BBC News with Iain Purdon
The senior Democrat in Congress Harry Reid says the United State seems to be heading for the financial crisis known as the fiscal cliff unless politicians stop scrambling. Mr Reid, the Democratic majority leader in the Senate, criticize the Republicans for ruling out any taxes rises as a part of a deal. He called for an urgent senate vote.
"Come first of this year, Americans will have less income than they have today. If we go over the cliff, and it looks like that’s where we’re headed, the House of Representatives — as we speak with four days left after today before the first year — aren’t here. With the speaker having told them, they'll have, they'll give 48 hours notice. I can’t imagine their consciences - they are out wherever they are, around the country. And we are here tying to get something done".
President Obama has returned to Washington after cutting short his Christmas holiday to try to bring the parties together.
Egypt's public prosecutor has ordered an inquiry into the country's top opposition leaders over allegations they tried to incite the overthrow of president Mohammed Morsi. The men were named as the Nobel laureate Mohammed El Baradei, the former Secretary general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, and the former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi. Bethany Bell reports from Cairo.
This investigation doesn't mean the charges will be filed against the opposition leaders but it comes at a sensitive time. Egypt has been in the group of political crisis ever since president Morsi temporarily gave himself sweeping new powers last month. The three opposition leaders formed a coalition, the National Salvation Front to lead protests against the president. They organize mass rallies, some of which turned violent when their supporters clashed with the president's Islamist backers.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned of a bloody chaos in Syria unless as a dialogue between the government and the rebels. He said hopes for a political solution were fading and urged the United State to redouble efforts to get a peaceful settlement.
The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sacked his health minister, the only woman in his cabinet. No official reason has been given for the dismissal of Marziyeh Vahid Dastjerdi, the only female cabinet minister since the Islamic revolution of 1979. Kasra Naji reports.
Iran is pressed for hard currencies. Oil exports have been reduced to less than a half in the past six months as a result of European and American sanctions. The health minister Mrs Marzieh Dastjerdi had complained that the government had allocated hard currency to the import of luxury cars and not enough to the import of drugs. This indirect contradiction to president Ahmadinejad who has said the government has allocated the budgets bigger even than the last year's for the purpose.
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The son of the assassinated Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been setting out his plans for the country at a huge rally of governing party supporters. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was speaking in southern Sindh province on the fifth anniversary of his mother's death. He told the rally his party would fight militancy, work for the poor and try to build a peaceful and democratic Pakistan.
The President of the Central African Republican Francois Bozize has appealed to France and the United States for help to stop a rebel advance that threatening the capital Bangui. Thomas Fessy has more.
There's a precarious coming in the capital Bangui, a feeling of anxiety with the people there not knowing what is going to happen next. The rebels have been sending contradictory messages, announcing twice the suspension of their operations on the ground in less than a week. But they have continued to advance and taken over major towns in the center of the country. The government has acknowleged that its troops were not able to face the rebel coalition and it's asked for external help. France, the former colonial power has insisted that it would not intervene to save president Bozize's regime but to secure its nationals only.
Shares in the troubled Spanish bank, Bankia, have falled by a fifth after a government report said the lender had a negative value because of huge losses on bad loans. The report, valuing the bank at MINUS 5.6b dollars, indicated its losses were worse than expected. Bankia is one of four Spanish banks due to receive financial assistance from the European Union.
The former economy minister in Argentina has been found guilty of concealing and illicit financial transaction after the discovery of a paper bag containing 50,000 dollars in her office bathroom. Felisa Miceli was sentenced to four years in prison.
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第二页:重点词汇解析
outrage">outrage">outrage">outrage">outrage">outrage">outrage">outrage
英汉解释
n. 愤怒,愤慨;暴行;侮辱
vt. 凌辱,强奸;对…施暴行;激起愤怒
同义词
n.indignation,scandal,scandalisation,scandalization
v.appal,appall,desecrate,dishonor
参考例句
1. Itoutrage">outrage">outrage">outrage">outrage">outrage">outrage">outraged the public that the local authority decided to close the road.
当局决定封闭该路引起了公愤。
2. Equally, much of theoutrage">outrage">outrage">outrage">outrage">outrage">outrage">outrageover bonuses is unjustified.
同样,许多对于奖金的愤怒也是不公正的。
3. The christian system of religion is anoutrage">outrage">outrage">outrage">outrage">outrage">outrage">outrageon common sense.
宗教里的基督教体系是对常识的一个侮辱。
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cordon">cordon">cordon">cordon">cordon">cordon">cordon">cordon
英汉解释
n. 警戒线;绶带;[建]束带层
vt. 用警戒线围住;包围隔离
参考例句
1. The policecordon">cordon">cordon">cordon">cordon">cordon">cordon">cordoned off the street.
警察用警戒线封锁街道。
2. Demonstrators tried to break through the policecordon">cordon">cordon">cordon">cordon">cordon">cordon">cordon.
示威群众企图突破警察的封锁线。
3. Police set up acordon">cordon">cordon">cordon">cordon">cordon">cordon">cordonoutside the complex on Thursday and dozens of people who were evacuated were standing outside.
星期四警察在大楼外面设立了警戒线,数十计的被疏散的人群站在外面旁观。
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backlash">backlash">backlash">backlash">backlash">backlash">backlash">backlash
英汉解释
n. 后座;反斜线;后冲
同义词
n.rebound,recoil,repercussion
v.backfire,recoil
参考例句
1. The Southern conservatives within the partybacklash">backlash">backlash">backlash">backlash">backlash">backlash">backlashed.
该党南方保守派产生强烈反应。
2. But there is not yet abacklash">backlash">backlash">backlash">backlash">backlash">backlash">backlashagainst the policy.
不过,目前并没有对这一政策产生反冲效应。
3. The inference of the manufacturing error to the normalbacklash">backlash">backlash">backlash">backlash">backlash">backlash">backlashis not obvious, especial at the middle of the mesh line.
考虑制造误差与不考虑制造误差对齿侧间隙值的影响不大,特别是在啮合区间的中部。
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centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece
英汉解释
n. 中心装饰品;放在餐桌中央的摆饰
同义词
n.centrepiece
参考例句
1. They sat at a table covered by a cloth, with acenterpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece, and ate turkey and trimmings off real chinaware with silver knives and forks.
他们围坐在铺有桌布的餐桌边,桌子中央配以装饰,真正的中国瓷餐具整齐摆放,以银质刀叉大吃火鸡。
2. On Tuesday, he is to be thecenterpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpieceof a parade that will wind through streets of this city, the capital of a country that is often described as the top of the world.
周二的时候,希拉里爵士将会成为一个贯穿尼泊尔首都城市加德满都所有街道的游行的主角,这个城市经常被人们描述成是世界之巅。
3. Since 1921, her birthday has been thecenterpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpiece">centerpieceof National Hospital Week, observed in British and American hospitals with special exhibitions, workshops, and publicity drives.
1921年以来,她的生日一直是英美全国医院周的中心内容,各医院都在这一周举办特别的展览、讨论会和宣传活动。
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emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic
英汉解释
adj. 象征的;可当标志的
同义词
a.emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematical,exemplary,symbolic,typic
参考例句
1. Rosemary isemblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematicof constancy.
迷迭香是贞节的象徵。
2. This is theemblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematicsculpture of Yingkou.
这就是营口的标志性雕塑了。
3. It is theemblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematic">emblematicred grape of Argentinean.
梅尔别克是阿根廷红葡萄品种的代表。
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overshoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshoot
英汉解释
vt. 超越;打过头;把…做过头
vi. 射击越标;(飞机)滑出跑道;行动过火
n. 超越目标;行动过火
同义词
n.go-around,wave-off
反义词
v.undershoot
参考例句
1. The water of waterfall wasovershoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshooting our boat.
瀑布奔腾的水流泻落在我们的船上。
2. The simulation result shows the high tracking speed and smallovershoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshootand the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.
仿真结果显示,系统跟踪速度快、超调量小,同时验证了控制算法的有效性。
3. It is generally agreed that a major element in the tendency of economic systems toovershoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshoot">overshootin response to disturbances.
一般都同意这一看法,即主要因素在于经济制度倾向于对失调作出过度的反应。
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blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade
英汉解释
vt. 封锁
n. 阻塞
同义词
n.encirclement
v.bar,block off,embarrass,seal off
参考例句
1. Israel's first move was to impose an air and navalblockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockadeon Lebanon.
以色列的第一步行动是对黎巴嫩进行空中和海上的封锁。
2. The enemy lift theblockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockadeof the port for two month to let emergency supplies in.
为让应急供应品进港,敌人解除了对港口为期两个月的封锁。
3. Three weeks after the ceasefire, Israel says it will lift its sea and airblockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockadeof Lebanon Thursday.
停火协议执行三周之后,以色列表示将于周四取消对黎巴嫩的海、空封锁。
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station">station">station">station">station">station">station">station
英汉解释
n. 站;驻地;地位;身分
vt. 配置;安置;驻扎
同义词
n.place,post
v.base,place,post,send
参考例句
1. They saw the numerous tanks and trucksstation">station">station">station">station">station">station">stationed along the river.
他们看见沿河停放着数不清的坦克和卡车。
2. Which way is thestation">station">station">station">station">station">station">station, please?
请问火车站是走哪条路?
3. First, I ▁ my ▁ to the busstation">station">station">station">station">station">station">station, then I ▁ the bus to school.
首先我骑自行车去公共汽车站,然后乘公共汽车去上学。