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2008.05.21
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1. Senator Ted Kennedy's doctors say he will stay in Massachusetts General Hospital for the next few days as they plan a treatment course for his malignant brain tumor. Additional testing is expected to determine the specific type. 1 ranges from less than a year for the most advanced cancers to about five years for slower growing tumors.
2. More dramatic video of China's devastating earthquake has surfaced. That as officials raised the national death toll to more than 40,000 people. Chinese officials say 2 .
3. It's turned out to be a smoky day across parts of Florida where 3 . Officials say most of the fires are around Lake Okeechobee and along the coast in Brevard County. Another large fire is burning in the Everglades.
4. The American Council for the Blind has won another 4 with the Treasury Department. A federal appeals court in Washington, D. C. has ruled the government discriminates against blind people by 5 .
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WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.malignant: adj.
A malignant tumour or disease is out of control and likely to cause death.
2.Everglades: n. 大沼泽国家公园
an area of low, wet, warm land in the US state of Florida, covering about 5000 square miles. The Everglades, which is a National Park, is famous for its special plants and animals, especially alligators（短吻鳄）.
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