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1. President Barack Obama is sending Congress a hard-choices budget that tops three trillion dollars and would increase the deficit1 to 1.75 trillion dollars by year's end. The plan would boost taxes on the wealthy and cut Medicare payments to insurance companies and hospitals. It also makes a 634-billion-dollar down payment on universal healthcare.

2. Top GM executives are returning to Washington today. The nation's biggest domestic car maker2 posted a 9.6-billion-dollar loss in the fourth quarter of 2008. Officials are asking for up to 30 billion dollars to avoid bankruptcy3.

3. A new unemployment report says the number of laid-off Americans receiving unemployment benefits now tops 5.1 million. The bigger-than-expected numbers provide fresh evidence of a deepening recession. Last week was the fifth straight week the number of unemployed4 reached a new record high.

4. Fresh volcanic5 eruptions6 from a Chilean mountain top are forcing more evacuations. The 2700-foot volcano has been blowing its top for a week. The last 150 holdout residents have been relocated.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. Medicare:

a system by which the US government helps to pay for the medical treatment of old people

2. holdout:

A holdout is someone who refuses to agree or act with other people in a particular situation

 


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1 deficit tmAzu     
n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差
参考例句：
  • The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
  • We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
2 maker DALxN     
n.制造者，制造商
参考例句：
  • He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
  • A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
3 bankruptcy fPoyJ     
n.破产；无偿付能力
参考例句：
  • You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
  • His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。
4 unemployed lfIz5Q     
adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的
参考例句：
  • There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
  • The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。
5 volcanic BLgzQ     
adj.火山的；象火山的；由火山引起的
参考例句：
  • There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
  • Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
6 eruptions ca60b8eba3620efa5cdd7044f6dd0b66     
n.喷发，爆发( eruption的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • There have been several volcanic eruptions this year. 今年火山爆发了好几次。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Over 200 people have been killed by volcanic eruptions. 火山喷发已导致200多人丧生。 来自辞典例句

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