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1. One day before President-elect Obama is set to meet with President Bush, an Obama adviser¹ says the new administration is looking to reverse some of Bush's executive orders. John Podesta says Bush orders on stem cell research, oil and gas drilling and other matters are being re-examined.

2. Authorities in St. Johns, Arizona are looking into whether an eight-year-old boy accused of killing² his father and another man may have been abused. Police say the boy shot both men Wednesday night. He faces two counts of premeditated murder.

3. New fighting in Congo has ignited fears of a cholera³ epidemic⁴ adding to the misery⁵. Doctors are struggling to contain the outbreak in a sprawling⁶ refugee camp near Congo's eastern capital of Goma.

4. Doctors say people with implanted heart devices should be careful of getting too close to their portable electronic entertainment. A study finds that some headphones can interfere⁷ with heart devices if held very close to them.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. reverse: v.

to change something, such as a decision, judgment⁸, or process so that it is the opposite of what it was before

2. premeditated: adj.

a premeditated crime or attack is planned in advance and done deliberately⁹

3. cholera: n. 霍乱

a serious disease that causes sickness and sometimes death. It is caused by eating infected food or drinking infected water

4. sprawling: adj.

spreading over a wide area in an untidy or unattractive way

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1 adviser
n.劝告者，顾问
参考例句：
They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。 Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

2 killing
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。

3 cholera
n.霍乱
参考例句：
The cholera outbreak has been contained.霍乱的发生已被控制住了。 Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.霍乱在营地里迅速传播。

4 epidemic
n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的
参考例句：
That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。 The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

5 misery
n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦
参考例句：
Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。 He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

6 sprawling
adj.蔓生的，不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 )；蔓延；杂乱无序地拓展；四肢伸展坐着（或躺着）
参考例句：
He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV. 他伸开手脚坐在电视机前的一张扶手椅上。 a modern sprawling town 一座杂乱无序拓展的现代城镇

7 interfere
v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰
参考例句：
If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。 When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

8 judgment
n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见
参考例句：
The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。 He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。

9 deliberately
adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地
参考例句：
The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。 They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

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