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1. The nation's war dead are remembered on this Memorial Day with parades and a wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery¹ by President Barack Obama.

2. President Obama tapped veteran army General Martin Dempsey as his chairman of the Joint² Chiefs of Staff, replacing Admiral Mike Mullen. Dempsey is a 40-year veteran hailed by Obama as a combat-tested general.

3. Tainted³ cucumbers from Spain may be responsible for killing⁴ at least 11 people in Germany, making more sick. There is now a race to test vegetables trying to find the source of the E.coli.

4. Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel was out, resigning in the middle of NCAA violations⁵ from a tattoo-parlor scandal. Tressel resigned after bringing the school its first national title in 34 years.

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1 cemetery
n.坟墓，墓地，坟场
参考例句：
He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。 His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

2 joint
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。 We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 tainted
adj.腐坏的；污染的；沾污的；感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏
参考例句：
The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。 He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 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。

5 violations
违反( violation的名词复数 )；冒犯；违反（行为、事例）；强奸
参考例句：
This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。 These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。