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1. President Barack Obama is hoping Republicans and Democrats¹ can reach an agreement on budget cuts. He'll meet with House Speaker John Boehner later this morning. Lawmakers are working on a stopgap spending measure, but senior government workers have reportedly been told to make contingency² plans.

2. Libya says Moammar Gadhafi won't step down, but the government is ready to discuss changes in how the country is governed. Spokesman Moussa Ibrahim says Gadhafi has no official position to relinquish³. Libya's anti-government rebels have rejected a proposal to have one of Gadhafi's sons take over.

3. At least six people are dead from severe weather in the South. High winds, hail and lightning blew through the region Monday, uprooting⁴ trees and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers. Meteorologists are investigating several reports of tornados⁵ touching⁶ down in the region.

4. And she wanted a horse, but this German teen's parents gave her a cow instead. So the resourceful 15-year-old taught the bovine⁷ how to jump instead. Luna now goes on long rides in the countryside and can make it over makeshift jumps.

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1 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》

2 contingency
n.意外事件，可能性
参考例句：
We should be prepared for any contingency.我们应该对任何应急情况有所准备。 A fire in our warehouse was a contingency that we had not expected.库房的一场大火是我们始料未及的。

3 relinquish
v.放弃，撤回，让与，放手
参考例句：
He was forced to relinquish control of the company.他被迫放弃公司的掌控权。 They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。

4 uprooting
n.倒根，挖除伐根v.把（某物）连根拔起( uproot的现在分词 )；根除；赶走；把…赶出家园
参考例句：
He is hard at work uprooting wild grass in the field. 他正在田里辛苦地芟夷呢。来自互联网 A storm raged through the village, uprooting trees and flattening crops. 暴风雨袭击了村庄，拔起了树木，吹倒了庄稼。来自互联网

5 tornados
n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )
参考例句：
And the national weather service reports several tornados touch down. 国家气象中心报告预测龙卷风将来袭。来自互联网 They had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes. 他们存有关于闪电、龙卷风和飓风的电影胶片。来自互联网

6 touching
adj.动人的，使人感伤的
参考例句：
It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。 His letter was touching.他的信很感人。

7 bovine
adj.牛的；n.牛
参考例句：
He threw off his pack and went into the rush-grass andand munching,like some bovine creature.他丢开包袱，爬到灯心草丛里，像牛似的大咬大嚼起来。 He was a gentle,rather bovine man.他是一位文雅而反应迟钝的人。