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1. Roger Clemens and his former trainer Brain McNamee stuck to their guns before Congressional Committee. Both men were grilled1 by lawmakers about steroid use in baseball. Clemens said he has never taken steroids or human growth hormone2.

2. He's calling it 'a booster shot for the economy'. President Bush signed a $160 billion stimulus3 package into law. The rescue plan includes rebates4 up to 1200 dollars for most American households. The checks will go out starting in May.

3. Police say a kidnapped Iraqi interpreter working for CBS News has been freed in Basra. But his fellow British journalist is still being held. An Iraqi police official says the man was handed over to authorities at the same hotel where he and his colleagues were kidnapped three days ago.

4. German astronaut Hans Schlegel floated out of the International Space Station for his first spacewalk. His outing comes just two days after an illness forced the shuttle Atlantis crew member to skip a spacewalk to install a new European lab.


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1 grilled grilled     
adj. 烤的, 炙过的, 有格子的 动词grill的过去式和过去分词形式
参考例句：
  • He was grilled for two hours before the police let him go. 他被严厉盘查了两个小时后，警察才放他走。
  • He was grilled until he confessed. 他被严加拷问，直到他承认为止。
2 hormone uyky3     
n.荷尔蒙，激素，内分泌
参考例句：
  • Hormone implants are used as growth boosters.激素植入物被用作生长辅助剂。
  • This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body.这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
3 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。
4 rebates 5862cab7436152bb9726585397fb1db9     
n.退还款( rebate的名词复数 )；回扣；返还（退还的部份货价）；折扣
参考例句：
  • The VAT system offers advantages, such as rebates on exports. 增值税有其优点，如对出口商品实行回扣。 来自辞典例句
  • In more recent years rate rebates have been introduced for households. 近年地方税的减免已适用于家庭。 来自辞典例句

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