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1. A judge has sentenced convicted murderer Jodi Aria¹ to life in prison without the possibility of release on Monday. Judge Sherry Stephens handed down the sentence and ended nearly 7-year-old case that attracted worldwide attention.

2. Senator Marco Rubio told his top donors² that he's running for president. The first-term Republican spoke³ on a conference call with donors, with more political rallies set for Monday evening.

3. 19 people were injured after a mega-bus struck the back of a semi-truck on an Indiana highway. Police said the bus did not react fast enough when the semi braked for construction.

4. And revelers took to the streets for ethnic⁴ water fight, marking the Thai New Year. Locals celebrated⁵ in Songkran with the ritual bathing of statues of Buddha⁶, and ended the day with massive water gun fight.

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1 aria
n.独唱曲，咏叹调
参考例句：
This song takes off from a famous aria.这首歌仿效一首著名的咏叹调。 The opera was marred by an awkward aria.整部歌剧毁在咏叹调部分的不够熟练。

2 donors
n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者
参考例句：
Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。 About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。 The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 ethnic
adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的
参考例句：
This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。 The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

5 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。

6 Buddha
n.佛；佛像；佛陀
参考例句：
Several women knelt down before the statue of Buddha and prayed.几个妇女跪在佛像前祈祷。 He has kept the figure of Buddha for luck.为了图吉利他一直保存着这尊佛像。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-4-16