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1. Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is the latest Republican to enjoy a bump in Iowa. Polls show him surging. Now rivals in the field are starting to question his conservative credentials¹.

2. The fighting continues in Syria even as Arab League observers are on the ground there. A New video shows them scurrying² away from gunfire this week. Activists³ say at least four people were killed.

3. A fire has engulfed⁴ a Russian nuclear submarine at an Arctic shipyard. However officials insisted there has been no radiation leak and no injuries.

4. Aren't they cute? Twin polar cubs⁵ are making their public debut⁶ in China. Just few months old, they are still learning to walk but they love that camera.

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1 credentials
n.证明，资格，证明书，证件
参考例句：
He has long credentials of diplomatic service.他的外交工作资历很深。 Both candidates for the job have excellent credentials.此项工作的两个求职者都非常符合资格。

2 scurrying
v.急匆匆地走( scurry的现在分词 )
参考例句：
We could hear the mice scurrying about in the walls. 我们能听见老鼠在墙里乱跑。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》 We were scurrying about until the last minute before the party. 聚会开始前我们一直不停地忙忙碌碌。来自辞典例句

3 activists
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。 Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 engulfed
v.吞没，包住( engulf的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters. 他被一群记者团团围住。 The little boat was engulfed by the waves. 小船被波浪吞没了。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 cubs
n.幼小的兽，不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮 Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 debut
n.首次演出，初次露面
参考例句：
That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。 The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。