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1. First Lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to be the headline speaker at the Democratic¹ National Convention² Tuesday night. President Obama is set to deliver his address Thursday.

2. Tens of thousands of homes and businesses in Louisiana and Mississippi still don't have power days after Hurricane Isaac hit the Golf Coast. Areas west of New Orleans are contending³ with floods and flood damage.

3. Portugal is asking other European countries for help as it battles huge wildfires north of Lisbon. More than 1,700 firefighters are battling the flames which are fueled by hot, dry, windy weather.

4. And Hollywood is mourning a gentle giant. Actor Michael Clarke Duncan died in a hospital Monday, while being treated for a heart attack he had back in July. Duncan gained fame playing a death row inmate⁴ in "The Green Mile".

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1 democratic
adj.民主的；民主主义的，有民主精神的
参考例句：
Their country has democratic government.他们国家实行民主政体。 He has a democratic work-style.他作风民主。

2 convention
n.惯例，习俗，常规，会议，大会
参考例句：
How many delegates have checked in at the convention?大会已有多少代表报到？ He sets at naught every convention of society.他轻视所有的社会习俗。

3 contending
争夺( contend的现在分词 )；竞争；搏斗；争斗
参考例句：
The fairy king and queen were contending over possession of the cat. 仙王和仙后争着要这只猫。 Our football team is contending with one from the next town for the championship. 我们的足球队正与邻镇的足球队争夺冠军。

4 inmate
n.被收容者；(房屋等的)居住人；住院人
参考例句：
I am an inmate of that hospital.我住在那家医院。 The prisoner is his inmate.那个囚犯和他同住一起。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-09-07