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1. The team of nuclear experts is on its way to Tehran for a second time in less than a month. The group is hoping Iranian officials will agree to talk about suspensions that the nation is working on a clandestine¹ atomic arms program.

2. Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is trying to clarify earlier comments that President Barack Obama's agenda is based on some phony theology, not the theology based on the Bible. Santorum now says he wasn't talking about Obama's Christianity, but about what he sees as the President's idea that Earth is more important than men.

3. Pop singer Whitney Houston has been laid to rest. Onlookers² gathered Sunday along the route to her grave site as the hearse carrying her casket entered the cemetery³. Houston was buried in a private ceremony near her father who died in 2003.

4. A war of words sparks a fight between two British boxers⁵ outside the range. The brawl⁶ happened late Saturday during a news conference in Munich after this man lost the fight to a Ukrainian boxer⁴.

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1 clandestine
adj.秘密的，暗中从事的
参考例句：
She is the director of clandestine operations of the CIA.她是中央情报局秘密行动的负责人。 The early Christians held clandestine meetings in caves.早期的基督徒在洞穴中秘密聚会。

2 onlookers
n.旁观者，观看者( onlooker的名词复数 )
参考例句：
A crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene of the crash. 在撞车地点聚集了一大群围观者。 The onlookers stood at a respectful distance. 旁观者站在一定的距离之外，以示尊敬。

3 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。

4 boxer
n.制箱者，拳击手
参考例句：
The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。 He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer.他像拳击手一样踮着脚轻盈移动。

5 boxers
n.拳击短裤；（尤指职业）拳击手( boxer的名词复数 )；拳师狗
参考例句：
The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd. 拳击运动员听见观众的喊叫就来劲儿了。来自《简明英汉词典》 The boxers slugged it out to the finish. 两名拳击手最后决出了胜负。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 brawl
n.大声争吵，喧嚷；v.吵架，对骂
参考例句：
They had nothing better to do than brawl in the street.他们除了在街上斗殴做不出什么好事。 I don't want to see our two neighbours engaged in a brawl.我不希望我们两家吵架吵得不可开交。