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1. A levee near Gulfport, Illinois was not able to hold back the rising water of the Mississippi river. Officials are urging residents to evacuate1 from waterlogged areas near the state line. They say there have been more than a half dozen levee breaches2 in Illinois in the past week or so.

2. Iraqi police officials say at least 51 people were killed in a car bombing in a mainly Shiite section of Baghdad, another 75 were wounded. Witnesses say the exploded car was parked near a two-story building with shops on the bottom floor and residential3 apartments on top.

3. President Bush and first lady Laura Bush went to a wake for Tim Russert. It was held at Albans School in Northwest Washington. The funeral for the 58-year-old host of NBC's Meet the Press is scheduled to take place tomorrow.

 

4. And one New Jersey4 high school principal is energized5 over the consequences of too much caffeine for students. He sent a letter home to parents reminding them that plain water is the only drink allowed. The manufacturers of energy drinks fire back, saying those drinks were never meant to be consumed by kids.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

 

1. waterlogged adj.

a waterlogged area of land is flooded with water and cannot be used

2. state line n.

the border between two states in the US

 

 

3. wake n.

 

the time before or after a funeral when friends and relatives meet to remember the dead person
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1 evacuate ai1zL     
v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便
参考例句：
  • We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
  • They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
2 breaches f7e9a03d0b1fa3eeb94ac8e8ffbb509a     
破坏( breach的名词复数 )； 破裂； 缺口； 违背
参考例句：
  • He imposed heavy penalties for breaches of oath or pledges. 他对违反誓言和保证的行为给予严厉的惩罚。
  • This renders all breaches of morality before marriage very uncommon. 这样一来，婚前败坏道德的事就少见了。
3 residential kkrzY3     
adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的
参考例句：
  • The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
  • The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
4 jersey Lp5zzo     
n.运动衫
参考例句：
  • He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
  • They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
5 energized bb204e54f08e556db01b90c79563076e     
v.给予…精力，能量( energize的过去式和过去分词 )；使通电
参考例句：
  • We are energized by love if we put our energy into loving. 如果我们付出能量去表现爱意，爱就会使我们充满活力。 来自辞典例句
  • I am completely energized and feeling terrific. 我充满了活力，感觉非常好。 来自辞典例句

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