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1. Congressional leaders have reached a tentative deal extending a two percentage-point payroll¹ tax cut and added unemployment benefits for the rest of the year. The roughly $150 billion measure would also prevent a steep cut in Medicare reimbursements² to doctors.

2. A man already sentenced to 200 years in prison for killing³ four people in a 2011 rampage across New York City faces another sentencing. Maksim Gelman is expected to get 25 years for slashing⁴ a subway passenger at the end of his bloody⁵ spree.

3. Activists⁶ say an attack on an oil pipeline⁷ has set off a huge fire in Homs, Syria. The pipeline is in a rebel-held neighborhood, which activists say has been shelled by regime troops for the past dozen days.

4. Malachy, the Pekingese won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel⁸ Club this year. It's nothing new for the 4-year-old pompom. It's his 115th Best in Show title overall.

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1 payroll
n.工资表，在职人员名单，工薪总额
参考例句：
His yearly payroll is $1.2 million.他的年薪是120万美元。 I can't wait to get my payroll check.我真等不及拿到我的工资单了。

2 reimbursements
n.偿还( reimbursement的名词复数 )；退款；补偿；赔偿
参考例句：
We had to put in for the food reimbursements again. 我们不得不再次申请食物赔偿。来自互联网 Have you figured up the total of the reimbursements I gave you? 你有没有把我给你的报销账目全部加总了呢？来自互联网

3 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 slashing
adj.尖锐的；苛刻的；鲜明的；乱砍的v.挥砍( slash的现在分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减
参考例句：
Slashing is the first process in which liquid treatment is involved. 浆纱是液处理的第一过程。来自辞典例句 He stopped slashing his horse. 他住了手，不去鞭打他的马了。来自辞典例句

5 bloody
adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染
参考例句：
He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。 He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

6 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》

7 pipeline
n.管道，管线
参考例句：
The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。 A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

8 kennel
n.狗舍，狗窝
参考例句：
Sporting dogs should be kept out of doors in a kennel.猎狗应该养在户外的狗窝中。 Rescued dogs are housed in a standard kennel block.获救的狗被装在一个标准的犬舍里。