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1. President Barack Obama takes the oath of office, speaking of limitless possibilities for the nation. He spoke¹ before a flag-waving crowd of hundreds of thousands on the National Mall.

2. After a lunch at the Capitol, an inaugural² parade down Pennsylvania Avenue with marching bands, floats and the president and first lady. Coming later, the balls.

3. In Algeria, three Americans are among the dead from the hostage standoff at a natural gas complex, seven others made it out. At least 38 hostages died in the attack by militants³.

4. The house will vote Wednesday on an increase in the nation's debt limit, a move to prevent a government default. The move, a change in strategy for republicans who vowed⁴ to use the limit to confront the president.

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1 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。 The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 inaugural
adj.就职的；n.就职典礼
参考例句：
We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。 Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。

3 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。 Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

4 vowed
起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。 I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-01-25