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1. GOP candidates for president are ramping¹ up their campaigns in Iowa just days before the caucuses² there. Several candidates are running to the state for advancing speeches. Mitt³ Romney however appeared in New Hampshire.

2. Police say neighbor has confessed killing⁴ a nine-year-old girl in Indiana. Investigators⁵ say Michael Plumadore told them he beat the girl with a brick, then later chopped the body and head parts in his freezer.

3. Amateur video shows huge crowds poured into the streets of the Syria city of Homs just after the Syria army began withdrawing its tanks. According to activists⁶ and officials, the army made the move as Arab League monitors visited the area.

4. A rare and endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle was released into the Gulf⁷ of Mexico in Sarasota. The turtle named Johny is on the final leg of a 4,600-mile, three-year journey. Johny was found stranded⁸ in the Netherlands in 2008.

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1 ramping
土堤斜坡( ramp的现在分词 )；斜道；斜路；（装车或上下飞机的）活动梯
参考例句：
The children love ramping about in the garden. 孩子们喜欢在花园里追逐嬉戏，闹着玩。 Have you ever seen a lion ramping around? 你看到过狮子暴跳吗？

2 caucuses
n.（政党决定政策或推举竞选人的）核心成员( caucus的名词复数 )；决策干部；决策委员会；秘密会议
参考例句：
Republican caucuses will happen in about 410 towns across Maine. 共和党团会议选举将在缅因州的约410个城镇进行。来自互联网

3 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。 Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

4 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。

5 investigators
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。 The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 activists
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。 Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。来自《简明英汉词典》

7 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。 There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

8 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。