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1. The day after Mitt¹ Romney's big win in the New Hampshire primary, attacks from Republican rivals asattention shifts to the South Carolina primary. Newt Gingrich says Romney's work asa venture capitalist cost people jobs.

2. The USsays it played no role in the killing² of an Iranian nuclear scientist. Reportssay the man was killed by two assailants on a motorcycle, attaching a magneticbomb to his car.

3. Joran Van der Sloot pleads guilty to the 2010murder of a Peruvian woman he met in a casino. The murder taking place fiveyears to the day after the disappearance³ of American teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba. Vander Sloot is a suspect in that case.

4. In Germany, out with the old bytossing old Christmas trees like javelins⁴, hurling⁵ them over high jumps.Victory in this festival is measured by how far trees travel, before the partywith beer and fireworks.

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1 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。 Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

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 disappearance
n.消失，消散，失踪
参考例句：
He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。 Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

4 javelins
n.标枪( javelin的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The heavy infantry blocks moved forward, throwing javelins just before the clash. 在正面交火之前，庞大的兵团会整体向前移动并投掷标枪。来自互联网 Elite mercenaries, originally from Aragon, armed with javelins and light armour. 加泰罗尼亚标枪兵为精锐雇佣部队，最初来自阿拉贡，装备标枪和轻甲。来自互联网

5 hurling
n.爱尔兰式曲棍球v.猛投，用力掷( hurl的现在分词 )；大声叫骂
参考例句：
The boat rocked wildly, hurling him into the water. 这艘船剧烈地晃动，把他甩到水中。来自《简明英汉词典》 Fancy hurling away a good chance like that, the silly girl! 想想她竟然把这样一个好机会白白丢掉了，真是个傻姑娘！来自《简明英汉词典》