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1. Virginia Tech officials say a police officer and another person have been shot and killed on the school's campus. A news release from the school said the police officer had pulled someone over after a traffic stop when the shooting happened.

2. Ex Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky has posted a quarter-million dollars bail¹. That's after spending a night in jail following new child sex abuse charges filed against him. Under the terms of his release, Sandusky will be confined to his home and subject to electronic monitoring.

3. German authorities say a suspicious piece of mail sent to the Deutsche Bank chief was a fully² functional³ letter bomb. Authorities say the letter was intercepted⁴ Wednesday at the mail room of the bank's headquarters in Frankfurt.

4. And it's been over 10 years since the brushtail possum has been spotted⁵ in Austria. But wildlife rangers⁶ captured these images of the elusive⁷ animal for the first time using infrared⁸ cameras and scented⁹ bait.

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1 bail
v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人
参考例句：
One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。 She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

2 fully
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。 They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 functional
adj.为实用而设计的，具备功能的，起作用的
参考例句：
The telephone was out of order,but is functional now.电话刚才坏了，但现在可以用了。 The furniture is not fancy,just functional.这些家具不是摆着好看的，只是为了实用。

4 intercepted
拦截( intercept的过去式和过去分词 )；截住；截击；拦阻
参考例句：
Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel. 他正要离开旅馆，记者们把他拦截住了。 Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从后门溜走，记者把他截住了。

5 spotted
adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的
参考例句：
The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。 Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

6 rangers
护林者( ranger的名词复数 )；突击队员
参考例句：
Do you know where the Rangers Stadium is? 你知道Rangers体育场在哪吗？来自超越目标英语第3册 Now I'm a Rangers' fan, so I like to be near the stadium. 现在我是Rangers的爱好者，所以我想离体育场近一点。来自超越目标英语第3册

7 elusive
adj.难以表达(捉摸)的；令人困惑的；逃避的
参考例句：
Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。 Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。

8 infrared
adj./n.红外线(的)
参考例句：
Infrared is widely used in industry and medical science.红外线广泛应用于工业和医学科学。 Infrared radiation has wavelengths longer than those of visible light.红外辐射的波长比可见光的波长长。

9 scented
adj.有香味的；洒香水的；有气味的v.嗅到(scent的过去分词)
参考例句：
I let my lungs fill with the scented air. 我呼吸着芬芳的空气。来自《简明英汉词典》 The police dog scented about till he found the trail. 警犬嗅来嗅去，终于找到了踪迹。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》