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[1] Chile's president says the death toll¹ from Saturday's 8.8-magnitude quake has topped 700. Deaths are expected to be highest in Concepcion, a city of more than 200,000 near the epicenter.

[2] President Barack Obama's doctor says the commander-in-chief's first medical checkup since he took office finds the 48-year-old is in excellent health. He also recommends that Obama continue smoking cessation efforts.

[3] Western Europe has been battered² by a violent storm that has killed more than 50 people. The majority died by drowning in France. Others were hit by parts of buildings or trees and branches that were ripped³ off by high wind.

[4] A hungry wild panda broke into a home in China's Sichuan province. The bear was found sitting in the house, eating pig bones rather than their usual diet of bamboo.

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1 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。 The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

2 battered
adj.磨损的；v.连续猛击；磨损
参考例句：
He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。 The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。

3 ripped
adj. <美俚>喝醉的，受毒品麻醉的动词rip的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
He had ripped up the carpet, leaving only the bare boards. 他用力扯去了地毯，只剩下裸露的地板。 I ripped my jeans on the fence. 我的牛仔裤在栅栏上划破了。