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1. Deliberations are underway in the murder trial of Casey Anthony. The jury of seven women and five men are considering whether the 25-year-old is guilty of killing¹ her young daughter. Anthony’s defense² says the girl accidently drowned in the family pool.

2. Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is facing new charge of sexual assault, this time in his native France. On Monday a young writer announced that she will formally accuse him of trying to rape³ her during a 2002 book interview.

3. Los Alamos’s National Lab in New Mexico will reopen to employees on Wednesday, as the threat from the largest wildfire in state history has passed. The lab and the town of Los Alamos were evacuated⁴ one week a go, residents were allowed to return home on Sunday.

4. In New York, competitive eater Joey Chestnut⁵ earned his fifth consecutive⁶ win at the annual July 4th hotdog eating contest. He scarfed down 62 wieners in 10 minutes.

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1 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。 The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 rape
n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸
参考例句：
The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。 He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

4 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。

5 chestnut
n.栗树，栗子
参考例句：
We have a chestnut tree in the bottom of our garden.我们的花园尽头有一棵栗树。 In summer we had tea outdoors,under the chestnut tree.夏天我们在室外栗树下喝茶。

6 consecutive
adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的
参考例句：
It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。 The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。