I. Ten thousand people from just one community are dead after a cyclone swept through Myanmar over the weekend. The Southeast Asian nation is appealing to the international community for urgent help. Some said the overall death toll from the disaster is likely to rise.

II. The democratic presidential hopefuls are making their final push for votes in North Carolina and Indiana. Residents of both states head to the polls later today. A total of 187 delegates to the democratic national convention are up for grabs.

III. This man says he was tortured while being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. On Monday he filed a law suit seeking unspecified monitory damages. The former detainee claims he was punched, slammed into walls and kept naked during his ten-month-stay.

IV. A series of bad ideas has landed a would-be thief in jail. He tried to steal a car. Turns out it had been planted by police and they were on his trail. He tried to get away in a golf cart. Police caught up to him after a brief not so high speed chase.

Bryant Thomas, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.

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关于飓风
以前看过一个关于飓风的discovery，cyclone，hurricane，typhoon其实没啥catc大差别，都表示飓风，所不同的只是它们的生成地

关于缅甸
原来Myanmar和Burma都可以表示缅甸，感觉还是Burma比较常见吧，读起来也比较顺口，嘻嘻

up for grabs: 争取，争夺，竞选

land在第四则新闻中有个很好的用法哦，今天做题刚好碰到了，就强调一下。举几个例子，大家体会一下land的用法。
eg1. He landed a contract for building a factory.
eg2. Basca landed his first prize at the Intel Science Talent Search, the premier national high school science competition.
eg3. He landed himself in a passive position by

thieve theft thief这三个词大家应该都分的清吧，还没记住的同学找小D吧：）

catch up to/with： 赶上

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This is AP News Minute.

I. Ten thousand people from just one community are dead after a 1_____ swept through Myanmar over the weekend. The Southeast Asian nation is appealing to the international community for urgent help. Some said the overall death toll from the disaster is likely to rise.

II. The democratic presidential hopefuls are making their final push for votes in North Carolina and Indiana. Residents of both states 2_____ to the polls later today. A total of 187 delegates to the democratic national convention are up for grabs.

III. This man says he was tortured while being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. On Monday he 3_____ a law suit seeking unspecified monitory damages. The former detainee claims he was punched, slammed into walls and kept naked during his ten-month-stay.

IV. A series of bad ideas has landed a would-be thief in jail. He tried to steal a car. Turns out it had been planted by police and they were on his trail. He tried to get away in a golf cart. Police 4_____ him after a brief not so high speed chase.

Bryant Thomas, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.

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