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1. The death toll¹ from the Amtrak wreck² rose to eight after discovery of another body in a railcar Thursday. The lawyer for the train's engineer says his client has no recollection of the crash.

2. President Obama and leaders from six Gulf³ nations gathered at Camp David, to work through tensions * a US nuclear deal with Iran. Obama is expected to offer more military assistance to reassure⁴ leaders.

3. Britain's prince Harry⁵ visited the indigenous⁶ Maori people while in New Zealand, and joined a traditional canoe journey. Harry arrived in the country following a-month embedment⁷ with the Australian army.

4. And actor Johnny Depp is in the dog out with Australian officials. Quarantine authorities have ordered to fly his dogs out of the country or be put down. Depp is accused of smuggling⁸ the pooches aboard a private jet.

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1 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。 The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

2 wreck
n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难
参考例句：
Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。 No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

3 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。 There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

4 reassure
v.使放心，使消除疑虑
参考例句：
This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。 The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。

5 harry
vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼
参考例句：
Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。 Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

6 indigenous
adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的
参考例句：
Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。 Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。

7 embedment
嵌入件，埋置；灌封
参考例句：
From the perspective of historical embedment, it tries to conduct enlightening study on the religious authority. 本文尝试以“历史镶嵌”作为新的分析视角，对宗教权威进行研究。 The pile repletion measurement, drilling, the embedment of the steel casing and pile drilling are emphasized. 强调了桩位复测、护筒埋设、钻孔、成孔等每道工序在检查过程中需注意的问题。

8 smuggling
n.走私
参考例句：
Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。 The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-5-18