美联社新闻一分钟 2006-06-27

1. Torrential rains have caused flooding up and down the East Coast, nearly a foot of rain fell in some areas, dozens of people had to be rescued or evacuated¹.

2. Billionaire Warren Buffett is giving away most of his fortune. Buffett, who is worth an estimated 44 billion dollars, says he's gonna give away about 85 percent of it to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

3. A surveillance camera in a Las Vegas casino captured an early morning shooting. A fight broke out among a group of people. One man pulled out a gun and began shooting. Police are now looking for him.

4. A Rockies baseball game in Lexington, Kentucky after a manager became upset over a bad call and went on a tirade² to end all tirades³. The manager was eventually ejected. His team lost the game

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. give away : phrasal verb
If you give away something that you own, you give it to someone, rather than selling it, often because you no longer want it.

2. tirade : n-count
A tirade is a long angry speech in which someone criticizes a person or thing.

1 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

2 tirade   

n.冗长的攻击性演说

参考例句：

• Her tirade provoked a counterblast from her husband.她的长篇大论激起了她丈夫的强烈反对。
• He delivered a long tirade against the government.他发表了反政府的长篇演说。

3 tirades   

激烈的长篇指责或演说( tirade的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• What's the matter with Levin today?Why doesn't he launch into one of his tirades? 你所说得话我全记录下来列文今天怎么啦？没有反唇相讥？