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1. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says UN monitors were shot at while trying to get to the scene of the latest Syrian massacre¹ that caused further killings². It led world leaders to step up the rhetoric³ against Syria's Assad regime.

2. Mitt⁴ Romney's campaign says together with GOP groups it raised more than 76 million dollars in May. This is the first time the former Massachusetts governor has collected more money than President Obama and the Democrats⁵.

3. More than half of high schools seniors admit they text or email while driving. Actually, a survey finds 58% of high school seniors saying they send messages while behind the wheel.

4. Maria Sharapova is one win away from completing Tennessee's career Grand Slam. She advanced to the French Open finals today, where She'll face Sara Errani who's playing for her first major final.

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1 massacre
n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀
参考例句：
There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。 If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

2 killings
谋杀( killing的名词复数 )；突然发大财，暴发
参考例句：
His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。 The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

3 rhetoric
n.修辞学，浮夸之言语
参考例句：
Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？ Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

4 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。

5 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》