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 1. Four days after the election, President Barack Obama can finally claim victory in Florida. With nearly 100 percent of the votes counted, Obama was declared the winner, giving him 332 to 406 final margin1 in the Electoral College.

 
 
 
2. Meantime, Obama is already butting2 heads with Congressional Republicans on what to do about the impending3 fiscal4 cliff. He's calling for tax hikes on the Wealthy. But House Speaker John Boehner says he is in favor of closing tax loopholes and spending cuts instead.
 
 
 
3. Several US officials with knowledge of the situation say former CIA director General David Petraeus carried on the affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell, a reserve army officer. Petraeus probably resigned his post Friday.
 
 
 
4. Thousands of angry students and teachers have taken to the streets of Rome Saturday. It's all part of the nationwide protest against schools budget cuts and other measures aimed at tackling the country's debt crisis.

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1 margin 67Mzp     
n.页边空白;差额;余地,余裕;边,边缘
参考例句:
  • We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
  • The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
2 butting 040c106d50d62fd82f9f4419ebe99980     
用头撞人(犯规动作)
参考例句:
  • When they were talking Mary kept butting in. 当他们在谈话时,玛丽老是插嘴。
  • A couple of goats are butting each other. 两只山羊在用角互相顶撞。
3 impending 3qHzdb     
a.imminent, about to come or happen
参考例句:
  • Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place. 即将发生饥荒之时,严重的战乱爆发了。
  • The king convoke parliament to cope with the impending danger. 国王召开国会以应付迫近眉睫的危险。
4 fiscal agbzf     
adj.财政的,会计的,国库的,国库岁入的
参考例句:
  • The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
  • The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

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