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1. US health officials are no longer recommending that schools close because of swine flu. Hundreds of schools have shut around the country but now it appears the flu is not as bad as initially1 feared. The government does say parents should still keep sick children at home.

2. The chairman of the Fed says the US economy should start growing again later this year. Ben Bernanke says businesses remain cautious about hiring so expect more job losses, but do not expect a boom. Economic activity is likely to remain sluggish2.

3. A senior Obama administration envoy3 says Pakistan is not a failed state, but its government is facing enormous challenges and needs the help of the US to fight the Taliban.

4. It took a motorcade to get there, but President Barack Obama and Vice4 President Joe Biden got their fast food fix just across the river from Washington in Virginia, stopping in for burgers at a joint5 called Ray's Hell Burger.

 


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1 initially 273xZ     
adv.最初，开始
参考例句：
  • The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
  • Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
2 sluggish VEgzS     
adj.懒惰的，迟钝的，无精打采的
参考例句：
  • This humid heat makes you feel rather sluggish.这种湿热的天气使人感到懒洋洋的。
  • Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.脚部的循环比手部的循环缓慢得多。
3 envoy xoLx7     
n.使节，使者，代表，公使
参考例句：
  • Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
  • The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。
4 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
5 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

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