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1. The Israeli Air Force dropped leaflets in Gaza City asking residents to inform them of the locations of tunnels and weapons stockpiles of Hamas-backed militants¹. The leaflets included a telephone number and an email address that residents could use it to share the information.

2. A water main break in west Los Angeles turned the UCLA campus into a river, and left cars in an underground parking garage underwater. It took more than 3 hours to shut it off and some 8 million gallons of water spilled out.

3. Japan has been practicing storming beaches with the US and other countries as part of the Rim-Pacific exercises in Hawaii this month. The amphibious landing drills, which were relatively² new to Japan’s military, come as Tokyo tries to boost its ability to defend small islands it controls, while China claims as its own.

4. River otters³ were hitting water slides to beat the summer heat away at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan. Nine river otters live at the zoo. But the same 3 brothers usually come out to meet the visitors.

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1 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

2 relatively
adv.比较...地，相对地
参考例句：
The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。 The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

3 otters
n.（水）獭( otter的名词复数 )；獭皮
参考例句：
An attempt is being made to entice otters back to the river. 人们正试图把水獭引诱回河里去。来自《简明英汉词典》 Otters are believed to have been on Earth for 90 million years. 水獭被认为存活在地球上已经9千多万年。来自互联网

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-08-02