美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-21

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1. The bells are tolling¹ as Virginia pauses to pay tribute to those killed in the Virginia Tech shootings. It's a day of mourning in the state and for many around country and the world.

2. One of the Virginia Tech victims was buried in Israel today. Liviu Librescu was killed as he tried to block the killer² from entering his classroom. The 76-year-old Holocaust³ survivor⁴ is being called the hero for his last stand allowing his students to escape by keeping the gunman out.

3. New Jersey⁵ officials are fanning out across the state trying to tally⁶ all the damage from last weekend's flooding. The storm left large swaths of the state underwater for days. So far officials are estimating the nor'easter caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.

4. Take a look at this. A truck in West Virginia was caught barreling through a gas pump and right into a small service station with three people inside. Police say the driver was asleep at the wheel. Amazingly no one was seriously injured.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. fan out: phrase
If a group of people or things fan out, they move away from a particular point in different directions.

2. nor'easter: n-count
A nor'easter is a storm or gale⁷ blowing from the northeast.
= northeaster

3. barrel: verb
If a vehicle is barreling in a particular direction, they are moving very quickly in that direction. (mainly AM)