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1. The White House says the Obama administration is making strides to fight against the Ebola. The administration announced Tuesday it has set up a network of 35 hospitals across the country to deal with Ebola patients. President Obama also visited the National Institute of Health to highlight advances in research for a future Ebola vaccine¹.

2. NASA’s quest to send astronauts back to space continues this week with a test launch of a new Orion spacecraft. Officials announced the unmanned test will last 4 and half hours and will be the farthest built for human’s capsule flown since the Apollo Moon missions.

3. Former Pentagon Ashton Carter is likely to be President Obama’s nominee² for Defense³ Secretary. White House Press Secretary, Josh Earnest stopped short of confirming the President’s pick, but praised Carter for his ability. Carter would replace Chuck Hagel who announced his resignation last week.

4. And this hungry polar bear has found a new home to rummage⁴. The bear was found sifting⁵ through food and trash bins⁶ in an oil rig site in the Russian Arctic. Handlers quickly subdued⁷ the animal and air-lifted her to a better home.

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1 vaccine
n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的
参考例句：
The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。 She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。

2 nominee
n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者
参考例句：
His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。 Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

3 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。 The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 rummage
v./n.翻寻，仔细检查
参考例句：
He had a good rummage inside the sofa.他把沙发内部彻底搜寻了一翻。 The old lady began to rummage in her pocket for her spectacles.老太太开始在口袋里摸索，找她的眼镜。

5 sifting
n.筛，过滤v.筛( sift的现在分词 )；筛滤；细查；详审
参考例句：
He lay on the beach, sifting the sand through his fingers. 他躺在沙滩上用手筛砂子玩。来自《简明英汉词典》 I was sifting the cinders when she came in. 她进来时，我正在筛煤渣。来自辞典例句

6 bins
n.大储藏箱( bin的名词复数 )；宽口箱（如面包箱，垃圾箱等）v.扔掉，丢弃( bin的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
Garbage from all sources was deposited in bins on trolleys. 来自各方的垃圾是装在手推车上的垃圾箱里的。来自辞典例句 Would you be pleased at the prospect of its being on sale in dump bins? 对于它将被陈列在倾销箱中抛售这件事，你能欣然接受吗？来自辞典例句

7 subdued
adj. 屈服的，柔和的，减弱的动词subdue的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。 I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候，我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-12-06