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1. President Barack Obama says he understands the unease in India about the impact of US goods flowing into the country. He's there as part of his tour through Asia, and he also says that increased trade would be a “win-win situation for both countries.”

2. Residents in flood-stricken Haiti are looking for relieve after Hurricane Tomas washed over .The storm inundated¹ camps harboring earthquake refugees, turning some into squalid islands.

3. Residents of an Oakland neighborhood besieged² by several hundreds protesters following the sentencing of a former transit³ officer have awoken to broken car windows and debris⁴. Dozens of cars in the neighborhood near Lake Merritt showed signs of damage Saturday morning.

4. First Lady Michelle Obama let her hair down a bit while in India. She danced with disadvantaged children at the University of Mumbai. She extolled⁵ the virtues⁶ of a good education.

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1 inundated
v.淹没( inundate的过去式和过去分词 )；（洪水般地）涌来；充满；给予或交予（太多事物）使难以应付
参考例句：
We have been inundated with offers of help. 主动援助多得使我们应接不暇。 We have been inundated with every bit of information imaginable. 凡是想得到的各种各样的信息潮水般地向我们涌来。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 besieged
包围，围困，围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender. 巴黎被围困了四个月后被迫投降。 The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial. 公众纷纷来信对报社新近发表的社论提出诘问，弄得报社应接不暇。

3 transit
n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过
参考例句：
His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。 The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

4 debris
n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片
参考例句：
After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。 Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

5 extolled
v.赞颂，赞扬，赞美( extol的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school. 他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 Tessenow decried the metropolis and extolled the peasant virtues. 特森诺夫痛诋大都市，颂扬农民的美德。来自辞典例句

6 virtues
美德( virtue的名词复数 )；德行；优点；长处
参考例句：
Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat. 医生常常宣扬少吃脂肪的好处。 She delivered a homily on the virtues of family life. 她进行了一场家庭生活美德方面的说教。