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1. Mitt¹ Romney won the Illinois Republican presidential primary by a wide margin² over Rick Santorum. In his victory speech, Romney emphasized his willingness to work with Democrats³ if elected.

2. French Police raided a home in Toulouse, and cornered a man suspected of shooting dead seven people including three paratroopers and three school children. The suspect is described as a 24-year old French national, who claimed he is connected to Al-Qaeda. He has told police negotiators he will surrender.

3. The lawyer for slain⁴ teen Trayvon Martin's family is rejecting the self-defense claims of the man who shot him. The lawyer says Martin phoned his girl shortly before he was killed. He said that neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman was following him.

4. And President Obama has focused on energy Wednesday. He is traveling west to visit oil and gas production fields and the solar energy facility.

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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 margin
n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘
参考例句：
We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。 The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。

3 democrats
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。 The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 slain
杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)
参考例句：
The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。 His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。