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[1]Officials say IMF chief Dominic Strauss-Khan is on suicide watch in his New York jail. He's charged with sexual assaulting a hotel maid. Meanwhile financial leaders are intensifying¹ calls for him to resign.

[2]The government says more older Americans are getting addicted² to drugs. The rate more than double from 1992 to 2008, more older adults say they got addicted to heroin³, cocaine⁴ and other illicit⁵ drugs, but alcohol remains⁶ the substance of choice.

[3]Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will have surgery today as her astronaut husband Mark Kelly leaves the final mission of space shuttle Endeavour, Giffords was shot in the head in January. Doctors are replacing a piece of skull⁷ with a plastic implant⁸.

[4]Space shuttle Endeavour arrived at the International Space Station this morning. Once the hatch is open shortly after 8:30 am Eastern Time, Endeavour's six astronauts will deliver a two-billion-dollar piece of technology. This is Endeavour's final mission.

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1 intensifying
v.（使）增强，（使）加剧( intensify的现在分词 )；增辉
参考例句：
The allies are intensifying their air campaign. 联军部队正加大他们的空战强度。来自辞典例句 The rest of the European powers were in a state of intensifying congestion. 其余的欧洲强国则处于越来越拥挤的状态。来自英汉非文学 - 历史

2 addicted
adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的
参考例句：
He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。 She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。

3 heroin
n.海洛因
参考例句：
Customs have made their biggest ever seizure of heroin.海关查获了有史以来最大的一批海洛因。 Heroin has been smuggled out by sea.海洛因已从海上偷运出境。

4 cocaine
n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）
参考例句：
That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。 Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

5 illicit
adj.非法的，禁止的，不正当的
参考例句：
He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。 Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。

6 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。

7 skull
n.头骨；颅骨
参考例句：
The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。 He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。

8 implant
vt.注入，植入，灌输
参考例句：
A good teacher should implant high ideals in children.好教师应该把高尚理想灌输给孩子们。 The operation to implant the artificial heart took two hours.人工心脏植入手术花费了两小时。