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1. Authorities in Oregon have ordered anti-Wall Street protesters to clear a street and sidewalk they were blocking. The demonstrators are obeying. The protesters had ignored a midnight evacuation order and even set up makeshift barricades¹ on both ends of a Portland street.

2. The man designated to be Italy's next premier² says he will set to work quickly to try to form a new government. Mario Monti has assured the nation he can heal its disastrous³ finances.

3. The National Transportation Safety Board has sent a team of investigators⁴ to Mexico to probe a helicopter crash. The Friday crash killed the country's No.2 official.

4. Major League catcher Wilson Ramos says he didn't think he'd survive his kidnapping. The Washington Nationals player spoke⁵ at his native Venezuela Saturday, the day after commandos rescued him.

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1 barricades
路障，障碍物( barricade的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The police stormed the barricades the demonstrators had put up. 警察冲破了示威者筑起的街垒。 Others died young, in prison or on the barricades. 另一些人年轻时就死在监牢里或街垒旁。

2 premier
adj.首要的；n.总理，首相
参考例句：
The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。 He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

3 disastrous
adj.灾难性的，造成灾害的；极坏的，很糟的
参考例句：
The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.暴雨成灾。 Her investment had disastrous consequences.She lost everything she owned.她的投资结果很惨，血本无归。

4 investigators
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。 The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 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。