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1. Congress says Republican leadership has made it official, formally enrolling¹ legislation to fill (file) the Keystone XL Pipeline², and urged President Barack Obama to sign it. The White House has said repeatedly it will wait to make a decision until after State Department review.

2. Thousands of people in Dresden, Germany joined hands to form a human chain in commemoration to World War II firebox raid on the city 70 years ago. The church ceremony in human chain was intended as expressions of support for cause of peace abroad and tolerance³ at home.

3. A Chinese man ran his car into a barrier in front of US Consulate⁴ in Shanghai late Thursday night, injuring an armed police officer. Shanghai police said the man was placed in custody⁵ and told officials that he doesn't do this by accident, he wanted to get some attention.

4. NASA celebrated⁶ the 5th anniversary of the Solar Dynamic Observatory⁷ by releasing a time lapse⁸ video showing the sun over a nearly 5-year period. The time lapse begins in June 2010 with data becoming available and lasts until February 5th this year.

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1 enrolling
v.招收( enrol的现在分词 )；吸收；入学；加入；[亦作enrol]( enroll的现在分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起
参考例句：
They lashed out at the university enrolling system. 他们猛烈抨击大学的招生制度。来自辞典例句 You're enrolling in a country club, Billy. 你是注册加入乡村俱乐部了，比利。来自辞典例句

2 pipeline
n.管道，管线
参考例句：
The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。 A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

3 tolerance
n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差
参考例句：
Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。 Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

4 consulate
n.领事馆
参考例句：
The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。 The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。

5 custody
n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留
参考例句：
He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。 He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

6 celebrated
adj.有名的，声誉卓著的
参考例句：
He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。 The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

7 observatory
n.天文台，气象台，瞭望台，观测台
参考例句：
Guy's house was close to the observatory.盖伊的房子离天文台很近。 Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次。

8 lapse
n.过失，流逝，失效，抛弃信仰，间隔；vi.堕落，停止，失效，流逝；vt.使失效
参考例句：
The incident was being seen as a serious security lapse.这一事故被看作是一次严重的安全疏忽。 I had a lapse of memory.我记错了。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-2-25