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New South Wales emergency services are urging residents of Forbes in the state's central west to evacuate¹ the town before it's too late. The Lachlan river is expected to peak at 10.7 metres after midnight. Floodwaters have already inundated² about one-hundred homes, cut off roads and caused widespread damage to crops.

Three men have been hospitalised. After a crane collapse³ on a Sydney building left them suspended 60 metres from the ground. The group were working on the boom of the crane when it malfunctioned⁴ and hit the wall of a 20-storey building. A 27 year old worker is in a serious but stable condition in hospital while his two co-workers suffered minor⁵ injuries.

Us police say the suspect in a deadly shooting at a mall in Washington State has been taken into custody⁶. The arrest came after police released fresh CCTV images of the alleged⁷ shooter. Three women and a teenage girl were killed inside the Burlington store, a man later died in hospital.

And footy finals fever is ramping⁸ up. The Western Bulldogs will meet the Sydney Swans after a thrilling victory over the Giants' game last night. While in the NRL the Melbourne Storm overcame a spirited Raiders side to book their grand final spot against the Cronulla Sharks.

Those are the latest headlines from ABC News.

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新南威尔士州应急服务机构敦促该州中西部城镇福布斯镇的居民尽早撤离。预计拉克伦河的水位将于午夜时分达到10.7米的峰值。洪水已经淹没了约100座房屋，并切断了道路，使农作物大规模受损。

悉尼一座大楼发生起重机倒塌事故，导致三名男子悬挂在离地60米的地方，目前这三人已经入院治疗。这三名工作人员在起重机吊臂上作业时，起重机突然发生故障，并撞向一座20层大楼的墙面。目前一名27岁的工人伤势严重，但情况稳定，其他两名工人伤势较轻。

美国警方表示，华盛顿州购物中心致命枪击案的嫌疑人已被逮捕。警方发布了从监控录像中截取的枪手图像后，嫌疑人被捕。这起发生在伯灵顿购物商场的枪击案造成3名女性和1名少女死亡，1名男性在送往医院后不治身亡。

橄榄球决赛热情高涨。西部斗牛队昨晚大胜巨人队，他们下场比赛将对阵悉尼天鹅队。澳大利亚橄榄球联赛方面，墨尔本风暴队击败了勇猛的堪培拉突袭者队，将在总决赛中面对克罗纳拉鲨鱼队。

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1 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

2 inundated   

v.淹没( inundate的过去式和过去分词 )；（洪水般地）涌来；充满；给予或交予（太多事物）使难以应付

参考例句：

• We have been inundated with offers of help. 主动援助多得使我们应接不暇。
• We have been inundated with every bit of information imaginable. 凡是想得到的各种各样的信息潮水般地向我们涌来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 collapse   

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。

4 malfunctioned   

发生故障(malfunction的过去式与过去分词)

参考例句：

• Is there any way the dye pack malfunctioned back at the bank? 什么能使爆色板在银行内就失效？ 来自电影对白
• The malfunctioned roller of his mouse is under repair. 他鼠标的滚轴失灵了，正在修呢。 来自互联网

5 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

6 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

7 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

8 ramping   

土堤斜坡( ramp的现在分词 )； 斜道； 斜路； （装车或上下飞机的）活动梯

参考例句：

• The children love ramping about in the garden. 孩子们喜欢在花园里追逐嬉戏，闹着玩。
• Have you ever seen a lion ramping around? 你看到过狮子暴跳吗？