美联社新闻一分钟 2007-06-19

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1. A four-year-old Texas girl is dead after being swept from her mother's arms Monday morning when a flash flood tore through their suburban¹ Fort Worth mobile home park. The flood has forced dozens of people to flee parts of North Texas.

2. Police in Ohio are hoping a two-year-old boy might have some clues in their search for 26-year-old Jessie Davis. Davis is nine-month pregnant and disappeared from her home near Cleveland almost a week ago. Police found her bedroom in disarray² with bleach³ on the floor and her two-year-old son home alone.

3. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced the Bush administration is lifting its economic and political embargo⁴ against the Palestinian government. The move comes after the Palestinian President forced the militant⁵ movement Hamas from his government.

4. It seems JoJo is looking forward to his new warmer home. The gator is traveling from New York to Florida where he'll spend his days in a reptile⁶ sanctuary⁷. Sunday his owner called authorities because he could no longer care for the gator in his Buffalo⁸ basement.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

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1. flash flood: 山洪暴发

2. suburban: 郊外的, 偏远的

3. embargo: 禁止出入港口, 禁运

4. gator: n.Informal （名词）【非正式用语】 An alligator⁹. 短鼻鳄鱼

5. reptile: 爬行的, 爬虫类的

6. sanctuary: 避难所