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1. Firefighters worked through the night to put out spot fires near Los Alamos, New Mexico. That's the home of the government nuclear laboratory. Lab officials say the facility and nuclear waste in storage are safe. Nearly 13,000 town residents have been evacuated¹.

2. President Barack Obama will talk economy when he travels to Iowa today. Obama will tour an aluminium-producing factory and speak with workers. It's Obama's first trip to Iowa since announcing his re-election bid.

3. There could be a new head of the International Monetary² Fund today. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is expected to be chosen to lead the IMF. She will replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn who resigned last month amid sex assault charges.

4. An Australian wildlife park has been showing off its latest arrival. "Boonda" the baby Koala is a second generation urban Koala, meaning that he's the first to be born to a mother who was also born in captivity³. Boonda's keepers say he's just starting to get a taste for eucalyptus⁴.

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1 evacuated
撤退者的
参考例句：
Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。 The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

2 monetary
adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的
参考例句：
The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。 Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

3 captivity
n.囚禁；被俘；束缚
参考例句：
A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。 He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。

4 eucalyptus
n.桉树，桉属植物
参考例句：
Eucalyptus oil is good for easing muscular aches and pains.桉树油可以很好地缓解肌肉的疼痛。 The birds rustled in the eucalyptus trees.鸟在桉树弄出沙沙的响声。