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1. The White House is calling on Hamas to stop its rocket attacks into Israel and warns Israel needs to avoid civilian¹ casualties as the region erupted into violence today. More than 200 people were killed when Israel unleashed² unprecedented³ airstrikes into Gaza.

2. Dozens of Liberian immigrants have gathered at the site of a devastating⁴ house fire in southwest Philadelphia. They say seven members of their community died there Friday night after an accident with a kerosene⁵ heater.

3. The Iraqi army says at least 22 people are dead after a bomb tore through a busy square in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad today. More than 50 others were wounded in the midday attack.

4. It is without a doubt, one for the books. Bucharest unveiled a smoked sausage that stretches more than 400 yards. That's more than enough to land a spot in the Guinness Book of Records and feed the hungry crowd that showed up.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. kerosene: n. 煤油

a clear oil that is burnt to provide heat or light

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1 civilian
adj.平民的，民用的，民众的
参考例句：
There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。 He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

2 unleashed
v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press. 政府的提案引发了新闻界的抗议浪潮。 The full force of his rage was unleashed against me. 他把所有的怒气都发泄在我身上。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 unprecedented
adj.无前例的，新奇的
参考例句：
The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。 A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

4 devastating
adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的
参考例句：
It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。 Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

5 kerosene
n.(kerosine)煤油，火油
参考例句：
It is like putting out a fire with kerosene.这就像用煤油灭火。 Instead of electricity,there were kerosene lanterns.没有电，有煤油灯。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-12-28