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1. The Senate has rejected a plan aimed at tackling the federal deficit¹. The plan didn't get the needed 60 votes. The vote came hours after the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office predicted a $1.35 trillion deficit for this year.

2. The brother of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan will undergo psychological evaluation² after pleading not guilty to assaulting their 70-year-old father. Police say Mark Kerrigan put his hands around his father's neck before the elder Kerrigan fell to the floor and later died.

3. The State Department says the number of US fatalities³ in the January 12th earthquake in Haiti is nearing 100. A spokesman says the confirmed death toll⁴ is now 60. Another 37 Americans were killed, but their identities have not yet been officially established.

4. And some fancy footwork on the streets of London. Also, this soccer player can break a world record by juggling⁵ the ball 30 miles. The 26-year-old already has a record for handling the ball the longest 24 hours.

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1 deficit
n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差
参考例句：
The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。 We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

2 evaluation
n.估价，评价；赋值
参考例句：
I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。 The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。

3 fatalities
n.恶性事故( fatality的名词复数 )；死亡；致命性；命运
参考例句：
Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities. 有几个人受伤，但没有人死亡。 The accident resulted in fatalities. 那宗意外道致多人死亡。来自《简明英汉词典》

4 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
参考例句：
The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。 The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

5 juggling
n. 欺骗, 杂耍(=jugglery) adj. 欺骗的, 欺诈的动词juggle的现在分词
参考例句：
He was charged with some dishonest juggling with the accounts. 他被指控用欺骗手段窜改账目。 The accountant went to prison for juggling his firm's accounts. 会计因涂改公司的帐目而入狱。