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　　1.sanctuary n.保护区

　　例句：This island is maintained as a sanctuary forendangered species.

　　那个岛继续作为濒危物种的保护区。

　　2.torrential adj.倾盆的

　　例句：We got caught in a torrential downpour.

　　我们遇上一场瓢泼大雨。

　　3.category n.类别

　　例句：The tables were organised into six different categories.

　　餐桌被编为6个不同的类别。

　　4.front-runner n.竞争中的领先者

　　例句：Neither of the front-runners in the presidential election is a mainstream politician.

　　总统选举中的两位领先者都不是主流政治家。

　　5.raid n/v.突击

　　例句：The guerrillas raided banks and destroyed a police barracks and an electricity substation.

　　游击队突袭了银行，摧毁了一处警察驻地和一个变电站。

　　内容解析

　　1.The stock amounts to 1% of the company which isvalued at nearly 20 billion dollars.

　　amount to 等同

　　例句：The confessions were obtained by whatamounts to torture.

　　这些供状是用近乎逼供的方式得来的。

　　例句：If he goes on like this, he'll never amount to anything.

　　如果他一味这样下去, 他将一事无成.

　　2.Mexican civil defense workers are making urgent preparations to face destructive waves andtorrential rains.

　　civil defense 民防系统

　　例句：You were assigned to civil defense at the 12 th district?

　　你被分配到第12街区的民防部队了?

　　例句：We better get lucky'cause we just got a new assessment from civil defense.

　　祝我们好运因为我们刚从防卫局拿到新的评估.