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1. House Republicans have backed down. Speaker John Boehner says there's now an agreement to accept the Senate's bipartisan two-month payroll¹ tax cut. President Barack Obama congratulated lawmakers for ending what he calls a bipartisan stalemate.

2. Days after American forces leave Iraq, a wave of violence in Baghdad. Officials say some blasts went off in eleven neighborhoods around the capital.

3. The handover of power in North Korea to Kim Jong Il's young son appears to be going smoothly². There is mourning in the capital, but so far no protests and no unusual military movements by North Korea along its borders.

4. And Guinness World Records has a new entry - oldest yoga teacher. Bernice Bates is 91 and has a flexibility³ of a woman less than half her age. She's been practising and teaching yoga since 1960.

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1 payroll
n.工资表，在职人员名单，工薪总额
参考例句：
His yearly payroll is $1.2 million.他的年薪是120万美元。 I can't wait to get my payroll check.我真等不及拿到我的工资单了。

2 smoothly
adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地
参考例句：
The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。 Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

3 flexibility
n.柔韧性，弹性，（光的）折射性，灵活性
参考例句：
Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。 The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。