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1. Authorities in Alabama are attributing the second death in the state to severe weather that hit the Southeast last week. Officials say they found the body of a 22-year old man Sunday morning. Its discovery raised the death toll¹ in the Southeast from recent storms to 19.

2. Hundreds of protesters took to the street in Turkey on Sunday, calling for the end of curfew in the region. Local media reports police deployed² water cannon³ and fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse⁴ protesters.

3. British prime minister David Cameron sent hundreds of British troops to northern England on Sunday to help residents and emergency workers fight rising water after weeks heavy rain. Cameron said the flooding is unprecedented⁵ and voted to do everything possible to protest people and property.

4. Pope Francis reiterated⁶ the importance of forgiveness on Sunday at the celebrated⁷ mass for a jubilant families. People from all over the world came to Vatican city for the mass of St.Peter Basilica.

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1 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。 The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

2 deployed
（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )；施展；部署；有效地利用
参考例句：
Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。 The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

3 cannon
n.大炮，火炮；飞机上的机关炮
参考例句：
The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。 The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。

4 disperse
vi.使分散；使消失；vt.分散；驱散
参考例句：
The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。 The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。

5 unprecedented
adj.无前例的，新奇的
参考例句：
The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。 A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

6 reiterated
反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
"Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹 Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

7 celebrated
adj.有名的，声誉卓著的
参考例句：
He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。 The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-12-30