CNN 2009-12-11

"This makes me so angry, I was there, I know all about TARP. First, it was never intended that all this money would ever have to be spent. But any money that wasn't spend was to go to the deficit¹ and the idea of taking this money and spending it is repulsive²."

Senators are considering alternatives to part their health care legislation. Specifically, the so-called public option -- government-run health insurance program. Senate Republicans and some Democrats⁴ and independents are against that plan. A group of Democrat³ Senators was working to come up with some other ideas that could replace the public option. And late last night, they said they had reached an agreement. If the Senate passes its health care bill that doesn't make it law, which still need to be combined with the House bill. And then that final version would need to pass both the House and Senate.

The head of Iraq's government says that a series of suicide bombings is designed to create chaos⁵ in that country and prevent progress toward the elections that are scheduled for next year. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called yesterday's terrorist attacks  "cowardly." The five explosions killed more than 125 people and injured more than 440 others. The bombings all took place within  minutes of each other Tuesday morning. They targeted several government buildings around the capital city of Baghdad as well as neighborhood and a business district.
 

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 repulsive   

adj.排斥的，使人反感的

参考例句：

• She found the idea deeply repulsive.她发现这个想法很恶心。
• The repulsive force within the nucleus is enormous.核子内部的斥力是巨大的。

3 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

4 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。