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 Police investigating this morning's shooting death of a professor at Mississippi's Dealt State University are now ushering¹ students out of buildings at that school and others. At Cleveland police chief Charles Beans says have been on lockdown. We are basically going building to building to get the students out and let them leave and go home safely.  The gunman is still on the loose. Police say Shannon Lime, an instructor² at the university is wanted for questioning in connection with the death of professor Ethan Shmidt who the county corner's office says was shot in the head. PB of Mississippi Public Broadcasting recounts the first moments that the gunman was reported on campus. Shortly before 11:00 am, campus officials issued an alert saying an act of shoot was seen in the vicinity of the school's history department. RH is a professor whose office is located across the street from where the shooting took place. He says no one can believe what's happening. 'I think everyone is reflective right now, thinking you know how could this happen here. We're in shock. This is not that kind of place, you know Cleveland Mississippi Delta⁴ State University where you would think something like this could happen.' From NPR news, I'm PB in J, Mississippi.

Hungary's security forces have began to shutter⁵ its border with Serbia in an attempt to curb⁶ the wave of tens of thousands of migrants seeking asylum⁷ in EU countries. The BBC's CF is on the Hungary-Serbia border. He has the story. Anyone that is caught going through under or over the fence is liable to prosecution⁸, punishable with a two or three year sentence here in Hungary. Also they're crack transit⁹ points. So refugees will be gathered in a on man's land area between Hungary and Serbia. They say the asylum application will be processed much more quickly but of course the likelihood is given that they are coming in the eyes of the Hungarian government from a safe country Serbia, many of them will be sent back that way. The BBC's CF.

Presidential candidate Sen Ted³ Cruz has took his message to an unlikely place today, the conservative Christian¹⁰ Lerty university,Liberty University. NPR's SK reports he tried to find common ground on economic and social justice. Sen Ted spoke¹¹ at the university's * vacation where attendances required and a campus banned gets the crowd of about 10,000 warmed up with Christian rock. Sen Ted quickly acknowledged the areas where he and the evangelical Christian student body don't see eye to eye—abortion and gay marriage. But then he moved on. 'It is most vitally important for those of us who hold different views to be able to engage in a civil discourse¹².' As most of his speeches, Sen Ted's focus was on economic inequality, the wealth held by the few, and the needs of the many. TK, NPR news, Lynchburg, California. This is NPR.

On her first day back in the office since she was sent to jail over a week ago, Rowan county clerk Kim Davis says she will not interfere¹³ with her deputies' issuing marriage licenses¹⁴ to same sex couples in Kentucky. However, Davis, an obsolete¹⁵ Christian who opposes homosexuality questions whether the documents are valid¹⁶ without her authorization¹⁷. One of her deputies BM has vowed¹⁸ to keep issuing the licenses to same sex couples despite his boss's objection. The snow pack in California's Sierra Nevada mountains is the likely the lowest it's been in 500 years. NPR's NF reports the finding illustrates¹⁹ the severity of the state's current draught²⁰. Earlier this year, state officials say the snow pack was alarmingly low, the worst it has been in over 50 years. Now researchers say they've been able to tree rains which are sensitive to both rainfall and temperatures to reconstruct snow pack conditions going even further back in the past. In the journal Nature Climate Change, they say that the 2015 low is pretty much unprecedented²¹ in the last 5 centuries.California's drought is now in its fourth year. The state depends on runoff from snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains for about 40 percent of its water supply. NF, NPR news.

Meanwhile, two northern California wild fires continue to rage this hour collectively forcing more than 20,000 people to evacuate²². Both flames or both fires have destroyed hundreds of homes. Before the close, Dow was down more than 60 points at 16371.This is NPR news.

1 ushering   

v.引，领，陪同( usher的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• They were right where the coach-caller was swinging open a coach-door and ushering in two ladies. "他们走到外面时，叫马车的服务员正打开车门，请两位小姐上车。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Immediately the two of them approached others, thanking them, ushering them out one by one. 他们俩马上走到其他人面前，向他们道谢，一个个送走了他们。 来自辞典例句

2 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。

3 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。

4 delta   

n.（流的）角洲

参考例句：

• He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
• The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。

5 shutter   

n.百叶窗；(照相机)快门；关闭装置

参考例句：

• The camera has a shutter speed of one-sixtieth of a second.这架照像机的快门速度达六十分之一秒。
• The shutter rattled in the wind.百叶窗在风中发出嘎嘎声。

6 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

7 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

8 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。

9 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

10 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

11 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

12 discourse   

n.论文，演说；谈话；话语；vi.讲述，著述

参考例句：

• We'll discourse on the subject tonight.我们今晚要谈论这个问题。
• He fell into discourse with the customers who were drinking at the counter.他和站在柜台旁的酒客谈了起来。

13 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

14 licenses   

n.执照( license的名词复数 )v.批准，许可，颁发执照( license的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Drivers have ten days' grace to renew their licenses. 驾驶员更换执照有10天的宽限期。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Jewish firms couldn't get import or export licenses or raw materials. 犹太人的企业得不到进出口许可证或原料。 来自辞典例句

15 obsolete   

adj.已废弃的，过时的

参考例句：

• These goods are obsolete and will not fetch much on the market.这些货品过时了，在市场上卖不了高价。
• They tried to hammer obsolete ideas into the young people's heads.他们竭力把陈旧思想灌输给青年。

16 valid   

adj.有确实根据的；有效的；正当的，合法的

参考例句：

• His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
• Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗？

17 authorization   

n.授权，委任状

参考例句：

• Anglers are required to obtain prior authorization from the park keeper.垂钓者必须事先得到公园管理者的许可。
• You cannot take a day off without authorization.未经批准你不得休假。

18 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

19 illustrates   

给…加插图( illustrate的第三人称单数 )； 说明； 表明； （用示例、图画等）说明

参考例句：

• This historical novel illustrates the breaking up of feudal society in microcosm. 这部历史小说是走向崩溃的封建社会的缩影。
• Alfred Adler, a famous doctor, had an experience which illustrates this. 阿尔弗莱德 - 阿德勒是一位著名的医生，他有过可以说明这点的经历。 来自中级百科部分

20 draught   

n.拉，牵引，拖；一网（饮，吸，阵)；顿服药量，通风；v.起草，设计

参考例句：

• He emptied his glass at one draught.他将杯中物一饮而尽。
• It's a pity the room has no north window and you don't get a draught.可惜这房间没北窗，没有过堂风。

21 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。

22 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。