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Obama Faces Stronger Opposition From New Congress

As U.S. lawmakers return to Washington for the brand new 114th Congress, Republicans likely will exert greater influence after winning control of the Senate and boosting their majority in the House of Representatives.

After a Christmas vacation with his family in Hawaii, President Obama returned to Washington to face a stark new political reality.

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told CNN’s "State of the Union" that the Senate will vote on a lot of things the president is not going to like, such as a proposed oil pipeline and energy deregulation. McConnell said the balance of power has shifted.

“Now he needs to talk to us. And that’s good, because when the American people elect a divided government, they’re not saying they don’t want anything done," he said. "What they are saying is, they want things done in the political center."

One of the new Republican members of Congress, Mia Love, says lawmakers need to pay more attention to voters.

“”You know, we have faced dysfunction because people on both sides of the aisle have said, you know, we want Americans to trust us again," she said. "And we have got that backwards. We have to trust the American people again.”

On the Democratic side of the aisle, Senator Elizabeth Warren strongly disagrees with the Republican agenda, saying Congress needs to focus on the nation’s disadvantaged.

"Washington already works really well for the billionaires and the big corporations and the lawyers and the lobbyists," she said. "But what about the families who lost their homes or their jobs or their retirement savings the last time Citigroup bet big on derivatives and lost? ...We were sent here to fight for those families. It is time, it is past time, for Washington to start working for them!"

Analyst Stuart Rothenberg says Warren represents a growing populist wing within the Democratic Party.

“The populist, anti-establishment, Democratic progressive Left is developing," he said. "Supporters of Senator Elizabeth Warren, Mayor DeBlasio from New York, the movement that wants to talk more about equality and fairness, $15-$20 minimum wage, that is a growing force within the Democratic Party.”

But on issues such as immigration, Rothenberg says Republicans are more divided than Democrats.

“So in that regard, Republicans are more divided," he said. "The Republicans are more intimidated at the moment by their most ideological wing, the Tea Party folks, and so they probably have somewhat more blame for the paralysis.”

As expert crews work on restoring the beautiful dome on the outside of the U.S. Capitol, some analysts say lawmakers on the inside also have plenty of work to do to restore trust and find common ground.

詞匯解析

display

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.顯示；陳列；炫耀

vt.顯示；表現(xiàn)；夸示

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用作名詞 (n.)

There will be a display of bronze statuary in this museum next week.

下星期這個博物館將舉辦一個青銅雕塑作品展覽。

用作及物動詞 (vt.)

He had an opportunity to fully display his talents.

他有了大顯身手的機會。

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component

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.零部件；元件；組成部分；成分

adj.組成的；構(gòu)成的

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用作名詞 (n.)

A chemist can seperate a medicine into its components.

化學家能把一種藥物的各種成分分解出來。

用作形容詞 (adj.)

The processing and assembling business is a component part of our foreign trade.

加工裝配貿(mào)易是我們對外貿(mào)易的一個組成部分。

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terror

難度：2星擴展詞匯，屬常用10000詞

英漢解釋

n.恐怖；驚駭；<口>令人懼怕或討厭的人或事物

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用作名詞 (n.)

Her face worked as she stared at him in terror.

她驚恐地注視著他，臉也嚇得抽動起來。

His terror is so great that he can do nothing.

他驚駭萬分以致什么事都不能做。

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discrimination

難度：2星擴展詞匯，屬常用10000詞

英漢解釋

n.歧視；鑒賞力；辨別

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用作名詞 (n.)

He is passionately opposed to racial discrimination.

他極端反對種族歧視。

The furnishings in their house showed taste and discrimination.

他們家的室內(nèi)陳設(shè)顯示了主人的審美力和鑒賞力。

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bunch

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.串；束；一群；捆

n.突出物；凸起

vt.使成一束(或一群等)

vi.隆起；成束成群

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用作名詞 (n.)

Can you make these flowers a bunch?

請你把這些花系成捆行嗎?

用作及物動詞 (vt.)

Don't bunch up all the candlesticks in one corner of the shelf.

不要把蠟燭臺全部捆在一起放在架子的一個角上。

用作不及物動詞 (vi.)

Spread out more. Don't bunch up on the centre.

再散開一點，不要都擠在中間。

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electrical

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

adj.電的；與電有關(guān)的

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

Now electrical appliances have entered into ordinary families.

現(xiàn)在家用電器已經(jīng)步入普通家庭。

The cooker isn't working because of an electrical fault.

這個炊具不能用了，因為出了電氣方面的故障。

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stuff

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.東西；原料；材料

n.素質(zhì)；本質(zhì)；廢物；無用的想法；廢話，蠢話

vt.塞滿；填滿

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用作名詞 (n.)

Get rid of that stuff in the garage.

把車庫里那些沒有用的東西處理掉。

用作及物動詞 (vt.)

He stuffed the suitcase with his clothes.

他把衣服塞滿手提箱。

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