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1. JetBlue Airlines has suspended pilot Clayton Osbon following a bizarre rant¹ Tuesday on a Las Vegas-bound flight. Passengers wrestled² Osbon to the ground as the co-pilot took over the flight and made an emergency landing in Texas.

2. A congressman³ from Illinois received a reprimand after donning a hoodie during a speech on the House floor deploring⁴ the killing⁵ of Florida teenager Travon Martin. The presiding officer said Congressman Bobby Rush violated the rule on wearing hats in the House chamber⁶.

3. On the third and last day of arguments over President Barack Obama’s health care law, several Supreme⁷ Court justices seemed receptive to the idea that portions of the law can survive even if the mandate⁸ is struck down.

4. And former Lakers basketball star Magic Johnson is part of a group that has agreed to buy Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers⁹ from Frank McCourt for a record $2 billion. The deal still has to be approved by a federal bankruptcy¹⁰ court.

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1 rant
v.咆哮；怒吼；n.大话；粗野的话
参考例句：
You can rant and rave at the fine,but you'll still have to pay it.你闹也好，骂也好，罚金还是得交。 If we rant on the net,the world is our audience.如果我们在网络上大声嚷嚷，全世界都是我们的听众。

2 wrestled
v.（与某人）搏斗( wrestle的过去式和过去分词 )；扭成一团；扭打；（与…）摔跤
参考例句：
As a boy he had boxed and wrestled. 他小的时候又是打拳又是摔跤。 Armed guards wrestled with the intruder. 武装警卫和闯入者扭打起来。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 Congressman
n.（美）国会议员
参考例句：
He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。 The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

4 deploring
v.悲叹，痛惜，强烈反对( deplore的现在分词 )
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5 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 chamber
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。

7 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。

8 mandate
n.托管地；命令，指示
参考例句：
The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。 The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

9 dodgers
n.躲闪者，欺瞒者( dodger的名词复数 )
参考例句：
a crackdown on fare dodgers on trains 对火车逃票者的严厉打击 But Twain, Howells, and James were jeeringly described by Mencken as "draft-dodgers". 不过吐温、豪威尔斯和詹姆斯都是被门肯讥诮地叫做“逃避兵役的人。” 来自辞典例句

10 bankruptcy
n.破产；无偿付能力
参考例句：
You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。 His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。