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1. The Senate was in session Sunday, but there is little to indicate a resolution is at hand for the partial government shutdown. Democrats¹ criticized their Republican colleagues, accusing them of blocking attempts to find a compromise to end the budget impasse².

2. A crowd took down barriers of the World War II Memorial in Washington. Sarah Palin and Tea Party-aligned Republican senators said the responsibility for the shutdown lies with President Barack Obama.

3. Police say a stampede by masses of Hindu worshippers crossing a bridge to a temple in central India left dozens of people dead. An official said the chaos³ broke out as rumors⁴ spread that the bridge was collapsing⁵ over the river.

4. And Britain's most venomous spider is spreading across the country according to a new report. While they can cause allergic⁶ reaction, the noble false widow isn't as dangerous as its cousin, the black widow.

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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 impasse
n.僵局；死路
参考例句：
The government had reached an impasse.政府陷入绝境。 Negotiations seemed to have reached an impasse.谈判似乎已经陷入僵局。

3 chaos
n.混乱，无秩序
参考例句：
After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。 The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

4 rumors
n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷
参考例句：
Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。来自《简明英汉词典》 Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 collapsing
压扁[平]，毁坏，断裂
参考例句：
Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。 The rocks were folded by collapsing into the center of the trough. 岩石由于坍陷进入凹槽的中心而发生褶皱。

6 allergic
adj.过敏的，变态的
参考例句：
Alice is allergic to the fur of cats.艾丽斯对猫的皮毛过敏。 Many people are allergic to airborne pollutants such as pollen.许多人对空气传播的污染物过敏，比如花粉。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-16