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1. A Christmas Day storm spins out of the Midwest toward the East Coast, leaving behind snow as far south as Texas and Oklahoma, and a wet wintry mess in places like Washington.

2. President Obama and members of Congress are coming back to Washington but the fiscal¹ cliff still looms². And a deal may be far off. No negotiations³ are set. So tax rates could spike⁴ come next week.

3. The State Department is criticizing an effort by Russian lawmakers to halt adoptions⁵ of Russian children by American parents. President Vladimir Putin indicates he will sign the measure.

4. And the world's longest high speed train went into service Wednesday. It travels the distance from Beijing to Guangzhou in eight hours. That's about the distance between New York City and Key West, Florida.

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1 fiscal
adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的
参考例句：
The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。 The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

2 looms
n.织布机( loom的名词复数 )v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的第三人称单数 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近
参考例句：
All were busily engaged,men at their ploughs,women at their looms. 大家都很忙，男的耕田，女的织布。来自《简明英汉词典》 The factory has twenty-five looms. 那家工厂有25台织布机。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 negotiations
协商( negotiation的名词复数 )；谈判；完成（难事）；通过
参考例句：
negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判 Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

4 spike
n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效
参考例句：
The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。 They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。

5 adoptions
n.采用，收养( adoption的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Adoption agencies are always so open to alternative family adoptions. 领养中介机构永远都对领养家庭敞开。来自电影对白 The number of adoptions has grown in the past year. 去年，收养子女的数字增加了。来自互联网

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-12-31