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Much of the flood-plagued Midwest got more rain today.
遭受洪災的中西部地區(qū)今天再降大雨。
Flood waters have forced more than 2,000 families out of their homes.
洪水已造成2,000多個家庭痛失家園。
Illinois has suffered heavily with 4 deaths and 30 million dollars damage blamed on flooding.
伊利諾伊州受災嚴重，洪水已造成4人死亡，財產(chǎn)損失超過三千萬美元。
There are also reports that one man was killed today in Oklahoma when his car was swept off a bridge.
據(jù)報道，今天俄克拉荷馬州，一名男子駕車渡橋，卻被洪水連人帶車卷入河中喪生。
A partially-ruptured dam was in Wisconsin and remains standing but leaking, and officials are fearful more rain could cause it to burst.
威斯康星州的大壩已有部分破損，雖然未倒，但已出現(xiàn)滲漏，官員們擔心，如果雨勢加大，大壩可能決堤。
A French television cameraman reported kidnapped in Lebanon on Sunday has been freed according to the French Foreign Ministry.
據(jù)法國外交部報道，那名被報周日在黎巴嫩遭受綁架的法國電視攝影師現(xiàn)已獲釋。
A spokesman says Jean Marc Srucie was released today in the southern suburbs of Beirut and has returned to the Christian east sector of the city.
一位發(fā)言人說，Jean Marc Srucie今天在貝魯特南部郊區(qū)獲釋，并返回了該市的基督教東區(qū)。
No group claimed responsibility for his kidnapping and the Foreign Ministry did not provide any details about his captivity or his return.
沒有任何組織聲稱對他的綁架事件負責，外交部沒有提供任何有關他遭受綁架或獲釋的細節(jié)。
President Reagan paid tribute today to former president Jimmy Carter during dedication ceremonies for Mr. Carter's presidential library near Atlanta.
今天，在亞特蘭大附近的卡特總統(tǒng)圖書館落成儀式上，里根總統(tǒng)對前總統(tǒng)吉米·卡特表示了盛贊。
President Reagan, who soundly defeated Carter in the 1980 election, said there was no need to downplay differences between the two men:
里根總統(tǒng)在1980年總統(tǒng)競選中大勝卡特，并稱沒有必要淡化兩人之間的差異：
"Our very differences attest to the greatness of our nation, for I can think of no other country on earth where two political leaders could disagree so widely, yet come together in mutual respect."
“我們之間的差異證明了國家的偉大，因為我想世界上沒有任何其他國家的兩名政治領袖可以在如此廣泛的差異下，相互尊重，團結一心。”
Mr Reagan went on to say former President Carter graced the White House with his passion, intellect and commitment.
里根先生接著說，前總統(tǒng)卡特熱情、智慧、誠信守諾，他為白宮增添了光彩。
The Library was dedicated on Mr. Carter's sixty-second birthday.
這座圖書館為卡特先生六十二歲生日賀。
And President Reagan advised his predecessor that life begins at seventy.
而里根總統(tǒng)建議他的這位前任在七十歲之際重啟人生。
