美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-16_在线英语听力室

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　　1.The National Weather Service says the big storm that's heading from the upper Midwest to the East Coast isn't as fierce as once expected. The storm spawned¹ some tornadoes² in Iowa and dropped heavy rain from Wisconsin to Ohio over night.

　　2.A wildfire near Colorado Springs has now forced thousands of people to evacuate³ and destroyed at least 92 homes.

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1 spawned
（鱼、蛙等）大量产（卵）( spawn的过去式和过去分词 )；大量生产
参考例句：
The band's album spawned a string of hit singles. 这支乐队的专辑繁衍出一连串走红的单曲唱片。 The computer industry has spawned a lot of new companies. 由于电脑工业的发展，许多新公司纷纷成立。

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 evacuate
v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便
参考例句：
We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！ They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-16