重点词汇词组：

1.Thedeath tollhas risen to five after the collapse of an apartment block in Florida with 150 still missing.

toll通行费；钟声；伤亡人数

【常见搭配】road toll 养路费；过路费

eg. Theroad tollis higher during holiday periods.

在节假日期间过路费比平时要贵。

death toll 死亡人数

eg. Thedeath tollcontinues to rise from yesterday's earthquake.

昨日地震的死亡人数继续攀升。

2.The UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has resigned after hebreachedsocial distancing guidelines by kissing a colleague in his office.

breach v./n. 违背，违反

eg. The newspaperbreachedthe code of conduct on privacy.

这家报纸违反了隐私保护行为准则。

【常见搭配】a breach of 违反

eg. He admitted causinga breach ofthe peace.

他承认扰乱了治安。

【近义词】violation 违反，妨碍

3.He said he'dlet the people down.。

let sb. down 让某人失望

eg. Most of the time, the people we love don't mean tolet us down.

大多数时候，我们爱的人并不是故意让我们失望。

【相关俚语】let one's hair down 放松，无拘束

eg. After work, I alwayslet my hair downand go out to a bar for a drink with my friends.

下班后我会放松下来，和朋友一起去酒吧喝杯酒。

4.Former chancellor Sajid Javid hasbeen confirmed ashis successor.

be confirmed as 被批准/确认为...

eg.Human resources shouldbe confirmed asa kind of special asset in the enterprises.

人力资源应该确认为企业的一项特殊资产。

【相关词汇】confirmable可证实的

长难句解析：

Parts of the U.S. and Canada1are bracing for2severe high temperatures3which forecasters say could mark the start of one of the most extreme heat waves ever recorded there4.

解：本句为主谓宾结构，1为主语，2为谓语，3为宾语。

析：4为定语从句。