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Inmate: 同住者，同室者
American troops opened fire to put down a riot Monday at a prison camp in southern Iraq that left four inmates dead and six wounded, U.S. military officials said.
美國軍方官員表示，周一美軍為鎮壓伊拉克戰俘集中營的暴亂而開火，造成4名囚犯死亡，6人受傷。
Ransack: 到處搜索，洗劫
Nearly three dozen people roared up on motorcycles to the main building of Karachi's largest news group Saturday, overpowering the security staff and ransacking the reception area, offices and a relief camp set up to collect goods for tsunami victims.
周六，三十多人聚眾搶劫了卡拉奇（巴基斯坦港市）最大的新聞中心，這些人在摩托車上高聲咆哮，拉斷電閘，并洗劫了接待處，目前官方和援助小組已經開始集中物資幫助這次海嘯災害的受害者。
Resounding: 徹底的，極大的
In Washington, President George W. Bush said the election was a "resounding success" and "the world is hearing the voice of freedom" from the Middle East. "By participating in free elections, the Iraqi people have firmly rejected the anti- democratic ideology of the terrorists," Bush said. British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Bush's main ally in Iraq, later praised the "courage" of Iraqi voters.
在華盛頓，布什總統發表講話，稱此次選舉取得了“完勝”，“世界正在見證中東地區實現自由化”。布什總統說“通過參加自由選舉，伊拉克人民堅定地反對了恐怖主義的獨裁思想”。作為美國在伊拉克的同盟——英國，首相布萊爾在此后也肯定了伊拉克人民的勇氣。
Hominid: 原始人類
Fossil hunters in Ethiopia have discovered the remains of at least nine primitive hominids, nearly 4.5 million years old, which scientists claim could help fill some of the gaps in early human evolution.
考古人員在埃塞俄比亞發現了九具原始人類的遺骸，這些遺骸有將近450萬年的歷史，科學家表示這一發現可能會幫助人類解開早期人類進化之謎。
Torrential: 奔流的、湍急的
Rivers of mud, rocks and uprooted trees scarred the landscape in a mountain valley where dozens of people were missing Monday after devastating floods and landslides, the latest victims from torrential rains across Venezuela and Colombia that have killed at least 86 people and destroyed thousands of homes.
周一，由暴雨引發的洪水和泥石流災害造成這個小山村數十人失蹤，泥土，石塊，傾倒的大樹使這里看上去一片狼藉，最新數據顯示，這場委內瑞拉和哥倫比亞的特大暴雨已經造成86人死亡，上千所房屋被摧毀。
