美联社新闻一分钟 2007-07-07（在线收听）

1. A man opened fire on a Las Vegas casino early this morning, wounding four people before being tackled by off-duty military reservists.

2. With excessive heat warning still up for much of Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Oregon and Washington State, authorities are warning residents across the western US to avoid outdoor activities.

3. Two suspects in the failed Britain car bombings apparently looked into U.S. employment. According to the FBI, the doctors in question recently contacted the Philadelphia-based Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.

4. And an eleven-year-old Florida girl has been charged with driving under the influence after she led police on a high-speed chase around an Alabama beach resort.
WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. casino: N-COUNT
A casino is a building or room where people play gambling games such as roulette.

2. tackle: VERB V n
If you tackle someone, you attack them and fight them.

3. off-duty : ADJ
When someone such as a soldier or policeman is off-duty, they are not working.

4. reservist : N-COUNT
Reservists are soldiers who are not serving in the regular army of a country, but who can be called to serve whenever they are needed.

5. excessive: ADJ
If you describe the amount or level of something as excessive , you disapprove of it because it is more or higher than is necessary or reasonable.
6. look into: PHRASAL VERB V P-ing/n
If a person or organization is looking into a possible course of action, a problem, or a situation, they are finding out about it and examining the facts relating to it.

7. commission : N-COUNT
A commission is a group of people who have been appointed to find out about something or to control something.

8. charge : VERB V n, V n with n
When the police charge someone, they formally accuse them of having done something illegal.

9. chase: VERB V n, V after n
If you chase someone, or chase after them, you run after them or follow them quickly in order to catch or reach them.

chase: N-COUNT
chase is also a noun.

10. resort: N-COUNT usu supp N
A resort is a place where a lot of people spend their holidays.
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