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Hello there, from the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Reggie Aqui. We're gonna start with the death of former North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms.

Helms served five terms in the Senate before illness forced him to retire in 2003. The conservative Republican frequently used his position to speak out against gay rights and federal funding for the arts. He was also known for his opposition1 to the Voting Rights Act and to the creation of the Martin Luther King Holiday. Helms later worked with the Clinton White House to fight AIDS in Africa. His family has not released the cause of death. He was 86 years old.

Families in Big Sur, California can only watch, hope and wait as firefighters attempt to hold off a rapidly advancing fire. Hundreds of people were forced to flee the area as the fire moved closer to populated areas. The fire has spread over more than 100 square miles and destroyed at least 20 homes.

Senator Barack Obama spent his Fourth of July in Montana. He intended to parade in Butte and spoke2 at a family picnic for supporters. The Obama campaign thinks he has a chance in Montana which has voted for Democratic presidential candidates three times in the past 60 years. Meanwhile Senator John McCain celebrated3 the holiday at home in Arizona. McCain did not have any campaign events scheduled for today and same case for the next few days.

Protesters made things a little tougher for President Bush at his appearance Friday at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate. The president's speech was interrupted several times by people shouting. Some calling him a war criminal. At least six demonstrators were escorted out of the citizenship4 ceremony. More than 70 men and women from 30 countries became Americans there today.

Now every Fourth of July, the great American pastime of eating hotdogs is serious business at New York's Coney Island. Just look at that. Competitive eaters from around the world gathered for the hotdog eating championship. Now there was some drama there today because the contest ended in a tie. So of course they couldn't leave it there, they staged an eat-off. And there you see the winner, to the right of your screen, defending champion Joey Chestnut5. He beat the six-time title-holder Takeru, I knew I wasn’t natural with his name, Takeru Kobayashi, there we go. Chestnut took home a 20,000-dollar prize. Almost 60 hotdogs.

Woo, alright. Those are the headlines this hour. Please stick with CNN for more on these stories and the other news of the day.


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1 opposition eIUxU     
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。
2 spoke XryyC     
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。
3 celebrated iwLzpz     
adj.有名的，声誉卓著的
参考例句：
  • He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
  • The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。
4 citizenship AV3yA     
n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)
参考例句：
  • He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
  • Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。
5 chestnut XnJy8     
n.栗树，栗子
参考例句：
  • We have a chestnut tree in the bottom of our garden.我们的花园尽头有一棵栗树。
  • In summer we had tea outdoors,under the chestnut tree.夏天我们在室外栗树下喝茶。

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