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1. Secretary of State John Kerry says chemical weapons were used in Syria and is accusing President Assad of destroying evidence. Kerry says the U.S. has additional information about the attack and will make it public soon.

2. San Francsico water authorities are scrambling¹ to fill area reservoirs before ash from a wildfire near Yosemite National Park taints² supplies. Ash has been falling on the city's reservoir in Yosemite, but so far hasn't sunk far enough into the lake to reach intake³ pumps.

3. Jurors deciding whether to impose a rare military death sentence on Army Major Nidal Hasan, heard testimony⁴ Monday from victims and their families. The military panel convicted Hasan last week for the 2009 deadly shooting at Fort Hood⁵.

4. And Afghanistan war veteran, Army Staff Sergeant⁶ Ty Carter received the Medal of Honor Monday from President Obama. Carter risked his life in 2009 to save an injured soldier and to resupply ammunition⁷ to his comrades during intense fighting that left eight soldiers dead.

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1 scrambling
v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞
参考例句：
Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》 She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 taints
n.变质( taint的名词复数 )；污染；玷污；丑陋或腐败的迹象v.使变质( taint的第三人称单数 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏
参考例句：
Meat taints readily in hot weather. 天气炎热，肉容易变味。来自《简明英汉词典》 This disease of money and greed taints other people. 别人会为了贪财争赃而丧心病狂。来自辞典例句

3 intake
n.吸入，纳入；进气口，入口
参考例句：
Reduce your salt intake.减少盐的摄入量。 There was a horrified intake of breath from every child.所有的孩子都害怕地倒抽了一口凉气。

4 testimony
n.证词；见证，证明
参考例句：
The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。 He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

5 hood
n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖
参考例句：
She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。 The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

6 sergeant
n.警官，中士
参考例句：
His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。 How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

7 ammunition
n.军火，弹药
参考例句：
A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。 They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-08-29