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1. Extended jobless benefits are coming to an end for some 1.3 million Americans. The Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats¹ want to continue the program but the extensions were dropped from a budget deal earlier this month.

2. A fire on an express train in southern India has killed at least 26 people, including two children. Many of those who died became trapped and suffocated² when the doors of the coach failed to open.

3. A Chinese icebreaker that was enroute to rescue a ship trapped in Antarctic ice was forced to turn back when it couldn't push its way through the heavy sea ice. The Chinese vessel³ is waiting for a second icebreaker to help it get to a Russian ship that got stuck in the ice several days ago.

4. A giant paper shredder and a dumpster have been installed in Times Square to allow visitors to destroy bad memories of 2013. The annual event is dubbed⁴ good riddance day.

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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 suffocated
（使某人）窒息而死( suffocate的过去式和过去分词 )；（将某人）闷死；让人感觉闷热；憋气
参考例句：
Many dogs have suffocated in hot cars. 许多狗在热烘烘的汽车里给闷死了。 I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift. 呼吸器上的管子脱落时，我差点给憋死。

3 vessel
n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管
参考例句：
The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。 You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

4 dubbed
v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制
参考例句：
Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。 Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？来自《简明英汉词典》

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-01-02