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1. President Barack Obama is promising¹ Haiti the US will stand with that country in the long road to recovery from January's earthquake. Obama stood alongside Haiti's visiting president in the Rose Garden. He says the challenge now is to prevent a second disaster there as the rainy season starts.

2. A boyfriend of the American woman charged in a foreign terrorism plot says she never showed any Muslim or other religious leanings. Federal officials charged that Colleen LaRose met up with violent jihadists online under the name “Jihad Jane”. An indictment² says she used the Internet to conspire³ with them to kill a Swedish artist.

3. Los Angeles County police say there is no evidence of foul⁴ play in the death of actor Corey Haim. The 38-year-old actor struggled with drug abuse. Police say he had been experiencing flu-like symptoms before he died.

4. A Georgian television station has shown what it says to be the world's oldest person if authentic⁵. The station says she was born back in 1880, making her 130 years old.

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1 promising
adj.有希望的，有前途的
参考例句：
The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。 We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

2 indictment
n.起诉；诉状
参考例句：
He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。 They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。

3 conspire
v.密谋，（事件等）巧合，共同导致
参考例句：
They'd conspired to overthrow the government.他们曾经密谋推翻政府。 History and geography have conspired to bring Greece to a moment of decision.历史和地理因素共同将希腊推至作出抉择的紧要关头。

4 foul
adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规
参考例句：
Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。 What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

5 authentic
a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的
参考例句：
This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。 Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。