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1. Ten years and a day after the terrorist attacks of the World Trade Center, a memorial opens to the public. The memorial at Ground Zero in New York has waterfalls that spill into the footprints of the Twin Towers and the names of the more than 2,900 killed, etched into bronze walls along the perimeter¹.

2. A gasoline pipeline² running through a slum in Kenya's capital has exploded, killing³ at least 61 people. A local official says he believes the death toll⁴ from Monday's blast will rise. A hospital official in Nairobi says at least 112 burn victims have arrived there.

3. The only member of a Russian hockey team to survive a fiery⁵ plane crash has died of his injuries in a Moscow hospital. Alexander Galimov died Monday of severe burns that covered 90% of his body. The only other person to survive, a member of the flight crew is undergoing treatment in Moscow.

4. Andy it will be a match-up of tennis giants at tonight's US Open final. Top seed Novak Djokovic will face second seed Rafael Nadal. The men's final is being held today at the US Open because of last week's torrential rain.

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1 perimeter
n.周边，周长，周界
参考例句：
The river marks the eastern perimeter of our land.这条河标示我们的土地东面的边界。 Drinks in hands,they wandered around the perimeter of the ball field.他们手里拿着饮料在球场周围漫不经心地遛跶。

2 pipeline
n.管道，管线
参考例句：
The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。 A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

3 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。

4 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。 The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

5 fiery
adj.燃烧着的，火红的；暴躁的；激烈的
参考例句：
She has fiery red hair.她有一头火红的头发。 His fiery speech agitated the crowd.他热情洋溢的讲话激动了群众。