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 survey suggest the tordano that nilated parts of Washington and Illinoi was ef 4.From member station WCBU in Period,Teney reports twitters consider the most violent at the state in 50 years.

The storm packed peak winds of 190 miles an hour,it's estimated to demolish¹ some place between 250 and 500 homes in the Tesiva community.The number is not confirmed because state emergency management official are completing the official assessment².Jonnathon Mokun is the director of the Illinoi emergency management agency.

  you are looking at several hundred if not nearly 1000 structures had to be searched based on the damage they had.Just injuries alone in Washington area there are 120 people that need some degree medical care whether it's provided by the first responders themselves or they they had to be taken to a hospital. One people was killed in the Washington tornado,state damage assessments³ are expected to be completed by the end of the week.For NPR News,I am Tenia,Period,Illinoi.

At least 6 people were killed in Illioi,2 died in Michigan as result of the stroms.

A federal judge is ordering the failed broke rich firm MF Global to pay 1.2 billon dollars in rounds duty to customers.NPR's Nicochi reports the   might complaint that MF Global misuse⁴ coutomer funds.

The fall of MF Global came quickly and by surprise,the company once run by former New Jersy senator John filed bankruptcy⁵ protection in 2011.The firm had made some bad bet on European debts that soared very quickly.In its final days the firm suffered in more than a billion dollars from customer account and a last stage effort to stay a float.The company will also pay 100 million dollar civil penalty.The commedity future's trading commission which brought the suit says the gase against Qozan and other MF Global executives will continue. Nigochi,NPR News,Washington.

Geroge Zimmerman the Florida man aquited earlier this year in the death of unarmed black teenager Trivo Martain has been charged with assault from a order cation involving his girl friend.  say the woman called 911 after Zimmerman allegedly smashed a glass table pointed⁷ a gun at her and forced her run out of the house.Danish Lima,chief deputy with Sumital county sheif department.

  our   violence investigators⁸ are working with her,she has been procided a notice of her rights and we will be sitting with her in the coming days to make sure that she knows all of the things that entiled to her as a de violence victim.

   says no one was hurt in the incident and Zimmerman is cooperating with authorities.

    senior administration official run the conquer efforts to improve the government trouble to healthcare.com website are showing signs of paying off.  deputy chief information officer for the center medicare and medical services read tesimony prepared for a house penal⁶ says the administration's print to expand function   the site consumer shopping subsitule.

On Wall Street today,the Don Jones industry average was up 14 points.This is NPR.

   investigating the attack by armed gunmen at Kennia mall in Sep now say they know the real names of all four gunmen involved.Western official the four are all ethnic⁹ Somalis and none has been the US or the UK.2 of names have been released but the official the other 2 names have not been released yet.   analysing the remains¹⁰ believes to be the attackers'.Kenenia official now confirm 67 people died in that attack.

NASA has successfully launched its next mission to mars,as NPR's Feril reports this latest    investigate the red planet's upper automosphere.

The mars automosphere voitile evolution mission ma  for short lifted up without a hinch form    airforce station in Florida.The space aircraft now begins a 10 month journey to mars,once there it will study the outer edge of the automosphere.That work could rpovide crucial clues about water which once float on the surface of the red planet.The scientists believe the water may have viarated from the ground to the top of the automosphere before being blown into space by radioation from the sun.Jerf,NPR News.

After 3 year effort to abortion¹¹ fouls¹² that they managed to get the issue on the b   cokey,Shever with a group of operation resecue targeted clinic in the New Mexico city.They    late abortion capital of the nation after losing before medical board in making little   win the democrats¹³ controled house legislature.They have been able to place a measure on the bonds that ban abortion after 20 weeks.The measure goes to the voters tomorrow.

1 demolish   

v.拆毁(建筑物等)，推翻(计划、制度等)

参考例句：

• They're going to demolish that old building.他们将拆毁那座旧建筑物。
• He was helping to demolish an underground garage when part of the roof collapsed.他当时正在帮忙拆除一个地下汽车库，屋顶的一部份突然倒塌。

2 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

3 assessments   

n.评估( assessment的名词复数 )；评价；（应偿付金额的）估定；（为征税对财产所作的）估价

参考例句：

• He was shrewd in his personal assessments. 他总能对人作出精明的评价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Surveys show about two-thirds use such assessments, while half employ personality tests. 调查表明，约有三分之二的公司采用了这种测评；而一半的公司则采用工作人员个人品质测试。 来自百科语句

4 misuse   

n.误用，滥用；vt.误用，滥用

参考例句：

• It disturbs me profoundly that you so misuse your talents.你如此滥用自己的才能，使我深感不安。
• He was sacked for computer misuse.他因滥用计算机而被解雇了。

5 bankruptcy   

n.破产；无偿付能力

参考例句：

• You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
• His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。

6 penal   

adj.刑罚的；刑法上的

参考例句：

• I hope you're familiar with penal code.我希望你们熟悉本州法律规则。
• He underwent nineteen years of penal servitude for theft.他因犯了大窃案受过十九年的苦刑。

7 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

8 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

10 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

11 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

12 fouls   

n.煤层尖灭；恶劣的( foul的名词复数 )；邪恶的；难闻的；下流的v.使污秽( foul的第三人称单数 )；弄脏；击球出界；（通常用废物）弄脏

参考例句：

• The player was sent off the field because of fouls. 这名运动员因屡屡犯规而被罚下场。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Jones was ordered off in the second half after repeated fouls. 由于屡次犯规，琼斯在下半场中被责令退出比赛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》