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 US corruption1 charges were unveiled Wednesday against 14 people, 7 of them all FIFA soccor officials who were arrested in Zurich. Swiss prosecutors2 also annouced criminal proceedings3 in FIFA's awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup locations in Russian and Qatar.

 
The death toll4 from arisen floodwaters in Texas and Oklahoma climbed to 19 with over a dozen people still missing. Another round of rain threatens to complicate5 the cleanup in hard-hit Houston where 2 to 3 more inches of rain is expected.
 
Soaring summer temperatures in India have left over 1000 dead over the past month. Although stifling6 heat has gone down over the last 2 days. Tempertures continue to hover7 around 113 degrees Farenheit.
 
And a brave beekeeper in China has broken the world record for carrying the heaviest weight of bees on a human body. The record-breaker covered himself in more than one million bees, weighing a total of 240 pounds.
 
Emily Roseman, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 corruption TzCxn     
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
参考例句：
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
2 prosecutors a638e6811c029cb82f180298861e21e9     
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。
3 proceedings Wk2zvX     
n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报
参考例句：
  • He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
  • to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
4 toll LJpzo     
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 complicate zX1yA     
vt.使复杂化，使混乱，使难懂
参考例句：
  • There is no need to complicate matters.没有必要使问题复杂化。
  • These events will greatly complicate the situation.这些事件将使局势变得极其复杂。
6 stifling dhxz7C     
a.令人窒息的
参考例句：
  • The weather is stifling. It looks like rain. 今天太闷热，光景是要下雨。
  • We were stifling in that hot room with all the windows closed. 我们在那间关着窗户的热屋子里，简直透不过气来。
7 hover FQSzM     
vi.翱翔，盘旋；徘徊；彷徨，犹豫
参考例句：
  • You don't hover round the table.你不要围着桌子走来走去。
  • A plane is hover on our house.有一架飞机在我们的房子上盘旋。

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