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1. A group of Boy Scouts² have been praised for coming to each other’s aid after a tornado³ struck their western Iowa camp. Four young men were killed, and nearly 50 others were hurt, 14 of them remain hospitalized. The teens were attending a week-long leadership training camp when the twister struck last night.

2. And parts of the Midwest have been swamped by flood water. Thousands of people have been evacuated⁴ as severe thunderstorms hit already flood-ravaged places. More than a half of Iowa’s counties have been declared state disaster areas.

3. Another setback⁵ for the Bush administration. The Supreme⁶ Court ruled the government is violating Guantanamo Bay detainees’ rights by holding them indefinitely and without charges. President Bush says he'll abide⁷ by the High Court's decision.

4. There is word a European brewer⁸ has offered 46 billion dollars to buy Anheuser-Busch, the maker⁹ of Budweiser, Bud Light and other brands. The news helped give Wall Street a rebound¹⁰ but stocks turned mixed late in the day.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1.Boy Scout¹

A Boy Scout is a boy usually 11 to 18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting¹¹ movement.

2. setback [countable]n.

a problem that delays or prevents progress, or makes things worse than they were
3. detainee [countable] formal n.
someone who is officially kept in a prison, usually because of their political views
4. brewer [countable]n.
DFD a person or company that makes beer
5.Anheuser-Busch 安海斯布希
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. operates the largest brewing¹² company in the United States in volume with a 48.8% share of beer sales.
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (ABC) is the holding company of Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated (ABI), a beer brewer. The Company is also the parent corporation to a number of subsidiaries that conduct various other business operations.
6.Budweiser百威
Bud Light 百威淡啤
7.rebound
in sports, refers to the ball becoming freely available after a failed attempt to put it into the goal
8.mixed adj.
股市上还会有涨跌互见的现象，可以用mixed这个词表示“涨跌互见”这个意义。