With fires region (raging) from Mexico border through Los Angeles and North towards (Northward) to send (Santa Barbara), California Governor honor * (Arnold Schwarzenegger) declared the (a) state of emergency in seven counties Sunday night. Monday, he called this a tragedy time for the state.

大火从墨西哥边境经旧金山向北蔓延至圣巴巴拉市。加利福尼亚州州长阿诺·施瓦辛格宣称在周日晚上，七个郡处于紧急情况中。周一，他称其为本州的悲惨时刻。

The fires, find (fanned) by desert winds called Saint Anas, are being fueled by tened ride (tinder-dry) brush following a hot summer and recog * draft (record drought)

沙漠大风Saint Anas助长了火势，同时由于炎热的夏季以及历史难遇的干旱，这些极端的干旱条件进一步加剧了大火。

A number of homes were burning Monday nearly air ahead (Lake Arrowhead), and (in) a mountain reserve (resort) area.

周一，在山区旅游胜地箭头湖附近，许多房子都被烧着了。

Some of the worst damage with (was in) the seaside community of *Malibu, west of Los Angeles, where 1,500 people were vacuated (evacuated). Fire spreaded (swept) through more than 900 hectares and destroyed at least 5 homes at the (and a) church

最严重的一些地区在海边社区Malibu， 旧金山西部。在那里，1500人被撤离。大火蔓延超过900公顷，至少毁坏了5幢房屋和一个教堂。

Governor *Schwarzenegger spoke with reporters after *touring Malibu Monday, and said he hoped for a change in the weather

州长施瓦辛格周一在查访Malibu之后对记着发表了讲话，他说他希望天气会有所改变。

"We have to you know just prayed that the wind slows down because the wind are (is) the (our) number one enemy right now, and the dry weather, so we hope to, this (that these) conditions, whether conditions change as quickly as possible."

“我们只能祈求风速会减慢，因为此刻，大风使我们最大的敌人，还有干燥的天气。因此，我们希望这些天气状况可以尽快发生改变。”

Fierce*Saint Ana winds which can guest (gust) higher than 100 kilometers per hour, are not expected to die down for several days, and California officials are requesting aid from neighboring states.

猛烈的Saint Ana大风时速超过100km/h，预计在未来几天内，其风速都不会下降。加利福尼亚官员已经要求临州进行支援。

总结：

词汇：

Rage: vi. 大怒, 狂吹, 风行

tinder-dry: 极为干燥的

gust: n.阵风, 一阵狂风, (雨、冰雹、烟、火、声音等的)突然一阵，（感情的）迸发，汹涌

听写：

原来这回听不出来是真的有些词不大熟悉。Rage, northward, fanned, tinder-dry, gust

Record drought和and a church，估计让我听多少次，我还是听出不来~