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1. President Bush says the latest unemployment numbers are a serious sign the economy is in trouble and another reason Congress needs to pass his economic stimulus1 plan. The figures released this morning show that for the first time in over four years, the country actually lost jobs from one month to the next.

2. Microsoft is making a bid to buy Yahoo. The company is offering nearly 45 billion dollars in an unsolicited bid to buy the Internet giant.

3. Officials in Iraq say the two women at the center of today's deadly bomb attack in Baghdad may have been unwilling2 participants. They say the women were mentally retarded3, and the bombs were strapped4 to them, and were being controlled remotely. More than 70 people were killed.

4. Heavy, wet snow is making life tougher for people from Texas to the Great Lakes. It fell at a rate of more than an inch an hour today in Chicago and tied up traffic for hours. It's also forcing airlines to cancel hundreds of flights out of O'Hare.


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1 stimulus 3huyO     
n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物
参考例句：
  • Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
  • Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。
2 unwilling CjpwB     
adj.不情愿的
参考例句：
  • The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
  • His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。
3 retarded xjAzyy     
a.智力迟钝的，智力发育迟缓的
参考例句：
  • The progression of the disease can be retarded by early surgery. 早期手术可以抑制病情的发展。
  • He was so slow that many thought him mentally retarded. 他迟钝得很，许多人以为他智力低下。
4 strapped ec484d13545e19c0939d46e2d1eb24bc     
adj.用皮带捆住的，用皮带装饰的；身无分文的；缺钱；手头紧v.用皮带捆扎(strap的过去式和过去分词)；用皮带抽打；包扎；给…打绷带
参考例句：
  • Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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