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1. Thousands of residents from two Arizona towns have been allowed to return home. They have been forced to leave because of a massive wildfire. That blaze has grown to nearly 700 square miles and is the second largest in state history.

2. A series of aftershocks have rattled¹ Christchurch in New Zealand. Officials say several people were injured and at least one building collapsed². The aftershocks come less than four months after a 6.3-magnitude quake killed 181 people in February.

3. Congress returns to work today, but New York Congressman³ Anthony Weiner won't be present. Weiner's on a temporary leave of absence so he will be in treatment. The married Democrat⁴ requested the time off after admitting the sending lewd⁵ photos to several women online and then lying about it.

4. And Dallas Mavericks⁶ fans are celebrating the team's first NBA Championship. The Mavericks beat the Miami Heat to win to the best-of-seven NAB finals four games to two.

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1 rattled
慌乱的，恼火的
参考例句：
The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。 Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。

2 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
参考例句：
Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。 The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

3 Congressman
n.（美）国会议员
参考例句：
He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。 The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

4 democrat
n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员
参考例句：
The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。 About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

5 lewd
adj.淫荡的
参考例句：
Drew spends all day eyeing up the women and making lewd comments.德鲁整天就盯着女人看，说些下流话。 I'm not that mean,despicable,cowardly,lewd creature that horrible little man sees. 我可不是那个令人恶心的小人所见到的下流、可耻、懦弱、淫秽的家伙。

6 mavericks
未烙印的牲畜( maverick的名词复数 )；标新立异的人，不合常规的人
参考例句：
And what about the Dallas Mavericks and Dirk Nowitzki? 那达拉斯小牛队和诺维斯基呢？ And we see it with bringing Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks. 而且我们看到它同实现基德向达拉斯小牛队。