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1. Crews have stopped drilling the relief well that's intended to permanently¹ plug BP's broken Gulf² oil well. That because a strengthening tropical depression is bearing down on the site. Crews have about 15 feet left to drill, but officials say the final few steps will have to wait at least two or three days until the bad weather passes.

2. Four plane crash survivors³ are being treated at an Anchorage hospital after their plane crashed into a remote mountainside Monday. The crash killed five others, including former Alaska Senator Ted⁴ Stevens.

3. Former Wrestling Executive Linda McMahon has won the Republican endorsement⁵ for Connecticut US Senate seat. McMahon spent more than 20 million dollars of her own money. She will face off against Democratic Attorney General Richard Blumenthal in November.

4. More than a thousand people remain missing, but hope is fading of finding more survivors in flooding and landslides⁶ that hit northwestern China. Entire communities were swallowed up when a debris-choked river jumped its bank Sunday. More than 700 people are known dead.

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1 permanently
adv.永恒地，永久地，固定不变地
参考例句：
The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。 The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。

2 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。 There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

3 survivors
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。 survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

4 ted
vt.翻晒，撒，撒开
参考例句：
The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。 She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

5 endorsement
n.背书；赞成，认可，担保；签(注)，批注
参考例句：
We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。 His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。

6 landslides
山崩( landslide的名词复数 )；（山坡、悬崖等的）崩塌；滑坡；（竞选中）一方选票占压倒性多数
参考例句：
Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。 The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。