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1. Mitt¹ Romney is defending himself against attacks he was more of corporate² raider than a job creator. He has a new TV ad out in South Carolina taking his GOP opponents to task for attacking his capitalist background.

2. President Barack Obama wants to trim the government holding a half dozen agencies into one. The commerce department would be among those cease to exist for a savings³ of 3 billion dollars over 10 years.

3. Van der Sloot gets 28 years in prison for killing⁴ a Peru woman. Van der Sloot is also suspected in the disappearance⁵ of American teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005.

4. In China, the driver of a stolen car tries to make a getaway, but hits 13 other cars instead while escaping police. State media says the driver was arrested.

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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 corporate
adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的
参考例句：
This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。 His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

3 savings
n.存款，储蓄
参考例句：
I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。 By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

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 disappearance
n.消失，消散，失踪
参考例句：
He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。 Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。