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1. Residents of the Mid-Atlantic region got hit with another day of triple-digit temperatures. Officials are urging people to conserve electrical power and stay indoors. An excessive heat warning remains in effect for the area until tomorrow.
2. Two Americans have been killed in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. One man was a soldier in the Israeli army from Philadelphia; the other man was a civilian who'd been living in the area for some 20 years.
3. Many Cuban Americans in Miami have been waiting to hear word of Fidel Castro's health. Cuban officials announced Monday that President Fidel Castro had temporarily handed power to his brother following surgery. There is still much speculation about the leader's status.
4. An SUV crashed to the front of a Rhode Island store, narrowly missing a customer inside. And it was all caught on tape by the store's surveillance camera. You can see the man ready to pay at the cash register when the SUV slams to the glass front of the store.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. conserve: verb
If you conserve a supply of something, you use it carefully so that it lasts for a long time.
=save
2. word: n-uncount
If there is word of something, people receive news or information about it.
3. speculate: verb
If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen.
Noun: speculation
4. cash register: n-count <美>收银机
A cash register is a machine in a shop, pub, or restaurant that ia used to add up and record how much people pay, and in which the money is kept.
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