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1. Hurricane Earl now packs 145-mile-per-hour winds as it continues to churn towards the North Carolina coast. Forecasters are still trying to pinpoint¹ exactly where and if Earl will make landfall. Hurricane warnings and watches have now been posted from North Carolina to New England.

2. Police in suburban² Washington continue to go through Discovery Channel's headquarters, looking for explosives. This after a man with at least one explosive device strapped³ to his body took three people hostage. Police eventually killed the man after officers saw him point a handgun at a hostage.

3. President Barack Obama says he is cautiously hopeful that Middle East leaders can settle their differences. Obama dined with leaders of Jordan, Egypt, Israel and the Palestinians Wednesday night at the White House. Peace talks are scheduled for this weekend.

4. Engineers plan to remove a cap on the blown-out Gulf⁴ of Mexico well later today. This is a prelude⁵ to raising the massive blowout preventer that failed to prevent April's disaster. Engineers don't expect to see another gusher⁶ when they remove that cap today.

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1 pinpoint
vt.准确地确定；用针标出…的精确位置
参考例句：
It is difficult to pinpoint when water problems of the modern age began.很难准确地指出，现代用水的问题是什么时候出现的。 I could pinpoint his precise location on a map.我能在地图上指明他的准确位置。

2 suburban
adj.城郊的，在郊区的
参考例句：
Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。 There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

3 strapped
adj.用皮带捆住的，用皮带装饰的；身无分文的；缺钱；手头紧v.用皮带捆扎(strap的过去式和过去分词)；用皮带抽打；包扎；给…打绷带
参考例句：
Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。来自《简明英汉词典》 The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 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。

5 prelude
n.序言，前兆，序曲
参考例句：
The prelude to the musical composition is very long.这首乐曲的序曲很长。 The German invasion of Poland was a prelude to World War II.德国入侵波兰是第二次世界大战的序幕。

6 gusher
n.喷油井
参考例句：
We endeavour to avoid the old,romantic idea of a gusher.我们力图避免那种有关喷油井的陈旧的、不切实际的计划。 The oil rushes up the tube and spouts up as a gusher.石油会沿着钢管上涌，如同自喷井那样喷射出来。