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 1. The US House passed a funding measure Friday to try and avert1 a government shutdown. The bill also blocks President Obama’s healthcare law. The Senate promises to strip that provision and pass a straight funding measure itself. 

 
2. Pope Francis offered an olive branch and sorts to conservative catholics. He denounced abortion2 as part of today’s “throw-away culture”, encouraging doctors not to perform them. Yesterday, the Pope blasted the church’s focuses on strict rules that could drive away the faithful.
 
3. Al-Qaeda attacked 3 security and military posts with car bombings in southern Yemen, killing3 38 soldiers. It was the group’s biggest attack in the country since the last year.
 
4. Medal of honour recipients4 gathered in Gettysburg for an annual convention to remember fallen US service members. The group also met with students to teach them about honour and courage in life and the battlefield.
 

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1 avert 7u4zj     
v.防止，避免；转移(目光、注意力等)
参考例句：
  • He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。
  • I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。
2 abortion ZzjzxH     
n.流产，堕胎
参考例句：
  • She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
  • A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。
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 recipients 972af69bf73f8ad23a446a346a6f0fff     
adj.接受的；受领的；容纳的；愿意接受的n.收件人；接受者；受领者；接受器
参考例句：
  • The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

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