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1. President Obama has kicked off his first official rally of his re-election bid. He used his appearance in Ohio to brand GOP rival Mitt¹ Romney a willing rubber-stamp for what he calls failed policies championed by extreme House Republicans.

2. The arraignment² hearing at Guantanamo bay for the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, it seemed repeated disruptions today. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other men took off the earphones that provide Arabic translations and refused to answer questions from the judge.

3. Demonstrators in Japan took to the streets to mark the first time in four decades the country is without nuclear power. The last of the country's 50 nuclear reactors³ has been shut down. It was described as mandatory⁴ routine maintenance.

4. Some 75,000 people have filled London's Olympic stadium as a part of final test before the games. Officials are trying make sure everything goes off without a hitch⁵.

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1 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。

2 arraignment
n.提问，传讯，责难
参考例句：
She was remanded to juvenile detention at her arraignment yesterday. 她昨天被送回了对少年拘留在她的传讯。来自互联网 Wyatt asks the desk clerk which courthouse he is being transferred to for arraignment. 他向接待警员询问了马宏将在哪个法庭接受传讯。来自互联网

3 reactors
起反应的人( reactor的名词复数 )；反应装置；原子炉；核反应堆
参考例句：
The TMI nuclear facility has two reactors. 三哩岛核设施有两个反应堆。来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法 The earliest production reactors necessarily used normal uranium as fuel. 最早为生产用的反应堆，必须使用普通铀作为燃料。

4 mandatory
adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者
参考例句：
It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。 There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。

5 hitch
v.免费搭(车旅行)；系住；急提；n.故障；急拉
参考例句：
They had an eighty-mile journey and decided to hitch hike.他们要走80英里的路程，最后决定搭便车。 All the candidates are able to answer the questions without any hitch.所有报考者都能对答如流。