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 The 17-year-old shot during an attack on Colorado’s Arapahoe high school eight days ago has died. Colorado Public Radios Megan Verlee reports Claire Davis had been in the coma¹ since the shooting.

 

Littleton Adventist Hospital where the girl was being treated announced her passing in a statement on its Facebook page. It read despite the best efforts of our physicians and nursing staff and Claire’s fighting spirit, her injuries were too severe and most advanced medical treatments could not prevent this tragic² loss of life. Davis was shot in the head at close range by a fellow classmate on December 13th. She was an apparent innocent bystander to the attack. Senior Karl Pierson was targeting the school’s debate coach. He took his own life minutes later. For NPR News, I am Megan Verlee in Denver.

 

The White House is warning South Sudan’s leaders US supporter is at risk if they do not resolve their differences through dialog as a battle between the country’s president and vice³ president threaten to trigger a civil war. Four US military personal were injured in the violence today during a mission to evacuate⁴ Americans. The Obama administration is calling on South Sudanese leaders to help protect US citizens, but as NPR’s Gregory Warner tells us that may not be possible.

 

This area where this incident took place is not under government control, is under control of a militia⁵ force that broke off from the army that has sort of pledge of allegiance to the deposed⁶ vice president of the country who is now in hiding. So there is no communication from the forces in control of this town and certainly the government said this was not us even people to fighting.

 

NPR’s Gregory Warner. 

 

Ceremony is today marking 25 years since bomb exploded on Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. 270 people were killed, many of them Americans. NPR’s Andrew Parsons reports hundreds attended the commemorations today at Arlington National Cemetery⁷. 

 

Family members of victims read the names of the 270 dead as the solitary⁸ NNNNN for each. Attorney General Eric Holder⁹ spoke¹⁰ the legacy¹¹ of the bombing which he said includes law enforcement responsibility.

 

To see that justice is done, and to ensure that those who commit acts of terror are held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. 

 

One person was convicted at the bombing, a former Libyan intelligence chief who died of cancer last year. Addition ceremony took place in the UK and Syracuse University which lost 35 students. Andrew Parsons, NPR News.

 

National Intelligence Director James Clapper has declassified¹² more NSA documents. They included Obama and Bush administration court filings, asking a federal judge to continue to keep details about surveillance program secret. 

 

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Egypt’s ousted¹³ Islamist President Mohamed Morsi is facing a third criminal trial. Egyptian prosecutor¹⁴ said today he is charged with organizing prison breaks during the 2011 uprising against then-president Hosni Mubarak, spreading chaos¹⁵ and collaborating¹⁶ with foreign militants¹⁷. Morsi is also already on trial for allegedly calling for opposition¹⁸ activists¹⁹ to be killed during his ten-year as Egypt’s president.

 

The Roman Catholic Church and Church of England have declared that they will battle each other. As Fiona Zublin reports this time they will face off on the cricket pitch. 

 

The Vatican cricket club was formed last October to allow Catholic seminaries and priests in Roma to play each other. But they had not real advisories²⁰ so the Vatican teams known as the Vatican XI called on the Anglican Church to create an opposing team. The Archbishop of Canterbury accepted the challenge and two sides plan to play each other at Lord’s in London in September which will allow the Anglicans time to assembly a team. The Church of England split from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534 during the ruling of King Henry VIII. There is also a soccer tournament played by Roma’s religious elite²¹ known as Clericus Cup which was part of inspiration for the Vatican’s cricket team. The players will wear the seal of papacy, two crossed keys on their jackets. For NPR News, I am Fiona Zublin.

 

Harry²² Potter could be coming to a stage near you. Author J. K. Rowling says she is coproducing a new play about the wizard’s untold²³ earlier years as an orphan²⁴ and an outcast. Rowling says she is not writing the script. The project is at the initial stage and moves into development next year. Rowling’s co-producers say the new offer the unique insight into the heart and mind of Harry Potter.

 

1 coma   

n.昏迷，昏迷状态

参考例句：

• The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
• She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。

2 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

3 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

4 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

5 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

6 deposed   

v.罢免( depose的过去式和过去分词 )；（在法庭上）宣誓作证

参考例句：

• The president was deposed in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被废黜。
• The head of state was deposed by the army. 国家元首被军队罢免了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

8 solitary   

adj.孤独的，独立的，荒凉的；n.隐士

参考例句：

• I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country.我颇喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。
• The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.这座城堡巍然耸立在沙漠的边际，显得十分壮美。

9 holder   

n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物

参考例句：

• The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
• That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

10 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。

11 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

12 declassified   

adj.解密的v.对（机密文件等）销密( declassify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Thousands of classified documents have now been declassified. 数以千计的保密文件现在被解密了。
• The software used for Siemens S7-300 encryption logic block declassified. 此软件用于对西门子S7-300加密逻辑块解密。

13 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

14 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

15 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

16 collaborating   

合作( collaborate的现在分词 )； 勾结叛国

参考例句：

• Joe is collaborating on the work with a friend. 乔正与一位朋友合作做那件工作。
• He was not only learning from but also collaborating with Joseph Thomson. 他不仅是在跟约瑟福？汤姆逊学习，而且也是在和他合作。

17 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。

18 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

19 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

20 advisories   

n.（有关进展、动向、建议等的）报告( advisory的名词复数 )；公告；通告；通报

参考例句：

• Compliance with Practice Advisories is optional. 是否遵守实务公告由审计师自行选择决定。 来自互联网
• Hardened-PHP: not as such a PHP security information website, but it does have security advisories. 增强PHP:不仅仅是一个PHP安全新的网站，它还提供安全建议。 来自互联网

21 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

22 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

23 untold   

adj.数不清的，无数的

参考例句：

• She has done untold damage to our chances.她给我们的机遇造成了不可估量的损害。
• They suffered untold terrors in the dark and huddled together for comfort.他们遭受着黑暗中的难以言传的种种恐怖，因而只好挤在一堆互相壮胆。

24 orphan   

n.孤儿；adj.无父母的

参考例句：

• He brought up the orphan and passed onto him his knowledge of medicine.他把一个孤儿养大，并且把自己的医术传给了他。
• The orphan had been reared in a convent by some good sisters.这个孤儿在一所修道院里被几个好心的修女带大。