ambush⁶ outside his barracks last week. The suspect is still at large.

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1 apprehension
n.理解，领悟；逮捕，拘捕；忧虑
参考例句：
There were still areas of doubt and her apprehension grew.有些地方仍然存疑，于是她越来越担心。 She is a girl of weak apprehension.她是一个理解力很差的女孩。

2 ballots
n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。来自《简明英汉词典》 The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 joint
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。 We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

4 lethal
adj.致死的；毁灭性的
参考例句：
A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。 She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。

5 slain
杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)
参考例句：
The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。 His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。

6 ambush
n.埋伏(地点)；伏兵；v.埋伏；伏击
参考例句：
Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。 Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-09-23