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The leader of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian, says "catastrophic" fire conditions have almost completely razed one Australian community.
She said there was "not much left" of the town of Balmoral, south-west of Sydney, where about 400 people live.
Firefighters are struggling to contain bushfires burning across several states amid dry and hot conditions.
leader n. 領導者（本節相當于premier）
• governor n. 州督（澳洲名義上的最高職務）
• prime minister: （澳洲）總理
• governor-general: 總督
catastrophic adj. 災難性的
• catastrophe n.災難
raze vt. 徹底摧毀
(destroy sth. completely)
• raze sth. to the ground: 將……夷為平地
• razor n. 刮胡刀
community n. 社區
struggle to do sth. 拼命做某事
(try very hard to do sth.)
contain vt. 限制，抑制；包含
• I couldn’t contain my sadness.
我無法抑制內心的悲傷。



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