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 1. Blizzard1 conditions have descended2 on the midsection of the country again. The National Weather Service has issued blizzard warnings and watches in Kansas and Oklahoma through Monday night. 

 
2. President Barack Obama says Congress can keep across-the-board cuts from taking effect with just a little bit of compromise. Unless Congress acts, $85 billion in cuts will go into effect Friday. 
 
3. Pope Benedict's decision to resign has set off a round of mudslinging that now appears to have brought down the highest-ranking Catholic leader in Britain. Cardinal3 Keith O'Brien says he will not participate in the conclave4 to elect the next Pope after being accused of improper5 conduct with priests. 
 
4. And you will be forgiven if you think these new tunnels look like something out of the Swiss Alps. The soon to be opened tunnels near California's Devil's Slide are unlike any others in the US.

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1 blizzard 0Rgyc     
n.暴风雪
参考例句：
  • The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
  • You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。
2 descended guQzoy     
a.为...后裔的，出身于...的
参考例句：
  • A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
  • The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。
3 cardinal Xcgy5     
n.(天主教的)红衣主教；adj.首要的，基本的
参考例句：
  • This is a matter of cardinal significance.这是非常重要的事。
  • The Cardinal coloured with vexation. 红衣主教感到恼火，脸涨得通红。
4 conclave eY9yw     
n.秘密会议，红衣主教团
参考例句：
  • Signore,I ask and I prey,that you break this conclave.各位阁下，我请求，并祈祷，你们能停止这次秘密会议。
  • I met my partner at that conclave and my life moved into a huge shift.我就是在那次大会上遇到了我的伴侣的，而我的生活就转向了一个巨大的改变。
5 improper b9txi     
adj.不适当的，不合适的，不正确的，不合礼仪的
参考例句：
  • Short trousers are improper at a dance.舞会上穿短裤不成体统。
  • Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral.葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。

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