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1. Senate Republicans have found minor¹ glitches² in the health care bill, forcing it back to the House. The two minor provisions that have problems are with Pell Grants for low-income students. Democrats³ expect the provisions to be formally removed from the bill today. The Senate has scheduled passage of the health bill for this afternoon.

2. President Barack Obama is asking Congress for 2.8 billion dollars in emergency funding for the reconstruction⁴ effort in Haiti. The request comes a week before a UN donors⁵ conference. Haitian officials plan to ask for 11.5 billion in reconstruction assistance.

3. Toyota faces a federal court hearing today on whether dozens of lawsuits⁶ over recent safety issues will be consolidated⁷ before a single judge. A panel of federal judges in San Diego will choose whether to combine the more than 100 suits and where to send them. Toyota has been hit by an avalanche⁸ of suits after recalled more than eight million vehicles.

4. Nadya Suleman is working with People for the Ethical⁹ Treatment of Animals in an attempt to keep her home. Suleman is on the verge¹⁰ of foreclosure. So she has put a sign in her front yard reading, "Don't let your cat or dog become an 'Octomom'. Always spay or neuter." PETA is paying Suleman 5,000 dollars for the sign.

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1 minor
adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修
参考例句：
The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。 I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

2 glitches
n.小过失，差错( glitch的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Manufacturing glitches have limited the factory's output. 生产中的故障影响了该厂的产量。来自辞典例句 Another kind of period variation,\"Glitches,\" are seen in several pulsars. 在几个脉冲星中还看到了周期的另一种变化，即“自转突快”现象。来自辞典例句

3 democrats
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》

4 reconstruction
n.重建，再现，复原
参考例句：
The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后，该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。 In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期，技术决定一切。

5 donors
n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者
参考例句：
Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。 About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。来自《简明英汉词典》

6 lawsuits
n.诉讼( lawsuit的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Lawsuits involving property rights and farming and grazing rights increased markedly. 涉及财产权，耕作与放牧权的诉讼案件显著地增加。来自辞典例句 I've lost and won more lawsuits than any man in England. 全英国的人算我官司打得最多，赢的也多，输的也多。来自辞典例句

7 consolidated
a.联合的
参考例句：
With this new movie he has consolidated his position as the country's leading director. 他新执导的影片巩固了他作为全国最佳导演的地位。 Those two banks have consolidated and formed a single large bank. 那两家银行已合并成一家大银行。

8 avalanche
n.雪崩，大量涌来
参考例句：
They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.他们在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹难。 Higher still the snow was ready to avalanche.在更高处积雪随时都会崩塌。

9 ethical
adj.伦理的，道德的，合乎道德的
参考例句：
It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。 It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。

10 verge
n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临
参考例句：
The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。 She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。