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1. President Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt¹ Romney are clashing over taxes and outsourcing jobs. Obama is challenging Mitt Romney to join him in permitting tax hikes for rich Americans like them. Meanwhile, Romney has branded the president as an extreme liberal who's trying to raise taxes on business.

2. On the heels of the Supreme² Court decision validating³ the president's health care law, House Republicans are poised⁴ for a repeal⁵ vote. But that effort is largely symbolic⁶. The measure won't make it through the Democratic-controlled Senate, and even if it did, the president has said he would veto it.

3. The body of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed⁷. That after Swiss researchers detected a lethal⁸ substance on some of his belongings⁹. Palestinian authorities, along with the leader's widow, are now asking for an international investigation¹⁰ into his 2004 death.

4. This Florida teen is telling his story to reporters, just one day after an alligator¹¹ bit off part of his right arm. State wildlife officials say they killed the gator and retrieved¹² the arm. But doctors were not able to reattach it.

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1 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
参考例句：
I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。 Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。

2 supreme
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
参考例句：
It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。 He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

3 validating
v.证实( validate的现在分词 )；确证；使生效；使有法律效力
参考例句：
His politics at home were validating his efforts in the hemisphere. 他的国内政策也有效地支持了他对本半球所做的努力。来自辞典例句 A number of different experimental approaches have aided in validating the concept. 许多不同的实验方法，有助于确证这种概念。来自辞典例句

4 poised
a.摆好姿势不动的
参考例句：
The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。 Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

5 repeal
n.废止，撤消；v.废止，撤消
参考例句：
He plans to repeal a number of current policies.他计划废除一些当前的政策。 He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.他提出强有力的理由，赞成废除该法令。

6 symbolic
adj.象征性的，符号的，象征主义的
参考例句：
It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。 The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。

7 exhumed
v.挖出，发掘出( exhume的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
Marie Curie's remains were exhumed and interred in the Pantheon. 玛丽·居里的遗体被移出葬在先贤祠中。来自《简明英汉词典》 His remains have been exhumed from a cemetery in Queens, New York City. 他的遗体被从纽约市皇后区的墓地里挖了出来。来自辞典例句

8 lethal
adj.致死的；毁灭性的
参考例句：
A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。 She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。

9 belongings
n.私人物品，私人财物
参考例句：
I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。 Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。

10 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。 He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

11 alligator
n.短吻鳄(一种鳄鱼)
参考例句：
She wandered off to play with her toy alligator.她开始玩鳄鱼玩具。 Alligator skin is five times more costlier than leather.鳄鱼皮比通常的皮革要贵5倍。

12 retrieved
v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）
参考例句：
Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。来自《简明英汉词典》 He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。来自辞典例句