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 Congress is holding long anticipated votes on the Iran nuclear deal. The Republican majority arguing the deal leaves the US interest vulnerable is still trying to derail the agreement. Under a law president Obama signed in May, Congress was given 60 days to pass the resolution disapproving¹ the pact² the US and five other world powers reached with Iran for sanction relief in exchange for stronger oversight³ of take Iran's nuclear program.  As the UN presses the international community to open their doors to the the heavy influx⁴ of refugees and other migrants escaping conflict and poverty in Mid-east,Africa and Asia, the US is announcing plans to step up. NPR's ML reports the Obama administration is pledging to accept more Syrian refugees. This fiscal⁵ year, the US is on track to take in about 1500 refugees. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest says the president wants that number to go way up. 'He's informed his team that he would like them to accept at least, make preparations, to accept at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next fiscal year.'But taking in 10,000 refugees will cost a lot and Congress will have to provide that money because there will be higher costs for background checks and processing which takes about a year for each refugee. And even 10,000 refugees is a tiny fraction of the millions of Syrians displaced and hundreds of thousands of refugees that European countries are accepting. ML, NPR news, the White House.

Many migrants have been struggling to leave Hungry rather than being sent to refugee camps run by authorities who are widely viewed as unsympathetic to their plight⁶. CN, a volunteer with an Austrian non-govertment organization cites the deteriorating⁷ conditions at a refugee collection point outside the town of R. The situation here is really a big * because a lot of refugees are coming every hour from the border, from Serbia, Hungry, * and here we don't have infrastructure⁸. Noting the rainfall, N says the biggest problem is that there are no big tents where people can rest.

Six police officers charged in connection with the April death of Freddy Grey will be trailed in Baltimore. Their lawyers argued that their clients cannot get a fair trial in the city shake in days of unrest after Grey suffered a fatal spinal⁹ injury while he was in police custody¹⁰ . However, the jury presiding over the case disagreed saying that he believes a fair and impartial¹¹ jury could be found in the city of Baltimore. US stocks were trading higher before the close. The Dow Jones index average was up 76 points at 17330. S&P 500 gaining 10 at 1952, NASDAQ up 39 at 4796. This is NPR news.

Scientists believe the fossil bones discovered two years ago are indeed of an ancient relative of humans. NPR's NF reports the bizarre new species have left researchers scratching their heads. Two years ago, cavers spotted¹² the bones in a South African cave. The cave held the remains¹³ of at least fifteen individuals.The odd creatures had small primitive¹⁴ sculls but walked up right and had hands and feet much like modern humans. This new species has been named HM but scientists still aren't sure how long it lived and where to place it in the human family tree. Another mystery is how the bones came to be in a almost inaccessible¹⁵ cave chamber¹⁶. To get in there, skinny scientists had to squeeze down a long crack in the rock that's just 7.5 inches wide. One possibility is that HM deliberately¹⁷ placed the bodies there in a kind of death-reach wall. Reports describing the find appear in the journal E-life.NF, NPR news.

The national football league kicks off its regular season tonight in prime time. KN, a * where in Boston reports the New England Patriots¹⁸ will raise their fourth super ball banner after an off-season in the headlines. The court back Tom Brady will be under * against the Pittsburgh Steelers but the * commissioner¹⁹ won't be there. This comes after a federal judge wiped away the four game suspension that the commissioner had given Brady for under-inflated footballs in the game before the super ball last season. Stealer fans are hoping that the deflate gate-court fight left Tom Brady in the Patriots unprepared to play.

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1 disapproving   

adj.不满的，反对的v.不赞成( disapprove的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Mother gave me a disapproving look. 母亲的眼神告诉我她是不赞成的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Her father threw a disapproving glance at her. 她父亲不满地瞥了她一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

3 oversight   

n.勘漏，失察，疏忽

参考例句：

• I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
• Your essay was not marked through an oversight on my part.由于我的疏忽你的文章没有打分。

4 influx   

n.流入，注入

参考例句：

• The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.这个国家实在不能接纳这么多涌入的难民。
• Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth.纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施，因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品。

5 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。

6 plight   

n.困境，境况，誓约，艰难；vt.宣誓，保证，约定

参考例句：

• The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
• She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。

7 deteriorating   

恶化，变坏( deteriorate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The weather conditions are deteriorating. 天气变得越来越糟。
• I was well aware of the bad morale and the deteriorating factories. 我很清楚，大家情绪低落，各个工厂越搞越坏。

8 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

9 spinal   

adj.针的，尖刺的，尖刺状突起的；adj.脊骨的，脊髓的

参考例句：

• After three days in Japan,the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible.在日本三天，就已经使脊椎骨变得富有弹性了。
• Your spinal column is made up of 24 movable vertebrae.你的脊柱由24个活动的脊椎骨构成。

10 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

11 impartial   

adj.(in,to)公正的，无偏见的

参考例句：

• He gave an impartial view of the state of affairs in Ireland.他对爱尔兰的事态发表了公正的看法。
• Careers officers offer impartial advice to all pupils.就业指导员向所有学生提供公正无私的建议。

12 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

13 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

14 primitive   

adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物

参考例句：

• It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
• His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。

15 inaccessible   

adj.达不到的，难接近的

参考例句：

• This novel seems to me among the most inaccessible.这本书对我来说是最难懂的小说之一。
• The top of Mount Everest is the most inaccessible place in the world.珠穆朗玛峰是世界上最难到达的地方。

16 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

17 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

18 patriots   

爱国者，爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
• These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。

19 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。