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About a million California residents live in areas that could suffer flooding from a tidal wave and another million or so visit the state‘s beacheson any given summer day,the report said(.ABC)

toll [t[Ul]损失、伤亡人数The number of deaths in Louisiana blamed on Hurricane Katrina has risen to 799,the state’s Department of Health and Hospitals saidWednesday,bringing the overall death toll to 1,033(.CNN)

trap [trAp]诡计、圈套It comes with the territory.But they go over the top.They try to fragment the club:the players from the supporters and the supporters from theplayers.Our fans are aware of that and they will not fall into that trap(.AP)

trident [5traid[nt]三叉戟I could go on and on and on.Against the Patriot missile that shot down Saddam Hussein‘s Scud missiles over Israel,against the Aegis air defense cruiser,against the Strategic Defense Initiative,against the Trident,missile,against,against,against(.NBC)

victim [5vIktIm]牺牲者、受害者

President Bush said the government would provide help on taxes,housing,education and job training for the hurricane victims(.YORK TIMES)THE NEWviolate [5vai[9leit]违反、违背;侵犯violation [9vai[5leiF[n]违反、违背;侵犯Krugel pleaded guilty in 2003to one count of conspiracy to violate the civil rights of worshippers at the mosque and one count of carrying an explosive device in connection with a conspiracy to impede or injure anoffice of the United States(.AP)

“These kind of sanctions are in violation of the joint statement we have adopted and are going to hinder the implementation of the commitment we have made,”Kim told reporters outside the North’s Embassy.(FOX NEWS)violence [5vai[l[ns]暴力violent [5vai[l[nt]暴力的The violence came as voters turned out in heavy numbers to choose between the socialists who have ruled the Indian Ocean archipelago fornearly 40years and an opposition group promising wholesale economicreforms.Results were not expected until later in the week(.AP)

Crucial regional elections turned violent Sunday as police and the ruling party‘s militia engaged in running clashes with opposition supporters in thestreets of the main town in semiautonomous Zanzibar(.NBC)

volcano [vCl5kein[U]火山

volcanic[vCl5kAnIk]火山的A volcano erupted Thursday in southwestern Colombia,spewing smoke and ash,and raising fears for the safety of nearby villagers,officials said.(AP)

Thermal vents teeming with exotic creatures were once thought to exist only in the Pacific“Ring of Fire”because of its high volcanic activity and fast-spreading sea floor.But the discovery of boiling hot springs in the slower-growing Mid-Atlantic Ridge 20years ago opened new avenues ofexploration(.ABC)

wounded [5wU:ndId]受伤的the wounded 伤员Government spokesman Bassel Tarawneh said 56people were killed in the suicide attacks,but he said that number likely would rise.Victims included 33Jordanians,six Iraqis,two Bahrainis,two Chinese,one Saudi and one Indonesian.He could not identify the rest.A U.S.Embassy official said at least one American was killed and at least two others were wounded.(NBC)

As the relief effort picked up,a very different picture has been broadcast around the world.As images of American helicopters picking up the wounded and U.S.Marines are photographed cradling children,manyMuslims are turning against the extremists(.NBC)

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