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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)

There's still about a month ago went to the US election, but Venezuelans are making their choice between president President Hugo Chavez and its challenger Henrique Capriles. Chavez who has been in office near 14 years says he'll accept the outcome of Sunday's vote, no matter what it is.

Turkey has again taken an aim at targets in Syria in response to a Syrian mortar¹ that landed on Turkey soil. That crisis erupted several days ago when a Syria shell killed five Turkey civilians² in a border town. Since then, Turkey has said it will respond forcefully to every errant shell that lands in its territory.

Three people are still in the hospital after a Canadian tour bus they were riding in overturned on a New Jersey³ interstate exit ramp⁴ this weekend. About two dozen people were injured, including the driver. He's told state police that another driver cut him off before crash.

A finish couple wins a prize of cash and beer in the 14th annual wife-carrying competition in Maine. They completed the obstacle course include hurdles⁵, sand traps, and a water hole in just under 53 seconds.

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1 mortar
n.灰浆，灰泥；迫击炮；v.把…用灰浆涂接合
参考例句：
The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。 The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。

2 civilians
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )；老百姓
参考例句：
the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀 At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

3 jersey
n.运动衫
参考例句：
He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。 They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

4 ramp
n.暴怒，斜坡，坡道；vi.作恐吓姿势，暴怒，加速；vt.加速
参考例句：
That driver drove the car up the ramp.那司机将车开上了斜坡。 The factory don't have that capacity to ramp up.这家工厂没有能力加速生产。

5 hurdles
n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛
参考例句：
In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。来自《简明英汉词典》 There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。来自辞典例句

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-10-09