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1. The miners who were trapped deep underground in Chile are starting to go home. All 33 were hospitalized, following their rescue earlier this week. However, doctors say that in general they are all in good health.

2. President Barack Obama is in full campaign mode. He spent parts of Friday in Delaware where he told Democrats¹ not to take anything for granted. Despite his efforts, polls still show Republicans poised² to make large gains in November.

3. A scary chase in Brazil - a prisoner on the lam tried to ram³ his way through a traffic jam before backing up over an officer on a motorcycle. Police ended up firing shots into the car and were able to nab him when his vehicle got stuck.

4. Game Monopoly may be about money, but never in a way like this before. The entire board and all the pieces are made out of gold, even the dice⁴ are blinged out in this version. It's not for sale, though, rather it's considered to be a piece of art

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1 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 poised
a.摆好姿势不动的
参考例句：
The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。 Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

3 ram
(random access memory)随机存取存储器
参考例句：
512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.推荐配置为512K内存，640K内存则更佳。

4 dice
n.骰子；vt.把（食物）切成小方块，冒险
参考例句：
They were playing dice.他们在玩掷骰子游戏。 A dice is a cube.骰子是立方体。