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The pastor¹ of a suburban² Saint Louis church dead after a gunman opened fire in the middle of a Sunday service.Police said minister deflected³ one bone as the Bible before the re-struckened the chest. Two other were slashed⁴ as they wrestled⁵ the shooter the ground.The gunman is hospitalized what is discribed as serious neck wound.

Barack Obama will announce later today that he is overturning the Bush Administration's policies on embryonic⁶ stem cell research. He also includes broad declarations that science that's not not political ideology⁷ will guide his administration.

Circus City has closed stores for good. The electronic retailor failed to bounce back after falling for bankruptcy⁸ last year. It will leave more than 18 million square feet of vacant space and more than 34,000 employees are out of work.

A new gorilla⁹ has made his debut¹⁰ at San Diego Zoo. Frank was born at the zoo back in September. He weights about 13 pounds now . He is expected to grow too more than 400.

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1 pastor
n.牧师，牧人
参考例句：
He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。 We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师：教会的事是由五位执事管理的。

2 suburban
adj.城郊的，在郊区的
参考例句：
Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。 There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

3 deflected
偏离的
参考例句：
The ball deflected off Reid's body into the goal. 球打在里德身上反弹进球门。 Most of its particles are deflected. 此物质的料子大多是偏斜的。

4 slashed
v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减
参考例句：
Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。 He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 wrestled
v.（与某人）搏斗( wrestle的过去式和过去分词 )；扭成一团；扭打；（与…）摔跤
参考例句：
As a boy he had boxed and wrestled. 他小的时候又是打拳又是摔跤。 Armed guards wrestled with the intruder. 武装警卫和闯入者扭打起来。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 embryonic
adj.胚胎的
参考例句：
It is still in an embryonic stage.它还处于萌芽阶段。 The plan,as yet,only exists in embryonic form.这个计划迄今为止还只是在酝酿之中。

7 ideology
n.意识形态，(政治或社会的)思想意识
参考例句：
The ideology has great influence in the world.这种思想体系在世界上有很大的影响。 The ideal is to strike a medium between ideology and inspiration.我的理想是在意识思想和灵感鼓动之间找到一个折衷。

8 bankruptcy
n.破产；无偿付能力
参考例句：
You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。 His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。

9 gorilla
n.大猩猩，暴徒，打手
参考例句：
I was awed by the huge gorilla.那只大猩猩使我惊惧。 A gorilla is just a speechless animal.猩猩只不过是一种不会说话的动物。

10 debut
n.首次演出，初次露面
参考例句：
That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。 The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

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美联社一分钟新闻 2009-03-09