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1. The Senate has joined the House in approving legislation providing 9.7 billion dollars to pay flood insurance claims for the many home and business owners hurt by Superstorm Sandy. The votes come more than two months after the storm hit.

2. The US job market proved resilient in December. That's despite fears that the economy would tumble over the fiscal¹ cliff. The Labor² Department reports employers added 155,000 jobs, but unemployment remained at 7.8%.

3. Violence continues across Syria. Ground and air forces bombarded rebel strongholds on the outskirts³ of Damascus and other areas around the country. That as activists⁴ say, anti-government forces targeted a military post with a car bomb.

4. And this female polar bear in Germany celebrated⁵ her first birthday. She got a cake and a walrus⁶ made out of cardboard to play with. She is the half-sister of Berlin's famous polar bear Knut, who died of brain damages in 2011.

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1 fiscal
adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的
参考例句：
The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。 The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

2 labor
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
参考例句：
We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。 He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

3 outskirts
n.郊外，郊区
参考例句：
Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。 They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

4 activists
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。 Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 celebrated
adj.有名的，声誉卓著的
参考例句：
He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。 The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

6 walrus
n.海象
参考例句：
He is the queer old duck with the knee-length gaiters and walrus mustache.他穿着高及膝盖的皮护腿，留着海象般的八字胡，真是个古怪的老家伙。 He seemed hardly to notice the big walrus.他几乎没有注意到那只大海象。

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美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-01-07