EIN011_Six die in China bird flu outbreak 【Tambaboon Lab Sydney Australia mind map】

I found noteworthy news on ABC News AM.
Jo Jarvis reported this story on Saturday, April 6, 2013 08:21:00

ELIZABETH JACKSON: Six people are now dead following the latest strain of bird flu to hit the Chinese mainland.
Officials closed Shanghai's poultry market on Friday and slaughtered more than 20,000 birds following the rising death toll from an outbreak of a new bird flu virus called H7N9. (Jarvis, 2013)

Statement analysis
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ELIZABETH JACKSON: 

1. Six people are now dead 
2. following the latest strain of bird flu to hit the Chinese mainland.
3. Officials closed Shanghai's poultry market on Friday 
4. and slaughtered more than 20,000 birds 
5. following the rising death toll 
6. from an outbreak of a new bird flu virus called H7N9.

Word vocabulary
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following

～を受けて

strain

【2-名-1】種族、血統、家系

【2-名-2】（ウイルスの）株、菌株、型

【2-名-3】気質、素質、傾向

【＠】ストゥレイン、ストレイン

Officials

【名】担当官、当局、関係筋

poultry

名-1】家禽、飼っている鳥類

【名-2】鶏肉

【＠】ポウルトリ

slaughter

【他動-1】虐殺する、大量に殺す

【他動-2】食肉処理［解体］する

【他動-3】～を徹底的に負かす、打ちのめす

【＠】スローター

toll

【名-1】使用料、通行料金、通行税、運送料、運賃、場代、送信料、（長距離）電話料金

【名-2】代価、報酬

【名-3】損害、犠牲、犠牲者、死傷者数、被害規模

Reference
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Javis, J. (2013). Six die in China bird flu outbreak.  Available: http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2013/s3731227.htm  Last accessed 7th April 2013.

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