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A Human Rights group says that the Islamic State militants have executed 20 people in the ancient Roman theater in Palmyra, a UNESCO World heritage site. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the militant group accused the men of working with the Syrian government and shot them.
The militant group captured Palmyra on May 21. It has executed more than 200 people in the city.
Syria's antiquities director Mamoun Abdulkarim told Agence France-Presse that the killings are a sign of "the group's barbarism and savagery against the ancient monuments of Palmyra.
Heat wave kills 1,100 in India
A heat wave in India has killed more than 1,100 people in the southeastern states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
An official from the Meteorological Department in the city of Hyderabad said the heat wave is the worst in nearly 10 years. Many cities in India have set new high temperature records.
High temperatures are common in India in May and June. But dry winds in the past week have intensified heat. Many workers and homeless people could not get inside soon enough to escape the heat.
Rick Santorum to run for president
Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum launched his second campaign for the White House on Wednesday. He joins a crowded group seeking the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
Mr. Santorum made the announcement at a manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania. He represented the state in both the House and the Senate from 1991 until 2007.
In his first presidential campaign in 2012, Mr. Santorum surprised people with an early win in the Iowa caucus. He won 10 more state caucuses and primaries before losing to Mitt Romney, the party's nominee.
词汇学习
1.execute vt. 执行； 处死，处决
He was executed by lethal injection earlier today...
他于今天早些时候被注射处死。
2.capture vt. 俘获；夺取
In 1987, McDonald's captured 19 percent of all fast-food sales...
1987年,麦当劳占据了整个快餐业销售额的19%。
3.barbarism n. 野蛮
Barbarism ends with the production of grand barbarians.
野蛮阶段随着伟大的野蛮人的成果而结束。
4.savagery n. 野蛮
The police were shocked by the savagery of the attacks.
警察对这些惨无人道的袭击感到震惊。
5.intensify vt.& vi.（使）增强
This could intensify the risk of a nuclear exchange.
这可能会加剧爆发核战争的危险。
6.ancient adj. 古代的，已往的
The journey ends in the ancient city of Marrakesh.
旅行的终点是马拉喀什古城。
内容解析
1.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the militant group accused the men of working with the Syrian government and shot them.
accuse of指责，控告
Some people accuse the tax inspectors of bully-boy tactics.
有些人指控税务稽查员使用了流氓手段。
2.He won 10 more state caucuses and primaries before losing to Mitt Romney, the party's nominee.
lose to败给；败于
England lost to Australia.
英国队输给了澳大利亚队。
参考翻译
人权组织表示，伊斯兰国激进分子在帕尔米拉古罗马剧院处决了20人，此处是联合国教科文组织世界遗产之一。叙利亚人权观察组织表示，该激进组织指控这些人与叙利亚政府合作，因此将他们枪决。
该激进组织于5月21日占领帕尔米拉，已在该市处决了超过200人。
叙利亚古文物部门主任Mamoun Abdulkarim告诉法新社，这次杀戮事件是该组织对帕尔米拉古代纪念碑的野蛮与残暴行为的象征。
印度热浪夺走1100人生命
印度热浪导致东南部安德拉邦和T特仑甘纳邦超过1100人死亡。
来自海德拉巴气象部门的一位官员表示，这次热浪是近10年来最严重的。印度许多城市创下新的高温记录。
五六月份印度的高温天气非常常见。但是过去一周干燥的天气加剧了炎热天气。许多工人和无家可归人员难以快速进入室内躲避热浪袭击。
里克·桑托勒姆竞选总统
周三，美国前参议员里克·桑托勒姆第二次竞选总统。他加入了许多人的行列，竞选2016年共和党人竞选总统的提名。
里克·桑托勒姆在宾夕法尼亚一个制造工厂宣布了该决定。1991年至2007年间，他在众议院和参议院都是代表该州。
在2012年首次竞选总统时，桑托勒姆在爱荷华州取得了早期胜利，让人们大吃一惊。他后来又赢得了10次州级选举和候选人提拔会，后来输给共和党提名人米特·罗姆尼。
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