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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. 领导者（本节相当于premier）
• governor n. 州督（澳洲名义上的最高职务）
• prime minister: （澳洲）总理
• governor-general: 总督
catastrophic adj. 灾难性的
• catastrophe n.灾难
raze vt. 彻底摧毁
(destroy sth. completely)
• raze sth. to the ground: 将……夷为平地
• razor n. 刮胡刀
community n. 社区
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.
我无法抑制内心的悲伤。



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