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Senate democrats³ say they will introduce legislations and respond to the Supreme⁴ Court’s decision allowing businesses to refuse advice country accepted as part of employee’s health care plan.

NPR’s Laure Celven has more.

Senator Petty Morey, a democrat² from Washington says she will introduce legislation in coming weeks that will attempt to work around the Supreme Court ruling. Morey says the court’s decision allowing family own the closely health businesses to opt⁵ out of the providing birth control. Undermine a woman’s ability to make private health care decisions. Morey and 18 other senate democrats found an immediate⁶ brief in this case. While many counselors⁷ of law makers⁸ praised the court’s decision, many democrats, especially female lawmakers expressed outrage⁹. They say they will spend delightful¹⁰ 3 carefully examing the ruling and figuring out the best type of the legislation to introduce when the senate returns next week.

Larah Celven, NPR News, the capital.

The extremist group that has swept over much of north of Iraq is now calling on Muslims there to come to cease territory and help build an Islamist state. In aliotake, the group’s leader is exhorting¹¹ Muslim a gun less nationality to take part. Meanwhile Sunni in curds¹² walk out of the first section of Iraq’s new parliament today. As for Shiah, XXX prime minister replaced XXX, further giving hope for national unity¹³ government to save the country from collapse¹⁴.

California raises its minimum wage today from 8 dollars to 9 dollars an hour.

NPR’s Sam Sentors reports it the state first high for six years.

The jumps at 12.5 percent increase in California’s minimum wage. Meanwhile, California governor Jerry Brown signed in last year merrace minimum wage again in 2016 to 10 dollars an hour. Meneral Passtority sociology at the University of Southern California, he says seeing as the state as biggest California raises their minimum wage will have replete¹⁵ effects. It begins to demonstrate that this can be done, had a  national level, has helped to build the momentum¹⁶ nationally to make sure in a long way goes up had a national level.

California’s business community opposed the increase, saying it could cause jobs in a still recovering the economy but cities across the state have been raising their minimum wages themselves. San Francisco’s minimum wage, for instance, is already 10.74 $ an hour. Sam sentors, NPR News.

National factories were busy in June, a key manufacturing index falled a 30 straight mount last month rose as a faster pace. It stoop for supplied manismake it keep purchasing manager groups say its manufacturing index was 55.3 and it reading above 50 indicates expansion of manufacturing while reading below that level that no contraction¹⁷.50 of 80 manufacturing industries worries expanding last month. Sepal reports the government says construction expending¹⁹ was out in May. Convels Brown’s reporting spending one-tenth or one percent.

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The first tropical storm of the season is warned in the nearly lanic Florida. NPR Grey Garmin reports from Miami Tropical storm Author may reach hurricane strenched by the end of this week. Author began as the pression of which tropical storm state its eclectic south of cab coneberal. The national hurricane center says the storm is expected to turn north Wednesday and remain offshore²⁰ as it heads of the east coast. With warm water temperatures and low wind shear²¹, Author is projected to straiten into a hurricane on a tract¹⁸ to put it on the collision course with north collier. The national hurricane center Dennis Selfconconcess calls the area of north corilinar should expect the stormy 4th of July.

“You should be prepared for a very heavy rain fall or a serving tropical storm force wind, a possibly a hurricane force along the cariline coast line and there could allow isolated²² tornado²³.” Author forecaster offshore as it moves north ,bringing widened rain community along the east coast.Gray Garlen, NPR News, Miami.

A flush for the US team at the World Cup despite a Sicilian performer from US gorky ten hawer with 16 saves, US goll felt sure in the sefren to advance next round. US was losing Belgium 2-1 an extra time. NPR’s Resel Louis say even though US team lost it all domen Brazil.

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NPR Resel Louis,XXX closed down today. This is NPR News in Washington.

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

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 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。

5 opt   

vi.选择，决定做某事

参考例句：

• They opt for more holiday instead of more pay.他们选择了延长假期而不是增加工资。
• Will individual schools be given the right to opt out of the local school authority?各个学校可能有权选择退出地方教育局吗？

6 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

7 counselors   

n.顾问( counselor的名词复数 )；律师；（使馆等的）参赞；（协助学生解决问题的）指导老师

参考例句：

• Counselors began an inquiry into industrial needs. 顾问们开始调查工业方面的需要。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• We have experienced counselors available day and night. ) 这里有经验的法律顾问全天候值班。） 来自超越目标英语 第4册

8 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

10 delightful   

adj.令人高兴的，使人快乐的

参考例句：

• We had a delightful time by the seashore last Sunday.上星期天我们在海滨玩得真痛快。
• Peter played a delightful melody on his flute.彼得用笛子吹奏了一支欢快的曲子。

11 exhorting   

v.劝告，劝说( exhort的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Joe Pationi's stocky figure was moving constantly, instructing and exhorting. 乔·佩特罗尼结实的身影不断地来回走动，又发指示，又替他们打气。 来自辞典例句
• He is always exhorting us to work harder for a lower salary. （（讽刺））他总是劝我们为了再低的薪水也得更卖力地工作。 来自辞典例句

12 curds   

n.凝乳( curd的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Little miss muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey. 小玛菲特小姐坐在垫子上，吃着凝乳和乳清。 来自互联网
• The curds contain casein, fat and minerals. 凝乳中有酪蛋白、脂肪、矿物质。 来自互联网

13 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

14 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

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。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

15 replete   

adj.饱满的，塞满的；n.贮蜜蚁

参考例句：

• He was replete with food and drink.他吃喝得饱饱的。
• This immense space may be replete with happiness and glory.这巨大的空间可能充满了幸福和光荣。

16 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。

17 contraction   

n.缩略词，缩写式，害病

参考例句：

• The contraction of this muscle raises the lower arm.肌肉的收缩使前臂抬起。
• The forces of expansion are balanced by forces of contraction.扩张力和收缩力相互平衡。

18 tract   

n.传单，小册子，大片(土地或森林)

参考例句：

• He owns a large tract of forest.他拥有一大片森林。
• He wrote a tract on this subject.他曾对此写了一篇短文。

19 expending   

v.花费( expend的现在分词 )；使用（钱等）做某事；用光；耗尽

参考例句：

• The heart pumps by expending and contracting of muscle. 心脏通过收缩肌肉抽取和放出（血液）。 来自互联网
• Criminal action is an action of expending cost and then producing profit. 刑事诉讼是一种需要支付成本、能够产生收益的活动。 来自互联网

20 offshore   

adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面

参考例句：

• A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
• A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。

21 shear   

n.修剪，剪下的东西，羊的一岁；vt.剪掉，割，剥夺；vi.修剪，切割，剥夺，穿越

参考例句：

• Every spring they shear off the sheep's wool and sell it.每年春天他们都要剪下羊毛去卖。
• In the Hebrides they shear their sheep later than anywhere else.在赫伯里兹，剪羊毛的时间比其他任何地方都要晚。

22 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

23 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。