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1. Police in Maryland have found remains¹ that they believe are those of a missing 11-year-old boy. William McQuain's mother was found beaten and stabbed to death last week. Her estranged² husband was arrested in North Carolina the day after her body was found.

2. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells Libyans that the US hopes their former dictator Muammar Gaddafi will soon be captured or killed. Clinton spoke³ Tuesday at a town hall-style meeting in Tripoli.

3. Thousands of people jammed the streets of a town in northern Israel to welcome home a soldier who’d been held captive by Palestinian militants⁴ for more than five years. Gilad Shalit's father says the 25-year-old is healthy, but will need time to recover from physical and psychological wounds.

4. And it will cost you another pretty penny to mail a letter next year. The US Postal⁵ Service says it’s increasing rates to 45 cents starting January 22nd. The agency lost 8 billion dollars in 2010 and a bottom line will probably be even worse in 2011.

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1 remains
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。 The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 estranged
adj.疏远的，分离的
参考例句：
He became estranged from his family after the argument.那场争吵后他便与家人疏远了。 The argument estranged him from his brother.争吵使他同他的兄弟之间的关系疏远了。

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 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

5 postal
adj.邮政的，邮局的
参考例句：
A postal network now covers the whole country.邮路遍及全国。 Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。