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1. The lights are slowly coming back on across the mid¹ Atlantic. Power crews have been restoring electricity after a violent storm Friday night knocked it out. By Sunday afternoon, millions remained in the dark.

2. A storm stranded² passengers on a New York to Chicago Amtrak train for more than 20 hours. They finally boarded buses after trees blocked the rails and the train couldn't make it through West Virginia.

3. The Syrian opposition³ is rejecting a transition plan crafted by a UN special envoy⁴. It doesn't demand the ouster of President Bashar Assad, and the opposition thinks the plan is weak.

4. And protesters rallied as the first Japanese nuclear power plant went back on line. All 50 were turned off after last year's earthquake and tsunami⁵ led to multiple meltdowns in Fukushima.

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1 mid
adj.中央的，中间的
参考例句：
Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。 He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

2 stranded
a.搁浅的，进退两难的
参考例句：
He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里，身无分文，一筹莫展。 I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

3 opposition
n.反对，敌对
参考例句：
The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。 The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

4 envoy
n.使节，使者，代表，公使
参考例句：
Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。 The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

5 tsunami
n.海啸
参考例句：
Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。 Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。