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1. It's the battle of the budgets with Republicans calling President Barack Obama's deficit¹ cutting plans too timid. His spending plan adds to deficits² this year and next. The GOP is saying Americans want dramatic cuts.

2. Egypt's ruling military council wants labor³ leaders to stop strikes and protests, letting the country return to normal. Thousands of state employees are protesting for better pay and working conditions. All of this comes just after the ousting⁴ of President Hosni Mubarak.

3. They spent 257 days locked in a windowless steel capsule. Researchers are simulating a journey to Mars. Once there, the Russian mission planted flags on a simulated red planet.

4. Some key assignments are set for the royal wedding in April. Prince Harry⁵, brother of Prince William will be the best man. The sister of Kate Middleton, the fiancée, will be maid of honor. But the cake will not come from the family baker⁶.

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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 deficits
n.不足额( deficit的名词复数 )；赤字；亏空；亏损
参考例句：
The Ministry of Finance consistently overestimated its budget deficits. 财政部一贯高估预算赤字。来自《简明英汉词典》 Many of the world's farmers are also incurring economic deficits. 世界上许多农民还在遭受经济上的亏损。来自辞典例句

3 labor
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
参考例句：
We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。 He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

4 ousting
驱逐( oust的现在分词 )；革职；罢黜；剥夺
参考例句：
The resulting financial chaos led to the ousting of Bristol-Myers' s boss. 随后引发的财政混乱导致了百时美施贵宝的总裁下台。 The ousting of the president has drawn widespread criticism across Latin America and the wider world. 洪都拉斯总统被驱逐时间引起拉丁美洲甚至全世界的广泛批评。

5 harry
vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼
参考例句：
Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。 Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

6 baker
n.面包师
参考例句：
The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。 The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。