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1. The captain of a luxury cruise ship that capsized off Italy over the weekend says he did everything he could to save loss. Prosecutors¹ are investigating whether he abandoned the ship before all of the passengers escaped. Meanwhile, two more bodies were discovered inside the vessel² on Sunday.

2. GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry is accusing the Obama administration of disdain³ for the military. Perry said in a TV interview on Sunday that the White House response to a video that purportedly⁴ shows Marines urinating on dead bodies in Afghanistan was over-the-top rhetoric⁵.

3. President Obama and his family marked Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday with a visit to Washington's historic Zion Baptist Church. During the Sunday morning service, the pastor⁶ urged his congregation to preserve its morals in a time of political and economic turmoil⁷.

4. Muhammad Ali soaked in familiar cheers and chants, along with a rendition of "Happy Birthday" on Saturday night. His friends and admirers celebrated⁸ his coming 70th birthday in his Kentucky hometown. Ali turns 70 on Tuesday.

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1 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

2 vessel
n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管
参考例句：
The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。 You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

3 disdain
n.鄙视，轻视；v.轻视，鄙视，不屑
参考例句：
Some people disdain labour.有些人轻视劳动。 A great man should disdain flatterers.伟大的人物应鄙视献媚者。

4 purportedly
adv.据称
参考例句：
This is purportedly the oldest tree in the world. 据称这是世界上最古老的一棵树。来自互联网 Mayor Oh Se-Hoon launched the campaign last year, purportedly to improve efficiency. 据悉，首尔市市长吴世勋于去年提出了这项旨在提高工作效率的计划。来自互联网

5 rhetoric
n.修辞学，浮夸之言语
参考例句：
Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？ Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

6 pastor
n.牧师，牧人
参考例句：
He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。 We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师：教会的事是由五位执事管理的。

7 turmoil
n.骚乱，混乱，动乱
参考例句：
His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。 The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

8 celebrated
adj.有名的，声誉卓著的
参考例句：
He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。 The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。