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1. Michelle Bachmann has ended her presidential campaign. Meantime, Rick Santorum is trying to become the conservative heavyweight in the Republican race after his near-tie with Iowa caucus¹ winner Mitt² Romney.

2. There's a blast of cold weather covering central and south Florida. The monitor showed below-freezing numbers for several hours this morning, get farmers hoping there will be no lasting³ damage to their crops.

3. Two British men are facing significant jail time, convicted of murdering black teenager Stephen Lawrence in 1993. Thirty-six-year-old Gary Dobson got 15 years while 35-year-old David Norris was sentenced to 14 years. Two were teens at the time of the killing⁴.

4. And officials at London Zoo are doing their annual animal counting, making sure every single mammal, bird and reptile⁵ is on site. It's a huge task, last year there were more than 8,000 representing 150 different species.

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1 caucus
n.秘密会议；干部会议；v.（参加）干部开会议
参考例句：
This multi-staged caucus takes several months.这个多级会议常常历时好几个月。 It kept the Democratic caucus from fragmenting.它也使得民主党的核心小组避免了土崩瓦解的危险。

2 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。 Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

3 lasting
adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持
参考例句：
The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。 We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

4 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。

5 reptile
n.爬行动物；两栖动物
参考例句：
The frog is not a true reptile.青蛙并非真正的爬行动物。 So you should not be surprised to see someone keep a reptile as a pet.所以，你不必惊奇有人养了一只爬行动物作为宠物。