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In the South American nation of Brazil, history has been lost. A fire started Sunday evening at the country's National Museum.

And though firefighters worked throughout the night to try to stop it, you can see from this video while one museum official says very little will be left.

No serious injuries were reported and authorities don't know yet what caused the fire or how many artifacts were destroyed. But observers expect that most of them were probably burned. This building itself is historic. It used to be the home of a Portuguese¹ royal family. It was converted into a museum 200 years ago and since then it's collected 20 million artifacts that date back thousands of years. It houses everything from the oldest human remains² ever identified as being from Brazil to the largest meteorite³ ever found in Brazil. The National Museum is known around the world f?or it's priceless collection and it's research.

And while a Brazilian government official says he wants fire preparedness to be evaluated at every other museum in the country to try to avoid this anywhere else. The nation's President says, the loss of artifacts at the National Museum is insurmountable for Brazil.

Following the Labor⁴ Day holiday, as people across America go back to work and school one task ahead of the U.S. Senate is holding confirmation⁵ hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Those start today. Kavanaugh is a U.S. Court of Appeals Judge. He's also President Trump's choice to join the Supreme⁶ Court. Judge Kavanaugh would replace Justice Anthony Kennedy who retired⁷ from the High Court earlier this year. Presidents can't directly appoint Supreme Court Justices. They have to nominate them and the Senate gives its advice and consent, a phrase from the U.S. Constitution by holding hearings and then voting on whether it approves the President's choice.

Judge Kavanaugh is President Trump's second nominee⁸ to the High Court. His first was confirmed in April of last year when Justice Neil Gorsuch completed the process to replace Justice Antonin Scalia who died the year before. There's been a largely partisan⁹ fight over whether Judge Kavanaugh should be confirmed to the High Court. Most Republicans appear to support his nomination¹⁰. Most Democrats¹¹ appear to oppose it.

1 Portuguese   

n.葡萄牙人；葡萄牙语

参考例句：

• They styled their house in the Portuguese manner.他们仿照葡萄牙的风格设计自己的房子。
• Her family is Portuguese in origin.她的家族是葡萄牙血统。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 meteorite   

n.陨石；流星

参考例句：

• The meteorite in Jilin Exhibition Hall is believed to be the largest in the world.吉林展览馆的陨石被认为是世界上最大的。
• The famous Murchison meteorite smashed into the Australian ground in 1969.1969年著名的默奇森陨石轰然坠落在澳大利亚。

4 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

5 confirmation   

n.证实，确认，批准

参考例句：

• We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
• We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。

6 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

7 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

8 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

9 partisan   

adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒

参考例句：

• In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
• The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。

10 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

11 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》