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Rescuers and aid workers are pouring into western China where a strong earthquake has left nearly 600 people dead. Another 10,000 were hurt when the quake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale caused buildings, roads and bridges to collapse1. Many survivors2 have been left without shelter in near freezing conditions.

 

Two senior crew members of a Chinese coal carrier that ran aground off central Queensland will face court today. They have been charged with causing damage to the Great Barrier Reef. Marine3 authorities say the incident has left the biggest shipping4 scar ever seen on the reef.

 

Also making news this morning, the New South Wales Government says it'll decide tomorrow whether to support Kevin Rudd's push to reform the health system. Victoria and Western Australia are still resisting the proposals and the chances of a deal at next Monday's Council of Governments meeting appear slim.

 

Fire has destroyed a carpet underlay5 and glue factory south of Brisbane. More than 80 firefighters were called in to fight the blaze.

 

And a volcano in Iceland has erupted for the second time in less than a month. Its melted ice had forced 800 residents to flee rising floodwaters.

 


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1 collapse aWvyE     
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
2 survivors 02ddbdca4c6dba0b46d9d823ed2b4b62     
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
  • survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
3 marine 77Izo     
adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵
参考例句：
  • Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
4 shipping WESyg     
n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）
参考例句：
  • We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
  • There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。
5 underlay 2ef138c144347e8fcf93221b38fbcfdd     
v.位于或存在于（某物）之下( underlie的过去式 )；构成…的基础（或起因），引起n.衬垫物
参考例句：
  • That would depend upon whether the germs of staunch comradeship underlay the temporary emotion. 这得看这番暂时的情感里，是否含有生死不渝友谊的萌芽。 来自辞典例句
  • Sticking and stitching tongue overlay and tongue underlay Sticking 3㎜ reinforcement. 贴车舌上片与舌下片：贴3㎜补强带。 来自互联网

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