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1. The House Committee on Oversight¹ and Government Reform will hold the first of at least four hearings focused on the General Services Administration this week after runaway² spending for conferences and other events was uncovered.

2. Jury selection begins Monday in the retrial of former pitcher³ great Roger Clemens. He is accused of blinding to Congress not using performance-enhancing drugs.

3. After covering 5,000 square miles by sea and air over 30-hour period, the coast guard suspended in search for four yacht crew members who went missing off the northern California coast after an accident during a race. Officials say the search will not resume.

4. And the man who admitted to killing⁴ 77 people in Norway has pleaded not guilty in court to terror and murder charges, saying he was acting⁵ in self-defense. Anders Behring Breivik admits to bombing and shooting massacre⁶ in July.

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1 oversight
n.勘漏，失察，疏忽
参考例句：
I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。 Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。

2 runaway
n.逃走的人，逃亡，亡命者；adj.逃亡的，逃走的
参考例句：
The police have not found the runaway to date.警察迄今没抓到逃犯。 He was praised for bringing up the runaway horse.他勒住了脱缰之马受到了表扬。

3 pitcher
n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐；(棒球)投手
参考例句：
He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。 Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。

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 acting
n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的
参考例句：
Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。 During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

6 massacre
n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀
参考例句：
There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。 If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！