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1. President Barack Obama paid tribute to the determination of the U.S. military on Veterans Day. Obama placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns then spoke¹ during a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery².

2. Homicide detect is widening during the investigation³ into the discovery of 11 bodies in Cleveland. They expend⁴ the search will include the neighbours' property if they look for more evidence. Anthony Sowell has already been charged with 5 counts of aggravated⁵ murder.

3. Police in Mexico arrested 4 suspected kidnappers⁶ from the town the hall as they were surrounded by hundreds of angry residents. Earlier,a town people toped gasoline to the building in a bid to get up the men.

4. Ken⁷ Griffey Jr. agree do another one-year contract with the Seattle Mariners⁸ Wednesday. Griffey who turns 40 later this month, received the deal similar to the incentivating contract He signed a return to Seattle last year.

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1 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。

2 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。

3 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 expend
vt.花费，消费，消耗
参考例句：
Don't expend all your time on such a useless job.不要把时间消耗在这种无用的工作上。 They expend all their strength in trying to climb out.他们费尽全力想爬出来。

5 aggravated
使恶化( aggravate的过去式和过去分词 )；使更严重；激怒；使恼火
参考例句：
If he aggravated me any more I shall hit him. 假如他再激怒我，我就要揍他。 Far from relieving my cough, the medicine aggravated it. 这药非但不镇咳，反而使我咳嗽得更厉害。

6 kidnappers
n.拐子，绑匪( kidnapper的名词复数 )
参考例句：
They were freed yesterday by their kidnappers unharmed. 他们昨天被绑架者释放了，没有受到伤害。来自《简明英汉词典》 The kidnappers had threatened to behead all four unless their jailed comrades were released. 帮匪们曾经威胁说如果印度方面不释放他们的同伙，他们就要将这四名人质全部斩首。来自《简明英汉词典》

7 ken
n.视野，知识领域
参考例句：
Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。 Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

8 mariners
海员，水手（mariner的复数形式）
参考例句：
Mariners were also able to fix their latitude by using an instrument called astrolabe. 海员们还可使用星盘这种仪器确定纬度。 The ancient mariners traversed the sea. 古代的海员漂洋过海。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻(2009-11-01)