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 Chanting We love Francis a crowd of young people cheer as the Pope's plane lands at Joint¹ Base Andrews outside Washington DC. This is the pontiff's first trip to the US and one that's been highly anticipated. President Obama, Vice² President Joe Biden and their wives are on hand to receive the Pope. He'll spend six days in the US. NPR's TJ says this Pope has raised expectations across the political spectrum³ and with Catholics and non-Catholics alike. The US population has rarely been so divided politically added to that a Pope who is not afraid to make waves and you have a story that's surely to be closely followed. The Pope's first stop is the White House. Administration officials are already highlighting areas where Francis and president Obama see eye to eye, on climate change issues for example and the need to address income inequality. Tomorrow he'll preside at the first Canonization of a Latino Catholic. That Mass will reenforce the Pope's bond with his fellow Latinos. In his address Thursday before a joint meeting with Congress, the first ever * Pope, Francis will have Republicans and Democrats⁴ hoping him to agree with their positions on some issues but prepared for him to challenge them on others. TJ, NPR news, Washington.

The majority of top EU officers are endorsing⁵ a plan to resettle 120,000 refugees across the EU bloc⁶. The dissenting⁷ votes of today's meeting of interior ministers came from four eastern European nations who've been enforcing stricter anti-immigration policies to head off the influx⁸. Luxembourg Minister JA warns those EU members have no choice but to respect the wishes of the majority. Nobody has the right not to agree. Nobody has the right not to agree if the decision is taken, if it was taken by qualified⁹ majority. But EU leaders meeting tomorrow in emergency summit still need to address means of accommodating hundreds of thousands of migrants.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson is attempting to clarify his remarks about Muslims and the presidency¹⁰. NPR's AM reports that Carson is placing blame on what he calls a politically correct culture in this country. Over the weekend, Carson said he would not support a Muslim in the White House and he has repeatedly questioned whether Muslims can separate faith and politics. But at a campaign stop in Ohio, Carson suggested those comments were taken out of context. 'Anybody, regardless of their religion or affiliation¹¹, if they embrace American values and they place the constitution at the top level, then I'm supporter of them.'He is trying to shift the conversation saying that a Muslim president is hypothetical and he'd rather talk about real issues. AM, NPR news. This is NPR news.

Hillary Clinton is making the high price of prescription¹² drugs a campaign issue. This place out of made news of bio companies' decisions to drastically increase the price of drug. It's been around for decades. During an appearance in Iowa today, the Democratic presidential candidate says she wants to curb¹³ what she calls excessive profiteering. Clinton is proposing a 250 dollars monthly cap on prescription drug. She's among multiple candidates seeking * during pharmaceuticals¹⁴ which recently acquires * for treatment of parasitic¹⁵ infection. It's now increasing the price of pill from 13.50 to 750 dollars. A report from an influential¹⁶ panel of experts has found that almost every American will experience a errant diagnoses at some points in life. NPR's MD reports the panel is calling for significant changes in the way doctors diagnose diseases. Physicians at the institute of medicine in Washington have found that incorrect diagnoses or delayed ones account for at least 10 percent of patients' death each year. The panel couldn't estimate the full extent of the problem because most errors aren't reported. Sometimes the patients doesn't even find out. To reduce the diagnostic errors, the panel says doctors need to work more in teams. They need to include input¹⁷ from nurses, pharmacists, specialists and the patients. The committee says parents should question doctors' decision. Doctors should welcome this input and take it more seriously.MD, NPR news.

Before the close, all major market indexes were down more than one percent. I'm LS, NPR news, Washington.

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1 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 spectrum   

n.谱，光谱，频谱；范围，幅度，系列

参考例句：

• This is a kind of atomic spectrum.这是一种原子光谱。
• We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum.关于太阳光谱的构成，我们已了解不少。

4 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》

5 endorsing   

v.赞同( endorse的现在分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• Yet Communist leaders are also publicly endorsing religion in an unprecedented way. 不过，共产党领导层对宗教信仰的公开认可也是以前不曾有过的。 来自互联网
• Connecticut Independent Senator Joseph Lieberman is endorsing Republican Senator John McCain. 康涅狄格州独立派参议员约瑟夫。列波曼将会票选共和议员约翰。麦凯恩。 来自互联网

6 bloc   

n.集团；联盟

参考例句：

• A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
• There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。

7 dissenting   

adj.不同意的

参考例句：

• He can't tolerate dissenting views. 他不能容纳不同意见。
• A dissenting opinion came from the aunt . 姑妈却提出不赞同的意见。

8 influx   

n.流入，注入

参考例句：

• The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.这个国家实在不能接纳这么多涌入的难民。
• Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth.纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施，因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品。

9 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

10 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

11 affiliation   

n.联系，联合

参考例句：

• There is no affiliation between our organization and theirs,even though our names are similar.尽管两个组织的名称相似，但我们之间并没有关系。
• The kidnappers had no affiliation with any militant group.这些绑架者与任何军事组织都没有紧密联系。

12 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

13 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

14 pharmaceuticals   

n.医药品；药物( pharmaceutical的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the development of new pharmaceuticals 新药的开发
• The companies are pouring trillions of yen into biotechnology research,especially for pharmaceuticals and new seeds. 这些公司将大量资金投入生物工艺学研究，尤其是药品和新种子方面。 来自《简明英汉词典》

15 parasitic   

adj.寄生的

参考例句：

• Will global warming mean the spread of tropical parasitic diseases?全球变暖是否意味着热带寄生虫病会蔓延呢？
• By definition,this way of life is parasitic.从其含义来说，这是种寄生虫的生活方式。

16 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

17 input   

n.输入(物)；投入；vt.把(数据等)输入计算机

参考例句：

• I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
• All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。