美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-04（在线收听）

1. In Alabama, residents are taking stock of what's left their homes and their high school. Many of them lost their homes and livelihoods. Eight students died when a killer tornado razed through the school.

2. President Bush toured the damage in Alabama and Georgia. He's already declared the ravaged Alabama area a disaster. That means residents can get federal funds to help rebuild.

3. The U.S. military says three soldiers died when a roadside bomb went off next to their vehicle in Baghdad. Iraq's prime minister says he will shuffle his cabinet over the next few days and will pursue criminal charges against those who are against the U.S.-led security crackdown.

4. Elizabeth Hurley is a married woman. She and longtime boyfriend Arun Nayar tie the knot Friday at a private ceremony in England. Tonight's the big party at a castle in an English countryside. Guests reportedly include Elton John, model Kate Moss and Hurley's ex-boyfriend, Hugh Grant.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. raze: verb
If buildings, villages or towns are razed or razed to the ground, they are completely destroyed.

2. shuffle: verb
When a political leader shuffles the ministers in a government, he or she changes their jobs so that some of the ministers change their responsibilities.

3. tie the knot: phrase
If you say that two people tie the knot, you mean that they get married. (INFORMAL)