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[1] President Barack Obama says he’s ready to start from scratch on health care. That is as long as the final bill meets his goals. He made the comment after meeting with leaders from both parties on Tuesday.

[2] The president says he is preparing a regime of sanctions against Iran. Tuesday, Teheran announced it’s starting enriching uranium to a new level. Obama says that’s another sign that the country is itching¹ toward developing nuclear weapons.

[3] Washington is getting ready to be walloped again. Another snow storm is heading to the region and could dump a foot of snow or more on top of what a blizzard² brought on Saturday.

[4] White House Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, is poking³ fun at former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. He wrote some notes on his hand before Tuesday's briefing at the White House. Palin has been getting a lot of break for doing the same when she spoke⁴ in National Saturday.

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1 itching
adj.贪得的，痒的，渴望的v.发痒( itch的现在分词 )
参考例句：
The itching was almost more than he could stand. 他痒得几乎忍不住了。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 My nose is itching. 我的鼻子发痒。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 blizzard
n.暴风雪
参考例句：
The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。 You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。

3 poking
n. 刺，戳，袋 vt. 拨开，刺，戳 vi. 戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢
参考例句：
He was poking at the rubbish with his stick. 他正用手杖拨动垃圾。 He spent his weekends poking around dusty old bookshops. 他周末都泡在布满尘埃的旧书店里。

4 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。 The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。