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1. Newt Gingrich and Mitt¹ Romney are campaigning across Florida ahead Tuesday's Republican presidential primary. Romney spent time Saturday attacking President Barack Obama, while Gingrich defended his call for colonizing² the moon.

2. The head of the IMF appears to be making headway in her drive to boost the institution's financial firepower. She wants 500 billion dollars so it can help Europe prevent its crippling debt crisis from further damaging the global economy.

3. Another body has been found in the grounded cruise ship off the coast of Italy. It was the 17th body to be found so far. Meanwhile, rough seas prevented crews from removing the fuel still aboard the damaged vessel³.

4. Third-seeded Victoria Azarenka hammered No.4 Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-love to win the Australia Open. The win also allowed her to claim the No.1 ranking.

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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 colonizing
v.开拓殖民地，移民于殖民地( colonize的现在分词 )
参考例句：
The art of colonizing is no exception to the rule. 殖民的芸术是� 有特例的。来自互联网 A Lesson for Other Colonizing Nations. 其它殖民国家学习的教训。来自互联网

3 vessel
n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管
参考例句：
The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。 You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。