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1. Britain's News of the World published for the last time Sunday. News Corp head Rupert Murdoch visited as the 168-year-old paper closed up shop. The closure was announced last week as the paper was caught up in a phone hacking¹ scandal.

2. Atlantis docked the International Space Station Sunday, marking the last-ever visit by a space shuttle. Several hours later the hatches between the two were opened, and the ten crew members of the ISS greeted the four of the shuttle.

3. Teams of inspectors² examined a roller coaster near Buffalo³ after a man was thrown to his death. Sergeant⁴ James Thomas Hackemer was a US Army veteran who lost his legs to a roadside bomb in Iraq.

4. And the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited a Los Angeles arts school for inner-city children. Prince William and his wife Catherine arrived in the gritty Skid⁵ Row area on the last day of their North American tour.

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1 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。

2 inspectors
n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官
参考例句：
They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。来自《简明英汉词典》 Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 buffalo
n.(北美)野牛；(亚洲)水牛
参考例句：
Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。 The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。

4 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？

5 skid
v.打滑 n.滑向一侧；滑道，滑轨
参考例句：
He braked suddenly,causing the front wheels to skid.他突然剎车，使得前轮打了滑。 The police examined the skid marks to see how fast the car had been travelling.警察检查了车轮滑行痕迹，以判断汽车当时开得有多快。