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1. The University of Oklahoma says there’s zero tolerance¹ for racist² behaviors after a video released showed members of an Oklahoma fraternity participating in a racist chant. Sigma Alpha Epsilon said it was closing the local chapter. University president David Boren ordered all the members of the fraternity out of the house by Tuesday night.

2. A passenger train hit a tractor trailer that stalled on railroad tracks in North Carolina. The engine was forced onto its side injuring several people. The Amtrak train was headed north to NY city at the time.

3. Iraqi armed troops gathered around the town of Garma on Monday to recapture the city of Fallujah. IS militants³ who currently controlled about a third of Iraq and Syria took control of the city last January.

4. And a dog was reunited with his owner after Wellesley police and firefighters saved him from the icy Charles River. Cooper, a goldendoodle was stranded⁴ on ice when he was unable to swim ashore⁵. The pooch got a helping⁶ hand from rescue crews and warmed up in a fire engine while heading home.

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1 tolerance
n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差
参考例句：
Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。 Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

2 racist
n.种族主义者，种族主义分子
参考例句：
a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为 His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

3 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。

4 stranded
a.搁浅的，进退两难的
参考例句：
He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里，身无分文，一筹莫展。 I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

5 ashore
adv.在(向)岸上，上岸
参考例句：
The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。 He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。

6 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
参考例句：
The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。 By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-3-12