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1. The government's point man on the Gulf¹ of Mexico oil spill says the catastrophe² will persist "well into the fall." Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen says the spill will not be contained until the leak at the bottom of the Gulf is fully³ plugged.

2. Authorities say two New Jersey⁴ men arrested at a New York City airport on their way to join a jihadist group in Somalia had previously⁵ tried to get into Iraq. The two were arrested Saturday at JFK Airport before they could board separate flights to Egypt and then continue to Somalia.

3. Authorities say tornados⁶ and thunderstorms that swept through the Midwest, overnight killed at least five people in Ohio. They also destroyed 50 homes and damaged a high school gym where graduation was to be held Sunday.

4. Thousands of soccer fans stampeded outside a stadium in South Africa before a World Cup warm-up match. Fifteen people were injured, including a policeman.

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1 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。 There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

2 catastrophe
n.大灾难，大祸
参考例句：
I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.亏得你我才大难不死。 This is a catastrophe beyond human control.这是一场人类无法控制的灾难。

3 fully
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。 They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

4 jersey
n.运动衫
参考例句：
He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。 They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

5 previously
adv.以前，先前（地）
参考例句：
The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。 Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

6 tornados
n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )
参考例句：
And the national weather service reports several tornados touch down. 国家气象中心报告预测龙卷风将来袭。来自互联网 They had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes. 他们存有关于闪电、龙卷风和飓风的电影胶片。来自互联网

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AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-06-09)