昨日，热带风暴isaac让共和党全国代表大会举办地坦帕暴雨如注，并向墨西哥湾进发。

The tropical storm Isaac drenched Tampa, site of the Convention, yesterday and headed into the Gulf of Mexico.

最近一个暴雨如注的周二下午，美国前副总统艾尔o戈尔和一众硅谷高管聚集在一个他们似乎不大可能出现的地方——阿肯色州奥西奥拉市，参加一家很有前途的新企业的动工仪式。

On a recent, rather stormy Tuesday afternoon, former U.S. vice president Al Gore and an assortment of Silicon Valley executives assembled in an unlikely spot-Osceola, Arkansas-to break ground on a promising new venture.