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1. Jon Huntsman said he'll quit the presidential race Monday and endorse¹ fellow Republican Mitt² Romney. Huntsman is expected to make the announcement at an event in South Carolina.

2. The captain of the cruise liner that ran aground off Italy has been accused of abandoning ship before everyone was safely evacuated³. The captain is in custody⁴ for suspected manslaughter. Amateur video shows panicked passengers crowded together looking for a way out.

3. A US coastal⁵ guard cutter and a Russian tanker⁶ are now just half a mile off Nome, Alaska after cutting through 300 miles of thick ice. The tanker is bringing vitally needed fuel to Nome to help the town get through the winter.

4. And two giant pandas from China have arrived in France. The France's first pandas since the death of one more than a decade ago.

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1 endorse
vt.(支票、汇票等)背书，背署；批注；同意
参考例句：
No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。 I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。

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 evacuated
撤退者的
参考例句：
Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。 The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

4 custody
n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留
参考例句：
He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。 He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

5 coastal
adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的
参考例句：
The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。 This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

6 tanker
n.油轮
参考例句：
The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。 Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。