With fires (is ranging) raging from the Mexico border through Los Angeles and northward to (center of) Santa Barbara. California governor Ad declared a state of (the) emergency (at) in 7 counties Sunday night.

       Monday, he called (it’s the trend) this a tragic time for the state. The fires, (is) fanned by desert winds called Senti-anish are (been) being fueled by (tenderari) tinder-dry brush (of bushes) following a (hatch) hot summer and (recog) record drought.

       A number of homes were burning Monday near lake aria head, (add) in a mountain (resoled) resort area. Some of the (worth) worst damage was in the seaside community of Malibu, west of Los Angeles, (were 5,000) where 1,500 people were evacuated. Fires swept through more than 900 hectares and destroyed at least 5 homes (at) and a church.

       Governor SA spoke with the reporters after (trooling) touring Malibu Monday and said he hoped for a change in the weather. “We have to, you know, just (afraid of) pray that the wind slows down, because the wind is (a) our NO.1 (element) enemy right now and the dry weather so we hope (to deal with condition) that these weather conditions change as quickly as possible.”

       Fierce S (said any) winds which can gust higher than 100 kilometers per hour are not expected to die down for several days and California officials are requesting (eight) aid from neighboring states.

NEW WORDS:

Tragic: a 悲惨的

Tinder：n 易燃物

Touring：a 旋转

Hectare：n 公顷

TIPS：

今天还不错，小词错的比较多。