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Hundreds of people have gathered at a cathedral in Italy where Luciano Pavarotti’s body has been taken. The tenor1 was considered one of the best singers of his generation. A funeral has been set for Saturday.

Rescue crews are expanding their search for missing adventure pilot Steve Fossett. He's been missing since Monday. And crews are now covering a 10,000-square-mile area in California and Nevada.

The death toll2 from Hurricane Felix continues to rise. Officials in Nicaragua and Honduras now say more than 60 people were killed since Tuesday when it roared ashore3 as a powerful Category Five storm.

There was bamboo of plenty in Atlanta today, as the zoo threw a birthday bash for Mei Lan. The panda turned one today and is a star there. Since she was born, some 561,000 people have come to the zoo and millions of others have watched her on the net.

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1 tenor LIxza     
n.男高音（歌手），次中音（乐器），要旨，大意
参考例句：
  • The tenor of his speech was that war would come.他讲话的大意是战争将要发生。
  • The four parts in singing are soprano,alto,tenor and bass.唱歌的四个声部是女高音、女低音、男高音和男低音。
2 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。
3 ashore tNQyT     
adv.在(向)岸上，上岸
参考例句：
  • The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
  • He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。

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