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1. President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans are again pushing opposing positions in the debate over deficit¹ reduction. Obama says a combination of spending cuts and tax increases is needed while Senator Orrin Hatch is pushing for a balanced budget amendment².

2. Traffic in the LA area is moving smoothly³, several hours after authority shut down a ten-mile stretch of one of the nation's busiest freeway. It's part of a massive 53-hour construction project.

3. Rupert Murdoch is letting everyone know just how sorry he is over the phone hacking⁴ scandal. He took out full page ads in seven newspapers apologizing. He is set to answer questions from parliament on Tuesday.

4. Thirty-one of the 33 rescued miners in Chile are now suing the government. They say safety negligence⁵ led to their 69-day stay underground last year. They are seeking more than 16 million dollars or about 500,000 dollars apiece.

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1 deficit
n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差
参考例句：
The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。 We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

2 amendment
n.改正，修正，改善，修正案
参考例句：
The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。 The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

3 smoothly
adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地
参考例句：
The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。 Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

4 hacking
n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动
参考例句：
The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。 We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

5 negligence
n.疏忽，玩忽，粗心大意
参考例句：
They charged him with negligence of duty.他们指责他玩忽职守。 The traffic accident was allegedly due to negligence.这次车祸据说是由于疏忽造成的。