美联社新闻一分钟 2005-10-25

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1. Hurricane Wilma plows¹ ashore² as a Category 3 storm battering³ southern Florida with tornados⁵, high winds and pounding waves.

2. Three massive vehicle bombs explode near a Baghdad hotel that houses many western journalists, killing⁶ at least 20 people.

3. President Bush names top White House econimic advisor⁷ Ben Bernanke to replace Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.

4. Scuba⁸ diving teams pull nearly 250 people from their homes in Cuba after waves churned by Wilma flood the capital Havana.

5. And in Tbilisi Georgia residents celebrate City Day by drinking freshly pressed wine, listening to music and watching folk dancing.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. tornado⁴
tornado tornadoes⁹ or tornados
A tornado is a violent wind storm consisting of a tall column of air which spins round very fast and causes a lot of damage.
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2. scuba diving
scuba diving
Scuba diving is the activity of swimming underwater using special breathing equipment. The equipment consists of cylinders¹⁰ of air which you carry on your back and which are connected to your mouth by rubber tubes.
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scuba dive
I signed up to learn how to scuba dive.
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