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1. Rescue workers in central China are frantically¹ searching for survivors² in rubble³ like this. Heavy rain continues to fall in the area after a 7.9-magnitude earthquake killed about 10,000 people. Chinese officials say there is a push to clear roads and restore electricity as soon as possible.

2. It's been a spring plagued by strong storms. Severe weather in Missouri, Oklahoma, Georgia and Alabama has killed at least 26 people. In Maryland, one emergency official says the state is experiencing possibly its worst flooding in five years.

3. The Democratic presidential hopefuls are making their final push as voters go to the polls Tuesday in West Virginia's primary. While Barack Obama leads in both pledged and super delegates in the fight for the nomination⁴, Hillary Rodham Clinton expects a big win in the Mountain State.

4. And next time you stop to smell the roses, they could be less fragrant⁵. A group of scientists now say pollution is tainting⁶ the molecular⁷ build-up that causes a flower to smell so sweet.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.Mountain State: 【俚】山峦州(美国西弗吉尼亚别名)

2.molecule⁸: n.[C]【化】【物】分子

A molecule is the smallest amount of a chemical substance which can exist by itself. Molecular means relating to or involving molecules⁹.

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1 frantically
ad.发狂地, 发疯地
参考例句：
He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。 She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。

2 survivors
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。 survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

3 rubble
n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾
参考例句：
After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。 After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

4 nomination
n.提名，任命，提名权
参考例句：
John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。 Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

5 fragrant
adj.芬香的，馥郁的，愉快的
参考例句：
The Fragrant Hills are exceptionally beautiful in late autumn.深秋的香山格外美丽。 The air was fragrant with lavender.空气中弥漫薰衣草香。

6 tainting
v.使变质( taint的现在分词 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏
参考例句：

7 molecular
adj.分子的；克分子的
参考例句：
The research will provide direct insight into molecular mechanisms.这项研究将使人能够直接地了解分子的机理。 For the pressure to become zero, molecular bombardment must cease.当压强趋近于零时，分子的碰撞就停止了。

8 molecule
n.分子，克分子
参考例句：
A molecule of water is made up of two atoms of hygrogen and one atom of oxygen.一个水分子是由P妈̬f婘̬ 妈̬成的。 This gives us the structural formula of the molecule.这种方式给出了分子的结构式。

9 molecules
分子( molecule的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The structure of molecules can be seen under an electron microscope. 分子的结构可在电子显微镜下观察到。 Inside the reactor the large molecules are cracked into smaller molecules. 在反应堆里，大分子裂变为小分子。

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美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-13