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Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith won Mississippi Senate election run-off. She defeated Democrat¹ Mike Espy² and becomes the first women elected to Congress from Mississippi.

The Chinese scientist who claimed to have help make the world's first gene-edited babies says a second pregnancy³ may be underway. The researcher spoke⁴ publicly about the controversial experiment in Hong Kong.

Demonstrators marched outside the home of Hoover, Alabama's mayor. They are protesting the police shooting that killed EJ Bradford Jr. in a mall Thanksgiving night.

General Motors says it's cutting thousand of jobs because its retooling⁵ to produce more electric autonomous⁶ vehicles. The White House expressed great disappointment and didn't rule out action against GM.

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1 democrat
n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员
参考例句：
The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。 About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

2 espy
v.（从远处等）突然看到
参考例句：
Where love fails,we espy all faults.一旦失恋，缺点易见。 Here,from a window,did Guinevere espy a knight standing in a woodman's cart.吉尼维尔是从这里透过窗户看到了站在樵夫车上的骑士。

3 pregnancy
n.怀孕，怀孕期
参考例句：
Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。 Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

4 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。 The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 retooling
v.（给…）更换工具，（给…）更换机械设备( retool的现在分词 )；改组，革新
参考例句：
The factory is retooling to start making the new line of cars. 工厂正在重新装备以便开始制造新系列车型。来自辞典例句 Among her suggestions: retooling factories to focus on rebuilding America's transportation system. 她的建议包括围绕重新建设美国交通系统这个重心来重组汽车工业。来自互联网

6 autonomous
adj.自治的；独立的
参考例句：
They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。 This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

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