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1. A jury has found Virginia Tech negligent¹ for delaying a campus warning of the first shootings in a 2007 campus massacre² that left 33 dead. Jurors returned the verdict in a wrongful death civil suit brought by the parents of two students who were killed.

2. A US military official says the American soldier accused of killing³ 16 Afghan civilians⁴ on a shooting spree has been flown out of Afghanistan. The official said the soldier has been flown to a pre-trial confinement⁵ facility in another country but did not provide further details.

3. Leaders of the US and Britain outlined plans to shift the NATO war effort in Afghanistan toward a back-seat advisory⁶ role while Afghan forces increasingly take the lead. British Prime Minister David Cameron was in Washington Wednesday. This evening, the White House hosts a dinner in his honor.

4. And George Clooney used his Hollywood celebrity⁷ to draw attention to the humanitarian⁸ crisis between Sudan and South Sudan. The click of camera shutters⁹ never stopped as Clooney testified before a Senate committee.

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1 negligent
adj.疏忽的；玩忽的；粗心大意的
参考例句：
The committee heard that he had been negligent in his duty.委员会听说他玩忽职守。 If the government is proved negligent,compensation will be payable.如果证明是政府的疏忽，就应支付赔偿。

2 massacre
n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀
参考例句：
There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。 If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

3 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 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。

5 confinement
n.幽禁，拘留，监禁；分娩；限制，局限
参考例句：
He spent eleven years in solitary confinement.他度过了11年的单独监禁。 The date for my wife's confinement was approaching closer and closer.妻子分娩的日子越来越近了。

6 advisory
adj.劝告的，忠告的，顾问的，提供咨询
参考例句：
I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。 He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。

7 celebrity
n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望
参考例句：
Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。 He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

8 humanitarian
n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者
参考例句：
She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。 The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

9 shutters
百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 )；（照相机的）快门
参考例句：
The shop-front is fitted with rolling shutters. 那商店的店门装有卷门。 The shutters thumped the wall in the wind. 在风中百叶窗砰砰地碰在墙上。