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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-08-16

时间：2009-09-09 02:56:14

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1. A wildfire continues to rage1 in Northern California and so far firefighters have not been able to contain it. The fire on the Santa Cruz Mountains has forced more than 2,400 people from their homes. Officials say the fire has now grown to more than three square miles.

2. Taiwan's president says floods and mudslides from Typhoon Morakot have killed about 500 people. The president says last weekend's storm inflicted2 the most severe damage on the island in 50 years. It dumped3 more than 80 inches of rain.

3. Police in Baltimore say Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps was involved in a two-car crash last night, but was not injured. The driver of the other car was taken to the hospital just to be safe. Two passengers in Phelps' SUV also were not hurt. Police say alcohol4 was not a factor in the accident.

4. Michael Vick has landed with the Philadelphia Eagles. The quarterback has not played in the NFL since 2007, spending most of the past two years in prison for running a dog fighting operation. The Eagles are expected to do introduce Vick at a news conference this morning.


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1 rage 8Axzr     
vi.(烈火)熊熊燃烧；发怒；怒斥；季风
参考例句：
  • He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
  • Haines got into a rage.海恩斯勃然大怒。
2 inflicted cd6137b3bb7ad543500a72a112c6680f     
把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team. 他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。
  • Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her. 卓娅英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑。
3 dumped dumped     
adj.废弃的v.倾倒( dump的过去式和过去分词 )；丢下；随便堆放；释放
参考例句：
  • Too much toxic waste is being dumped at sea. 太多的有毒废料在向大海里倾倒。
  • They dumped his belongings unceremoniously on the floor. 他们粗暴地把他的物品摔到地板上。
4 alcohol AxCzB     
n.酒精，乙醇；含酒精的饮料
参考例句：
  • The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors.法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。
  • The alcohol is industrial.这些酒精是供工业用的。

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