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President Donald Trump¹ met with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the Oval Office Wednesday morning. During the President's statement, he defended his decision to fire James Comey. [Why did you fire Director Comey?][Because he wasn't doing a good job, very simply. He was not doing a good job.]

Ealier, Trump met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The President says the conversation focused on efforts to stop the killing² in Syria. Later, he said the Lavrov meeting went very very well.

In Caracas, Venezuela, both pro- and anti-government demonstrators took to the streets, some for, some against President Nicholas Maduro's planned assembly. Over the last month, thousands of demonstrators have called for new elections across Venezuela.

And in Mumbai, India, Justin Bieber's first-ever concert there is sending the city into a frenzy³. Excited fans, Bollywood celebrities⁴ and others were in line to the sold-out concert for 45,000 Bieber fans.

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1 trump
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
参考例句：
He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。 The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 frenzy
n.疯狂，狂热，极度的激动
参考例句：
He was able to work the young students up into a frenzy.他能激起青年学生的狂热。 They were singing in a frenzy of joy.他们欣喜若狂地高声歌唱。

4 celebrities
n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉
参考例句：
He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。 a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目