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 President Barack Obama held a conciliatory news conference in the east end of the White House today a day after Senate Democrats1 loss at the poll. The president congratulated Republicans on gaining the majority in the Senate, and he vowed2 to work with the new Senate leadership as be compromised as he can.

 
Meanwhile incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he'll work with the president. McConnell says the first thing he wants to do is to keep the Senate working again amid a gridlock in its function.
 
In China workers have ramped3 up production of hazmat suits then send them to the frontlines of the Ebola fight. Production is up 30 to 40 percent over last year. One hundred workers are producing 6,000 suits a day.
 
And in Tel Aviv veterinarians have devised a special high-tech4 mask for the rhinoceros5 Tanda. He suffers from a nasty ocular infection caused by parasitic6 flies who lay eggs in her eye. Her keepers say she was responding to both the treatment and the human contact. 
 
Tom Ritchie, the Associated Press, with AP News Minute.

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1 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》
2 vowed 6996270667378281d2f9ee561353c089     
起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
  • He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
  • I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
3 ramped 5cbb3df46cd03d388e73d269a6b06e0d     
土堤斜坡( ramp的过去式和过去分词 )； 斜道； 斜路； （装车或上下飞机的）活动梯
参考例句：
  • With the arrival of George Lucas, the pace has ramped up. 随着乔治·卢卡斯的到来，速度大大加快。
  • They also sold corporate bonds as the global financial crisis ramped up. 在全球金融危机加剧之际，他们还抛售了公司债券。
4 high-tech high-tech     
adj.高科技的
参考例句：
  • The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
  • The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。
5 rhinoceros tXxxw     
n.犀牛
参考例句：
  • The rhinoceros has one horn on its nose.犀牛鼻子上有一个角。
  • The body of the rhinoceros likes a cattle and the head likes a triangle.犀牛的形体像牛，头呈三角形。
6 parasitic 7Lbxx     
adj.寄生的
参考例句：
  • Will global warming mean the spread of tropical parasitic diseases?全球变暖是否意味着热带寄生虫病会蔓延呢？
  • By definition,this way of life is parasitic.从其含义来说，这是种寄生虫的生活方式。

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