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1. Health care reform is getting a serious test in Congress. Senators have been debating whether or not to move ahead on reform legislation. Democrats1 need 60 votes to keep it alive in the chamber2.

2. Italian prosecutors3 are asking for a life sentence for accused American murderer Amanda Knox. They say she and two others killed her roommate during a sex game. She denies that and says they were friends.

3. Britain's prime minister has got a first-hand look at the floods that have ravaged4 the country's northern Lake District. Friday was the wettest day in history there when more than a foot of rain fell. At least one person has been killed by the high water.

4. You can add the city of Chicago to the list of those that mourning the coming end of the Oprah Winfrey Show. Residents and officials say her show helped revitalize part of the downtown, and they fear what will happen when it ends in 2011.


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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 chamber wnky9     
n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所
参考例句：
  • For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
  • The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
3 prosecutors a638e6811c029cb82f180298861e21e9     
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人
参考例句：
  • In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
  • You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
4 ravaged 0e2e6833d453fc0fa95986bdf06ea0e2     
毁坏( ravage的过去式和过去分词 )； 蹂躏； 劫掠； 抢劫
参考例句：
  • a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内战重创的国家
  • The whole area was ravaged by forest fires. 森林火灾使整个地区荒废了。

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