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1. The president's chief economic adviser¹ calls the tens of millions of dollars in new bonuses paid out by AIG "outrageous²". Larry Summers says these kinds of bonus payments should be a matter of future regulations. AIG has gotten more than 170 billion dollars in a public bailout.

2. An anti-government protest in Pakistan that initially³ turned violent has become a jubilant show of force against the country's pro-Western president. Opposition⁴ leader Nawaz Sharif calls it "a prelude⁵ to a revolution". He made it to the rally by defying an order for his house arrest.

3. Police in Miami say a man shot four people to death at a family gathering⁶ early Sunday then went home and killed himself. Authorities say the man may have been upset because his wife had left him.

4. Three people were arrested and six others hurt after a bedlam⁷ broke out while they waited to audition⁸ for "America's Next Top Model". Police don't know what prompted the chaos⁹ involving hundreds of people outside the Park Central New York Hotel in Manhattan.

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1 adviser
n.劝告者，顾问
参考例句：
They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。 Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

2 outrageous
adj.无理的，令人不能容忍的
参考例句：
Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。 Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。

3 initially
adv.最初，开始
参考例句：
The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。 Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

4 opposition
n.反对，敌对
参考例句：
The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。 The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

5 prelude
n.序言，前兆，序曲
参考例句：
The prelude to the musical composition is very long.这首乐曲的序曲很长。 The German invasion of Poland was a prelude to World War II.德国入侵波兰是第二次世界大战的序幕。

6 gathering
n.集会，聚会，聚集
参考例句：
He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。 He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

7 bedlam
n.混乱，骚乱；疯人院
参考例句：
He is causing bedlam at the hotel.他正搅得旅馆鸡犬不宁。 When the teacher was called away the classroom was a regular bedlam.当老师被叫走的时候，教室便喧闹不堪。

8 audition
n.(对志愿艺人等的)面试(指试读、试唱等)
参考例句：
I'm going to the audition but I don't expect I'll get a part.我去试音，可并不指望会给我个角色演出。 At first,they said he was too young,but later they called him for an audition.起初，他们说他太小，但后来他们叫他去试听。

9 chaos
n.混乱，无秩序
参考例句：
After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。 The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

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美联社新闻一分钟 2008-03-16