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1. President Obama says his administration is going to review whether to restore North Korea to its list of state sponsors of terrorism after blaming Pyongyang for a cyber-attack on the U.S. firm, Sony Pictures Entertainment.

be going to 要，会，将要; 就要
例句： It felt pleasant to be going to work. 
走上工作岗位是很愉快的。 

2. In an interview with cnn, Mr. Obama said he would implement a suitable response to the hacking.

response to 对…的反应
例句：What's your response to the criticism?
您怎么回应受到的那些批评？

3. Supply convoys are now able to get through.

be able to 能，会; 能够
例句：How soon will china be able to clean up its air?
中国能在多短时间内将空气变清洁？

4. Counting is taking place after voting closed in the Tunisian presidential election, seen as the culmination of the country's political transition following the Arab Spring uprising there almost four years ago.

take place 发生，举行
例句：Elections take place every four years.
选举四年举行一次。

5. National television said early exit polls suggested the 88-year-old Beji Caid Essebsi is expected to win the poll. Turnout was lower than expected, as Naveena Kottoor reports from Tunis.

be expected to 被期待做某事; 有望做某事; 期许
例句：That could hardly be expected to last.
这很难预计将持续多久。

6. Although strict health precautions were in place, turnout was low due to concerns about Ebola.

concern about 使（自己）关心
例句：Public concern about environmental pollution is mounting.
公众对环境污染的担忧在不断加剧。

7. One of the best-known entertainers of the German-speaking world Udo Juergens has died at the age of 80, just two weeks after his last concert.

at the age of 在…岁时
例句：Children enter primary school at the age of 7. 
孩子们7岁进小学。