美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-18（在线收听）

1. Police say a Virginia Tech student was behind the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history. 23-year-old, Cho Seung-Hui was an English major and a native of South Korea. Tests put one gun at both shooting scenes. The gunman took his life at the end of the shooting rampage with a death toll of 33.

2. Classes are cancelled the rest of the week at Virginia Tech. The university's president says this gives students time to grieve. Norris Hall, a classroom building where most of the shootings took place will remain closed for the semester.

3. Parts of the Eastern Seaboard remain without power and some communities underwater after a strong spring storm. Parts of New Jersey got nine inches of rain. At least 16 deaths are blamed on the storm.

4. Today is the day the taxman coming. Taxpayers have until midnight to file. But residents of the Northeast [b]battered by strong storms get a two-day extension, just mark the return with April 16th storm or if filing electronically use the disaster feature.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. batter: verb
If a place is battered by wind, rain or storms, it is seriously damaged or affected by very bad weather.