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1. The penalty phase opened Tuesday in the trial of the Boston Marathon bomber¹ Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Nearly two weeks ago, jurors convicted Tsarnaev of all 30 charges against him. Now he faces either the death penalty or life in prison.

2. Federal regulators say they are now aware of ten listeria illnesses including three deaths linked to ice cream and other products made by Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries. Blue Bell recalled all of its products late Monday after two samples of chocolate chip cookie dough² ice cream tested positive for listeria bacteria.

3. Prosecutors³ in Sicily say the exact death toll⁴ from the weekend sinking of a boat packed with migrants may never be known, but the UN Refugee Agency says more than 800 people are believed to have drowned, making it the deadliest disaster of its kind in the Mediterranean⁵.

4. And British pomp and circumstance went on parade Tuesday as the country paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth on her 89th birthday.

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1 bomber
n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者
参考例句：
He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。 Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

2 dough
n.生面团；钱，现款
参考例句：
She formed the dough into squares.她把生面团捏成四方块。 The baker is kneading dough.那位面包师在揉面。

3 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )；告发人；起诉人；公诉人
参考例句：
In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。来自口语例句 You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

4 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。 The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

5 Mediterranean
adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的
参考例句：
The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。 Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-4-25