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 1. President Barack Obama says Congress needs to extend a payroll1 tax cut. Since the economical recovery is still fragile, he says, and middle-class families need the money. But tax cut will expire at the year's end.

 
 
 
2. The Postal2 Service says it's slowing down delivery of the first-class mail, meaning no next-day delivery in many nearby communities. Mail volume is expected to drop by half by 2020.
 
 
 
3. Leaders of France and Germany called for changes to the European Union Treaty, looking to restore confidence in the euro. Countries of high deficits3 could face automatic penalties.
 
 
 
4. This elderly woman says she was strip searched by the TSA before a flight from New York to Florida. Lenore Zimmerman says a defibrillator means she cannot go through a scanner, so TSA agents took her into a separate room.

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1 payroll YmQzUB     
n.工资表，在职人员名单，工薪总额
参考例句：
  • His yearly payroll is $1.2 million.他的年薪是120万美元。
  • I can't wait to get my payroll check.我真等不及拿到我的工资单了。
2 postal EP0xt     
adj.邮政的，邮局的
参考例句：
  • A postal network now covers the whole country.邮路遍及全国。
  • Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。
3 deficits 08e04c986818dbc337627eabec5b794e     
n.不足额( deficit的名词复数 )；赤字；亏空；亏损
参考例句：
  • The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits. 财政部一贯高估预算赤字。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Many of the world's farmers are also incurring economic deficits. 世界上许多农民还在遭受经济上的亏损。 来自辞典例句

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