CNN 2011-10-06

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We start with trail of stories in Washington DC.

 

 

First up,a possible comprise in Congress.It looks like we might not be headed for a government's shut down.US Representatives is expected to vote  tomorrow on a proposal that we keep the government funded through early October.Then,next Tuesday the House will vote on another proposal that will keep the fund running through mid¹ n November Both these bills were passed by Senate on Monday night and remember the bill has to pass through the House and the Senate before President Obama can sign it.These bills include more than 2 billion dollars for FEMA,the Federal Emergency Management Agency,that group funding with natural disaster in the US.There was a chance for a partial government to shut down if Congress hasn't reached this comprise by the end of this week.

 

 

Moving  to the two additional branches of government. US Supreme² Court starts its new session next week.The justices have to decided³ which cases they are going to review.One of the big ones, they can end up in front of  the High Court is about whether or not parts of the President Obama's Health Care Law are constitutional.Other high profile cases that could give review involve church and state.

 

 

CNN JFis here to talk about how the justice decide which case to hear.

J,how many cases actually go to the Supreme Court?

 

 

They get about 8000 cases a year and they only take about 80 case a year.Basically,the first thing they look at into is have the lower courts splitted?have they been inconsistently ruling of the lower court on the same issue that we have the  Supreme Court to resolve sorts of these disputes.That's one kind of category of cases and another category is a little bit more   the cases that the Supreme Court simply says,we have to resolve this issue.It's officially important that we have to resolve.

 

 

Our third Washington headline has to do with the Washington Momentum⁴.Back to August earthquake that shocked most of the US east coast caused some cracks in the Washington Momentum.Officials are trying to figure out if there is any damage that might has been caused and that they might have missed.The surveillance camera footage was taken during the quake and shows a part ranger,who realized what happening and calmly helped get a group of tourists down the stairs,out of danger.She later went back up to the stairs to help more people out.The Washington momentum is just over 555 feet tall and looks at closely at the top there.That guy is sitting up here that will help let him repel⁵, down. He's part of a team  engineers,that were looking for any additional cracks that need to be fixed,which could cause problem down the road.

1 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

2 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

5 repel   

v.击退，抵制，拒绝，排斥

参考例句：

• A country must have the will to repel any invader.一个国家得有决心击退任何入侵者。
• Particles with similar electric charges repel each other.电荷同性的分子互相排斥。