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1.IndyCar driver Dan Weldon was killed Sunday in a massive 15-car wreck¹ duringthe Las Vegas Indy 300 race. It's the first on-track fatality² in five years for the IndyCar Series.

2.President Obama begins a three-day bus tour to stop in Asheville, NorthCarolina today. He is trying to pressure Congress to pass individual pieces ofthe jobs bill that was blocked.

3.A now month-old occupy Wall Street movement continues to grow, nearly 300,000dollars has been donated and similar protests have begun around the world.

4.Salvage³ crews are racing⁴ to pump oilfrom a ship stuck on a reef off the New Zealand coast. Authorities believe thevessel will break apart or sink soon. Just 82 tons of oil has been removedwhile an estimated 1,400 tons remain aboard.

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1 wreck
n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难
参考例句：
Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。 No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

2 fatality
n.不幸，灾祸，天命
参考例句：
She struggle against fatality in vain.她徒然奋斗反抗宿命。 He began to have a growing sense of fatality.他开始有一种越来越强烈的宿命感。

3 salvage
v.救助，营救，援救；n.救助，营救
参考例句：
All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。 The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。

4 racing
n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的
参考例句：
I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。 The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。