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 [1]Less than a week to go to reach an agreement on the debt ceiling and no deal is in sight. Late last night, House Speaker John Boehner postponed1 a vote on his plan to cut spending and raise the borrowing limit. Conservative and Tea Party Group had criticized the plan and Senate Democrats2 say it wouldn't pass.

 
[2]The first Norwegian cabinet ministers are expected to return to their offices in Oslo today. It’s been five days since a car bomb exploded in the government district. Anders Breivik has confessed carrying out the bombing and a mad shooting on the nearby island, killing3 a total 76 people. 
 
[3]At least 19 people are dead after a breath heavy rain, sand landslides4 tearing through South Korea’s capital and northern town. Ten of the dead were college students doing volunteer work about 70 miles northeast of the capital, Seoul.
 
[4]And we're just one year away from the start of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Organizers showed up the Olympic swimming pool. It’s part of the nearly half billion dollar aquatic5 center being built for the summer games.

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1 postponed 9dc016075e0da542aaa70e9f01bf4ab1     
vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）
参考例句：
  • The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
  • The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。
2 democrats 655beefefdcaf76097d489a3ff245f76     
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
4 landslides 5a0c95bd1e490515d70aff3ba74490cb     
山崩( landslide的名词复数 )； （山坡、悬崖等的）崩塌； 滑坡； （竞选中）一方选票占压倒性多数
参考例句：
  • Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
  • The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。
5 aquatic mvXzk     
adj.水生的，水栖的
参考例句：
  • Aquatic sports include swimming and rowing.水上运动包括游泳和划船。
  • We visited an aquatic city in Italy.我们在意大利访问过一个水上城市。

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