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China's benchmark Shanghai Stock Market plunged² again on Tuesday, one day after its biggest losses in 8 years. The plunge¹ has investors³ nervous worldwide. The Dow Jones Industrial Average endured its 8th-biggest point decline ever on Monday.

Dozens of firefighters from Australia and New Zealand have arrived in Boise, Idaho. They'll join US firefighters in trying to control some of the huge blazes burning in western stages.

Indycar officials annouced the death of driver Justin Wilson on Monday. A piece of debri that broke off other car hit Wilson's head during a race in Pennsylvina over the weekend.

And health officials in Sirra Leone released the country's last known Ebola patient from a treatment center. If nobody else comes down with the virus in the next 6 weeks, the West African country will be declared Ebola-free.

Sandy Kozel, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

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1 plunge
v.跳入，(使)投入，(使)陷入；猛冲
参考例句：
Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。 That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。

2 plunged
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降
参考例句：
The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。 She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

3 investors
n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子 a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-08-28