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1. The House has voted to rush an additional two billion dollars into the popular but financially strapped¹ "cash for clunkers" car purchase program. House members acted within hours of learning from the transportation secretary that the program was running out of money.

2. Space shuttle Endeavor and its seven astronauts are back on Earth. Endeavor glided² through a slightly hazy³ sky and touched down on Kennedy Space Center's landing strip.

3. Military officials say a long-awaited reassessment of the war against the Taliban may include a request for more US forces in Afghanistan. It's a request that the White House is expected to resist.

4. And in western India, hundreds of infants were dropped from the roof of a Muslim shrine⁴. The parents believe that the religious ritual which ends when the children are caught in a bed sheet ensures good health and prosperity for their offspring.

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1 strapped
adj.用皮带捆住的，用皮带装饰的；身无分文的；缺钱；手头紧v.用皮带捆扎(strap的过去式和过去分词)；用皮带抽打；包扎；给…打绷带
参考例句：
Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。来自《简明英汉词典》 The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 glided
v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 )；掠过；（鸟或飞机）滑翔
参考例句：
The President's motorcade glided by. 总统的车队一溜烟开了过去。 They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。来自《简明英汉词典》

3 hazy
adj.有薄雾的，朦胧的；不肯定的，模糊的
参考例句：
We couldn't see far because it was so hazy.雾气蒙蒙妨碍了我们的视线。 I have a hazy memory of those early years.对那些早先的岁月我有着朦胧的记忆。

4 shrine
n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣
参考例句：
The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。 They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。

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AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-08-02