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1. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has formally requested an ethics1 investigation2 of Congressman3 Anthony Weiner. It comes one day after the New York Democrat4 publicly confessed to sending inappropriate photos and emails to women he had met online.

2. Reserve Chairman Ben Bernake is predicting stronger economic growth in the second half of this year. Bernake says temporary factors like higher gasoline prices and crisis in Japan are the main reasons for the recent economic slowdown.

3. Obama administration officials say Yemen's president has burns covering 40% of his body, and is suffering from bleeding inside his skull5 after an attack on his compound last week. The US is calling for an “immediate transition” of power.

4. Wildfire burning in eastern Arizona's mountains is now the second largest in state history. The fire has consumed nearly 500 square miles so far and is blowing smoke as far away as Iowa.


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1 ethics Dt3zbI     
n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准
参考例句：
  • The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
  • Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。
2 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
3 Congressman TvMzt7     
n.（美）国会议员
参考例句：
  • He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
4 democrat Xmkzf     
n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员
参考例句：
  • The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
  • About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
5 skull CETyO     
n.头骨；颅骨
参考例句：
  • The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
  • He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。

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