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1. A powerful storm moving across the southeastern part of the nation has packed a punch in west-central Mississippi. Officials say a tornado1 touched down Saturday in at least three counties, damaging buildings, uprooting2 trees and causing injuries.

2. Civil rights advocates are vowing3 to fight Arizona's tough new law targeting illegal immigration. It requires police to ask people about their immigration status if there is reason to believe they are in the country illegally.

3. Airlines are appealing to passengers to give up their seats to travelers stranded4 by the ash cloud that spewed from Iceland's volcano. Carriers across Europe are trying to clear a backlog5 of thousands of tourists grounded by the crisis.

4. Like a Key lime pie? Key West was the place to be Friday. A gargantuan6 Key lime pie measuring seven feet in diameter and 450 pounds was prepared for the island's annual independence celebration, which marks the Key's 1982 mock secession from America.
 


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1 tornado inowl     
n.飓风，龙卷风
参考例句：
  • A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
  • The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
2 uprooting 9889e1175aa6c91384bf739d6a25e666     
n.倒根，挖除伐根v.把（某物）连根拔起( uproot的现在分词 )；根除；赶走；把…赶出家园
参考例句：
  • He is hard at work uprooting wild grass in the field. 他正在田里辛苦地芟夷呢。 来自互联网
  • A storm raged through the village, uprooting trees and flattening crops. 暴风雨袭击了村庄，拔起了树木，吹倒了庄稼。 来自互联网
3 vowing caf27b27bed50d27c008858260bc9998     
起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）
参考例句：
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
  • President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。
4 stranded thfz18     
a.搁浅的，进退两难的
参考例句：
  • He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
  • I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。
5 backlog bPiyc     
n.积压未办之事
参考例句：
  • It will take a month to clear the backlog of work.要花一个月的时间才能清理完积压的工作。
  • Investment is needed to reduce the backlog of repairs.需要投资来減轻积压的维修工作。
6 gargantuan 4fvzJ     
adj.巨大的，庞大的
参考例句：
  • My gargantuan,pristine machine was good for writing papers and playing solitaire,and that was all.我那庞大的、早期的计算机只适合写文章和玩纸牌游戏，就这些。
  • Right away,I realized this was a mistake of gargantuan proportions.我立刻意识到这是一个巨大的错误。

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