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选一篇新闻报导。我们用以下美联社于 2016 年末报导巴西监狱暴动案的文章作范例，给大家讲解如何通过阅读文章来学英语。
At Least 56 Inmates Killed in Prison Riot in Northern Brazil
— Rio De Janeiro, AP
An attack by members of one crime gang on rival inmates touched off a riot at a prison in the northern state of Amazonas, leaving at least 56 dead, including several who were beheaded or dismembered in the worst bloodshed at a Brazilian prison since 1992.
Authorities said the riot that raged from Jan. 1 afternoon into Jan. 2 morning grew out of a fight between two of the country's biggest crime gangs over control of prisons and drug routes in northern Brazil.
In a separate incident Jan. 2 evening, four inmates were killed at another Amazonas prison. Police were investigating whether there was a connection between the mass killings at the Anisio Jobim Penitentiary Complex and the later ones at Unidade Prisional do Puraquequar
Amazonas authorities initially reported 60 dead in the Anisio Jobim prison in Manaus, but the state public security secretary's office later reduced that figure to 56. Officials also said 112 inmates escaped during the riot.
There were 1,224 inmates in the prison, which was built to hold 592, Amazonas state public security's office said. The prison is run by a private company that is paid according to the number of inmates.
Twelve prison guards were held hostage by the inmates during the riot, though none was injured.
第二步
第一天学习报导的第一段，第二天学习第二段……依此类推。
第三步
以极慢的速度念完一段新闻，理解这一篇的大意，以第一段为例：
An attack by members of one crime gang on rival inmates touched off a riot at a prison in the northern state of Amazonas, leaving at least 56 dead, including several who were beheaded or dismembered in the worst bloodshed at a Brazilian prison since 1992.
当时的我，文中许多单词或用法我是看不懂的，但以这篇而言，我能看懂其中的 attack（攻击）、member （成员）、56 dead（五十六人死亡）、worst（最糟的）、Brazilian（巴西的）、prison（监狱），慢慢念且绝不马上查不熟的单词，所以我能先抓住这段的中文大意，如下：
“自从 1992 年以来，在巴西监狱至少有五十六人遭受攻击而死亡。”
第四步
逐句地查字典，将单词的音标、字义、衍生的其它字义及例句抄在笔记本里。如：
