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1. Israel said it has called up another 16,000 reservists, allowing it potentially to widen its Gaza offensive against the territory Hamas rulers in 3 weeks old war. The move coincides with stalled diplomatic efforts to end the war which has claimed more than 1300 Palestinian lives, most of them civilians¹ and more than 50 Israeli lives.

2. Health officials in Sarasota county, Florida are warning people about the dangerous bacterium² after one people died and another got sick. Officials are warning residents and tourists against eating raw oysters³ and exposing opened wounds to coastal⁴ and inland waters.

3. A landslide⁵ buried in remote village in western India on early Wednesday killing⁶ at least 13 people and trapping more than 150 people. Rescue workers, desperate villagers and crowds people from nearby areas dug through deep mud, rocks and debris⁷ of shattered homes looking for survivors⁸.

4. A small plane crashed in the San Diego shopping center parking lot, killing an 80 year old passenger and injuring the pilots. No body on the ground was hurt.

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1 civilians
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )；老百姓
参考例句：
the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀 At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

2 bacterium
n.(pl.)bacteria 细菌
参考例句：
The bacterium possibly goes in the human body by the mouth.细菌可能通过口进入人体。 A bacterium is identified as the cause for his duodenal ulcer.一种细菌被断定为造成他十二指肠溃疡的根源。

3 oysters
牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 )
参考例句：
We don't have oysters tonight, but the crayfish are very good. 我们今晚没有牡蛎供应。但小龙虾是非常好。 She carried a piping hot grill of oysters and bacon. 她端出一盘滚烫的烤牡蛎和咸肉。

4 coastal
adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的
参考例句：
The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。 This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

5 landslide
n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利
参考例句：
Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。 An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

6 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

7 debris
n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片
参考例句：
After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。 Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

8 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

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-08-04