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SenateDemocratstalked late into the nightas they tried toslow downRepublicanplans toget rid ofPresident Obama'shealth care reform. Some Republicans aregetting uncomfortable withscrappingthe Affordable Care Act (美国平价医疗法案)until a replacement plan (=alternative solution/scheme/
plan/program替代方案) is ready(in place/available).
参议院民主党人讨论至深夜，试图减缓共和党取缔奥巴马医改的计划。一些共和党人对取消“评价医改”也表示不满，认为应该先出炉替代计划。
** democrat /ˈdɛməˌkræt/ (N-COUNT) a memberor supporter of a particular political party of the Democratic Party in theUnited States.民主党人
e.g.Murrayhas joined other Senate Democrats in blocking the legislation.默里已经加入其他民主党参议员反对这项立法了。
** Late into the night:到深夜;直到深夜
e.g. work late into the night开夜车;工作至深夜;工作到深夜
e.g. study late into the night学习到深夜
**feel uncomfortable with觉得不舒服; be uncomfortable with感到别扭; I feel uncomfortable with
strangers我和陌生人在一起时感到不自在。
**scrap: get rid of it or cancel it.取消;放弃
e.g. President Hussein called on allcountries in theMiddle Eastto scrap nuclearor chemical weapons.侯赛因总统呼吁中东各国放弃核武器或化学武器。
Reno,Nevada's downtown bridgesreopened on Monday as flooding from theTruckeeRiversubsided. However, the National Weather Service (美国国家气象局) says several more feet of snow could hit the area this week.
周一，由于特拉基河洪水消退，内华达州里诺市区桥梁重新开放。然而，国家气象局表示，本周该地区还将迎来几英尺的积雪。
**subside: If a level of water, especially
flood water, subsides, it goes down. (尤指洪水的水位)回落
e.g. Local officials say the flood waters
have subsided.当地官员们说洪水已经退了。
**hit: If something hits a person, place,
or thing, it affects them very badly.对…造成严重影响
e.g. The plan to charge motorists to use
the motorway is going to hit me hard.向汽车驾驶员收取高速公路使用费这一方案会严重影响到我。
e.g. About two hundred people died in theearthquake which hit northernPeru.大约两百人在那场袭击秘鲁北部的地震中丧生。
Jury deliberations (陪审团的审议) began on Tuesday in thepenalty phase of Dylann Roof's trial. He'll either get the death penalty or lifein prison for killing nine people in aCharleston,South Carolinachurch.
周二，陪审团开始考虑对戴伦·鲁夫(Dylann Roof)的量刑。他在南卡罗来纳州查尔斯顿一个教堂杀害了9人，可能面临死刑或终身监禁的判决。
** in the penalty phase在定罪阶段;在量刑阶段
e.g. In the penalty phase, jurors rejected
arguments that he should be spared because of an abusive father, unhappy
childhood and history of drug use and mental illness.在定罪阶段，陪审团拒绝了他由于受到父亲的虐待、不幸的童年、有吸毒史及精神病困扰而应该被宽恕的意见。
**life in prison:无期徒刑;终身监禁
e.g. The murderer got life in prison杀人凶手被判终身监禁。
And Clemson is the new champion of collegefootball. Clemson beatAlabama35-31 inTampa. The lead changedthree times in the fourth quarter. Clemsonscored the final touchdownwith justa second to go.
克莱姆森成为大学足球比赛新冠军。在坦帕，克莱姆森以35:31击败阿拉巴马。在比赛的第四阶段，领先的比分改变了三次。在距离比赛仅剩一秒钟的时候，克莱姆森取得了制胜得分。
** lead (N-COUNT): If you take the lead,
you do something new or develop new ideas or methods that other people consider
to be a good example or model to follow.领先= a leading position
e.g. The American and Japanese navies took
the lead (=occupied a leading position) in the development of naval aviation.美国和日本海军在海军航空的发展方面领先。
** touchdown /ˈtʌtʃˌdaʊn/ (N-COUNT) In
American football and rugby, a touchdown is when a team scores points by taking
the ball over the opposition's goal line. (橄榄球)触地得分
e.g. They quit on the one yard line. Theygive up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown.他们在那一码线前放弃，在距离比赛胜利的触地得分只有一英尺的最后时刻放弃。
如果不是缺钱，真不知道自己能懒成什么样
Were I not hard up, Only God knows what a
lazy bone I would be!
