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Australia 1)bracing for 'worst ever' fire danger
By Amy Coopes, AFP
January 8, 2013, 12:01 am TWN

SYDNEY--Australians were bracing Monday for what officials warned could be the worst fire danger day ever seen, as police searched for some 100 people still missing in 2)ravaged Tasmania.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard 3)urged Australians to be 4)vigilant in coming days, with 5)scorching temperatures predicted in several states and hundreds of 6)blazes already 7)raging.

1)brace for v 準備
2)ravaged adj 飽受摧殘、蹂躪
3)urge v. 力勸
4)vigilant adj 警戒的
5)scorching adj 炙熱
6)blaze n. 火焰
7)rage v. 本指發怒，在此指祝融肆虐