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1. President Barack Obama isn't letting some rain dampen his effort for a second term. He held a rally in a downpour near Richmond, Virginia today where he cast Mitt¹ Romney as a pioneer of outsourcing.

2. Afghan President Hamid Karzai is ordering a team to investigate a suicide attack at a wedding that killed 23 people. Authorities say a prominent warlord-turned-politician is among the dead.

3. Former president Ronald Reagan and the late Pope John Paul the second are getting some love in Poland. Officials there unveiled statues of the two, honoring them for helping² topple communism.

4. France is pulling out all the stop to honor its version of Independence Day. Bastille Day was celebrated³ in paris with a fly-over and a parade down the famed Champs-Elysees.

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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 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
参考例句：
The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。 By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

3 celebrated
adj.有名的，声誉卓著的
参考例句：
He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。 The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。