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1. President Obama visits Arkansas Wednesday. He’ll tour communities devastated¹ by recent tornadoes². The twisters killed more than a dozen people last month.

2. Across South Africa, voters head to the polls. It’s the country’s 5th general election since the end of end of apartheid in 1994. The ruling African National Congress is expected to see a return to power.

3. The European Union is banning the import of Indian mangoes. EU officials say they’ve found fruit flies in the mangoes. The Indian Government is trying to have the ban revoked³.

4. A toddler in Texas has reason to smile. He was born with a cleft⁴ hand. But thanks to the smart three high school students, he now has the prosthetic one, the teens created for a school competition.

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1 devastated
v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的
参考例句：
The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。 His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

2 tornadoes
n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。来自互联网 Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。来自互联网

3 revoked
adj.[法]取消的v.撤销，取消，废除( revoke的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
It may be revoked if the check is later dishonoured. 以后如支票被拒绝支付，结算可以撤销。来自辞典例句 A will is revoked expressly. 遗嘱可以通过明示推翻。来自辞典例句

4 cleft
n.裂缝；adj.裂开的
参考例句：
I hid the message in a cleft in the rock.我把情报藏在石块的裂缝里。 He was cleft from his brother during the war.在战争期间，他与他的哥哥分离。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-05-12