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Progress but no deal yet, the efforts to bring budget agreement that for an August second debt ceiling deadline. The leader of the Senate says the chamber¹ will meet every day including weekends until Congress sends president Barack Obama legislation to make sure the government doesn't default on its obligation.

London police say a UK reporter who was the first to come clean in a hacking² scandal has been found dead. Police say the death is unexplained, but not suspicions. It comes on the heels of resignations of two top officers from the London police force.

There is a new commander in charge of international forces Afghanistan. US general D.P today turned over his responsibilities to marine³ general J.A who became known for helping⁴ to turn Sunni insurgents⁵ against Al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Southern California's Carmageddon is in the rearview mirror. The region feared epic⁶ traffic jams after interstate 405 were shut down over the weekend to remove half of the freeway overpass⁷. All over the road was back opening time for a Monday morning commute⁸.

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1 chamber
n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所
参考例句：
For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。 The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

2 hacking
n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动
参考例句：
The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。 We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

3 marine
adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵
参考例句：
Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。 When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

4 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
参考例句：
The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。 By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 insurgents
n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
参考例句：
The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。来自《简明英汉词典》 Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。来自互联网

6 epic
n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的
参考例句：
I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。 They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。

7 overpass
n.天桥，立交桥
参考例句：
I walked through an overpass over the road.我步行穿过那条公路上面的立交桥。 We should take the overpass when crossing the road.我们过马路应走天桥。

8 commute
vi.乘车上下班；vt.减(刑)；折合；n.上下班交通
参考例句：
I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。 Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。