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AP news 2016-09-14

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Hillary Clinton is taking time off the campaign trail to recover from pneumonia¹. Media camped outside her home in xx, New York, waiting for the updates. Her campaign says she will release further medical records after she abruptly² left 911 anniversary ceremony on Sunday.

Actor George Clooney is using his celebrity³ power to shed light on South Sudan civil war. He and xx by human rights group he cofounded. The investigation⁴ alleges⁵ the country’s warring parties are exploiting ethnic⁶ divisions for their own financial gain.

Syrian families are doing their best to enjoy the muslin holiday of Eid Al-adha. Some spent the day in amusement parties in Damascus. Syria’s army says it has begun implementing⁷ a week-long US-Russian ceasefire.

Carolina Herrera is celebrating 35 years in fashion. Showing at New York’s fashion week, the designer shows to look back for inspiration to her first collection in 1981 and make it modern for today’s woman.

P. A., the Associated Press with AP news minute.

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1 pneumonia
n.肺炎
参考例句：
Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。 Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。

2 abruptly
adv.突然地，出其不意地
参考例句：
He gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。 I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。

3 celebrity
n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望
参考例句：
Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。 He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

4 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 alleges
断言，宣称，辩解( allege的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
The newspaper article alleges that the mayor is corrupt. 报纸上断言该市长腐败。 Steven was tardy this morning and alleges that his bus was late. 史提芬今天早上迟到的说词是公车误点了。

6 ethnic
adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的
参考例句：
This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。 The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

7 implementing
v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效
参考例句：
-- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书 He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。来自辞典例句

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