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1. President Barack Obama says financial industry lobbyists have failed in their attempt to block a major Wall Street reform bill from coming to a vote. Obama heralded1 a breakthrough for his domestic agenda as the Senate cleared the way for final passage of financial regulation bill.

2. The White House is asking BP to publicly disclose more information about the Gulf2 oil spill, including measurements of the size of the leak and air quality. A live video availably posted online shows what appears to be a large plume3 of oil and gas still spewing next to that’s carrying some of it to the surface.

3. Authorities say two Arkansas police officers were shot and killed during a traffic stop and a short time later, the suspects were killed in a shootout with a sheriff and deputy.

4. Lance Armstrong has denied allegations made by disgraced American cyclist Floyd Landis. Landis has admitted to a systematic4 use of performance-enhancing drugs and accused Armstrong of paying international cycling officials to cover up a positive test in emails obtained by the Associated Press.
 


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1 heralded a97fc5524a0d1c7e322d0bd711a85789     
v.预示( herald的过去式和过去分词 )；宣布（好或重要）
参考例句：
  • The singing of the birds heralded in the day. 鸟鸣报晓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King. 嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 gulf 1e0xp     
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
参考例句：
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
3 plume H2SzM     
n.羽毛；v.整理羽毛，骚首弄姿，用羽毛装饰
参考例句：
  • Her hat was adorned with a plume.她帽子上饰着羽毛。
  • He does not plume himself on these achievements.他并不因这些成就而自夸。
4 systematic SqMwo     
adj.有系统的，有计划的，有方法的
参考例句：
  • The way he works isn't very systematic.他的工作不是很有条理。
  • The teacher made a systematic work of teaching.这个教师进行系统的教学工作。

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