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1. Defense¹ Secretary Leon Panetta says the U.S. and its allies are close to beating al-Qaeda. He was in Afghanistan today, and says the raid that killed Osama bin² Laden³ has yielded new insights about the group’s other leaders.

2. There’s a new country in the world. South Sudan is officially an independent nation now. Officials raised the new flag and swore in the new president in a massive celebration.

3. The London tabloid⁴ the News of the World is putting together its last edition. The paper is at the heart of a hacking⁵ scandal and has decided⁶ to shut down. The News of the World had been published for 168 years.

4. Derek Jeter has reached a lofty plateau. The Yankee shortstop homered today to reach 3000 hits for his career. He is the 28th big leaguer to reach the mark and the fist Yankee to do so.

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1 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。 The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 bin
n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件
参考例句：
He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。 He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

3 laden
adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的
参考例句：
He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。 Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

4 tabloid
adj.轰动性的，庸俗的；n.小报，文摘
参考例句：
He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击。 He believes that the tabloid press has behaved disgracefully.他认为小报媒体的行为不太光彩。

5 hacking
n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动
参考例句：
The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。 We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

6 decided
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。 There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。