Given a sentence in English, provide an equivalent paraphrased translation in Chinese that retains the same meaning both through the translation and the paraphrase.

[EX Q]: There is a National Highway connecting Washim , Kanergaon , Akola , Amrawati , Hingoli and Nanded .
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[EX Q]: The village of Mineral Hills and the city of Stambaugh were consolidated with the city of Iron River with effect from 1 July 2000 .
[EX A]: 自2000年7月1日起，Mineral Hills村和Stambaugh市与Iron River市合并。

[EX Q]: Of the twelve stories that are included , six were previously published in the author 's first collection , " evening news " .
[EX A]:
在所包含的12个故事中，有6个故事先发表在作者的第一个系列“晚间新闻”中。