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1. Voting took a bloody¹ turn in one town in Ukraine Sunday when national guardsmen opened fire on a crowd outside the town hall. There are reports of death, but not how many. Results of the voting in a twin referendum on sovereignty is not expected until Monday.

2. Christians² in Nigeria’s capital are praying for the girls abducted³ by radical⁴ Islamics group Boko Haram. At the Sunday’s catholic mass, the priest asked god to touch the hearts of the perpetrators of this crime.

3. The Washington Monument reopens to the public Monday for the first time since it was damaged in a 2011 earthquake. More than 150 cracks have been repaired in its white marble and new exhibits have been installed at the top.

4. And a drunken man was rescued from the top of the famed Sydney Opera House. The rescue operation lasted more than one hour as the man had to be convinced first by police officers to come down.

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1 bloody
adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染
参考例句：
He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。 He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

2 Christians
n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。 His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。

3 abducted
劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )；使（肢体等）外展
参考例句：
Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。 The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

4 radical
n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的
参考例句：
The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。 She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-05-14