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 1. President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans are again pushing opposing positions in the debate over deficit1 reduction. Obama says a combination of spending cuts and tax increases is needed while Senator Orrin Hatch is pushing for a balanced budget amendment2. 

 
2. Traffic in the LA area is moving smoothly3, several hours after authority shut down a ten-mile stretch of one of the nation's busiest freeway. It's part of a massive 53-hour construction project.
 
3. Rupert Murdoch is letting everyone know just how sorry he is over the phone hacking4 scandal. He took out full page ads in seven newspapers apologizing. He is set to answer questions from parliament on Tuesday. 
 
4. Thirty-one of the 33 rescued miners in Chile are now suing the government. They say safety negligence5 led to their 69-day stay underground last year. They are seeking more than 16 million dollars or about 500,000 dollars apiece.

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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 amendment Mx8zY     
n.改正，修正，改善，修正案
参考例句：
  • The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
  • The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。
3 smoothly iiUzLG     
adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地
参考例句：
  • The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
  • Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。
4 hacking KrIzgm     
n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动
参考例句：
  • The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
  • We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。
5 negligence IjQyI     
n.疏忽，玩忽，粗心大意
参考例句：
  • They charged him with negligence of duty.他们指责他玩忽职守。
  • The traffic accident was allegedly due to negligence.这次车祸据说是由于疏忽造成的。

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