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1. President Barack Obama has signed the emergency legislation to raise the nation's borrowing limit. Obama says lawmakers still need to find a balanced approach to reducing the deficit¹ that includes adjustments to Medicare and reforming the tax code.

2. A stalemate that has partially² shut down the Federal Aviation Administration will continue into September. Nearly 4,000 federal employees have been laid off and the cost in lost tax revenue will be an estimated $1.2 billion.

3. Rain and wind gusts³ from the outer bands of Tropical Storm Emily struck Puerto Rico. The storm system gathered strength on a track that threatened the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

4. And seconds after being knocked down when a man driving a stolen car hit a police cruiser, a British officer left to his feet and gave chase, eventually Tasered the suspect who was sentenced to nearly two years in jail.

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1 deficit
n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差
参考例句：
The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。 We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

2 partially
adv.部分地，从某些方面讲
参考例句：
The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。 The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

3 gusts
一阵强风( gust的名词复数 )；（怒、笑等的）爆发；（感情的）迸发；发作
参考例句：
Her profuse skirt bosomed out with the gusts. 她的宽大的裙子被风吹得鼓鼓的。 Turbulence is defined as a series of irregular gusts. 紊流定义为一组无规则的突风。