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1. Mitt¹ Romney is the winner of the New Hampshire Republican primary. Ron Paul came in second. Jon Huntsman finished third. Next stop, the South Carolina primary on January 21st.

2. Cordova, Alaska is waiting on an order of shovels² as it continues digging out from almost 15 feet of snow. One of the concerns is the strain on roof tops with two homes and four commercial buildings already suffering collapses³.

3. A bomb attack killed an Iranian university professor working at a key nuclear facility. The semiofficial news agency reported the attack in Tehran is similar to earlier killings⁴ of scientists working on the Iranian nuclear program.

4. And retired⁵ basketball star Yao Ming was on hand as China introduced six giant pandas into a semi-wild environment, and what's claimed to be one of the most ambitious attempts yet to replenish⁶ the endangered population with captive-bred animals. The restoration projects expect to take 50 years.

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1 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。

2 shovels
n.铲子( shovel的名词复数 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份v.铲子( shovel的第三人称单数 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份
参考例句：
workmen with picks and shovels 手拿镐铲的工人 In the spring, we plunge shovels into the garden plot, turn under the dark compost. 春天，我们用铁锨翻开园子里黑油油的沃土。来自辞典例句

3 collapses
折叠( collapse的第三人称单数 )；倒塌；崩溃；（尤指工作劳累后）坐下
参考例句：
This bridge table collapses. 这张桥牌桌子能折叠。 Once Russia collapses, the last chance to stop Hitler will be gone. 一旦俄国垮台，抑止希特勒的最后机会就没有了。

4 killings
谋杀( killing的名词复数 )；突然发大财，暴发
参考例句：
His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。 The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

5 retired
adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的
参考例句：
The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。 Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

6 replenish
vt.补充；(把…)装满；(再)填满
参考例句：
I always replenish my food supply before it is depleted.我总是在我的食物吃完之前加以补充。 We have to import an extra 4 million tons of wheat to replenish our reserves.我们不得不额外进口四百万吨小麦以补充我们的储备。