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1. Secretary of State, John Kerry says negotiations¹ with Iran representative “the best chance” to achieve long-term peace. Kerry spoke² as Iran and 6 world powers agreed on how to put in place the terms of last November’s interim³ nuclear deal.

2. Several Iraqi officials say more than 20 civilians⁴ have been killed Sunday in a series of car bombings and clashes between security forces and militants⁵. The violence comes as Iraqi security forces and allied⁶ Sunni tribal⁷ militias⁸ continued to battle militants linked to al-Qaeda.

3. Israelis are paying final respects to Ariel Sharon as they filed past the casket of the former general and prime minister in Jerusalem. Sharon died Saturday eight years after suffering a stroke that left him in a coma⁹. He was 85.

4. And an unmanned cargo¹⁰ ship carrying supplies, experiments and even Christmas present docked with the international space station Sunday. The Cygnus, privately¹¹ launched the supply ship, arrived 3 days after blasting off from Virginia.

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1 negotiations
协商( negotiation的名词复数 )；谈判；完成（难事）；通过
参考例句：
negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判 Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

2 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。 The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

3 interim
adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间
参考例句：
The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。 It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

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 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

6 allied
adj.协约国的；同盟国的
参考例句：
Britain was allied with the United States many times in history.历史上英国曾多次与美国结盟。 Allied forces sustained heavy losses in the first few weeks of the campaign.同盟国在最初几周内遭受了巨大的损失。

7 tribal
adj.部族的，种族的
参考例句：
He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。 The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。

8 militias
n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。来自辞典例句 The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。来自互联网

9 coma
n.昏迷，昏迷状态
参考例句：
The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。 She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。

10 cargo
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
参考例句：
The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。 A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

11 privately
adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地
参考例句：
Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。 The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-01-16