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1. President Barack Obama says he wants a safety review of all 104 nuclear reactors¹ in the US in the wake of the disaster in Japan. The president wants to make sure plants can withstand earthquakes and other disruptions.

2. The House votes to end public funding for National Public Radio, but support in the Senate is slim. Republicans say this makes good fiscal² sense. Democrats³ say it is an ideological⁴ attack, depriving stations of programs.

3. A guilty plea for a lab technician who killed a Yale graduate student, stuffing her body inside a wall. Raymond Clark III is facing 44 years in prison.

4. A 32-year-old gibbon gives birth at an Israeli zoo. Something vets⁵ say is a surprising feat⁶ for an ape of that age. Last time Bettina gave birth was 11 years ago. At 32, the ape is closest to a woman 60 years old.

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1 reactors
起反应的人( reactor的名词复数 )；反应装置；原子炉；核反应堆
参考例句：
The TMI nuclear facility has two reactors. 三哩岛核设施有两个反应堆。来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法 The earliest production reactors necessarily used normal uranium as fuel. 最早为生产用的反应堆，必须使用普通铀作为燃料。

2 fiscal
adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的
参考例句：
The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。 The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

3 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》

4 ideological
a.意识形态的
参考例句：
He always tries to link his study with his ideological problems. 他总是把学习和自己的思想问题联系起来。 He helped me enormously with advice on how to do ideological work. 他告诉我怎样做思想工作，对我有很大帮助。

5 vets
abbr.veterans （复数）老手，退伍军人；veterinaries （复数）兽医n.兽医( vet的名词复数 )；老兵；退伍军人；兽医诊所v.审查（某人过去的记录、资格等）( vet的第三人称单数 )；调查；检查；诊疗
参考例句：
I helped train many young vets and veterinary nurses too. 我还帮助培训了许多年青的兽医和护士。来自互联网 In fact, we've expanded mental health counseling and services for our vets. 实际上，我们已经扩大了退伍军人的心理健康咨询和服务。来自互联网

6 feat
n.功绩；武艺，技艺；adj.灵巧的，漂亮的，合适的
参考例句：
Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.人类首次登月是一个勇敢的壮举。 He received a medal for his heroic feat.他因其英雄业绩而获得一枚勋章。