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US Congress Faces Deadline on Domestic Security Funding

After a weeklong recess, the U.S. Congress gets back to work facing a deadline: funding for domestic security operations expires at the end of the month. A Republican attempt to block President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration has been a sticking point in authorizing new spending for the Department of Homeland Security.

Another day and another terrorist threat: this one from Africa-based al-Shabaab, responsible for a deadly 2013 attack on a shopping mall in Kenya, and now claiming to have Minnesota’s Mall of America in its sights.

The threat highlights the need to keep domestic security operations funded, according to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.

“It is imperative that we have a budget for the Department of Homeland Security, which is due to expire at the end of the week,” said Johnson.

For weeks, Democrats have blocked Senate consideration of a House-passed DHS bill that would block President Obama’s executive order shielding millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. Democrats, and some Senate Republicans, are calling for a “clean” funding bill with no strings (stipulations) attached.

That is a non-starter, according to House Speaker John Boehner.

“The House has done its job. We have passed a bill that funds the department and stops the president’s unilateral actions with regard to immigration," said Boehner. "It is up to Senate Democrats to do their job.”

But the firestorm over immigration could be tempered by last week’s action by a federal court to put the president’s executive action on hold.

“I am willing and ready to pass a DHS funding bill and let this (immigration battle) play out in court," said Republican Senator Lindsey Graham. "The worst possible outcome for this nation is to defund the Department of Homeland Security given the multiple threats we face to our homeland.”

Graham said Republicans, who control both houses of Congress, will be blamed if funding lapses and the United States suffers an attack.

詞匯解析

respond

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

v.回答；響應；反應；反應靈敏；反響

n.[建]壁聯(lián)；[宗]應唱圣歌

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用作動詞 (v.)

I invited her to dinner but she did not respond.

我請她吃晚飯，但她未作回答。

The professor lectured with a beaming countenance, but the students didn't respond much, only agreeing with what he said.

教授講得眉飛色舞，學生們卻沒有太大的反響，只是隨聲應和。

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freely

英漢解釋

adv.自由地；免費地；直率地；大量地

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用作副詞 (adv.)

The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely.

伍德斯托克一代試圖自由地趕時髦。

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rival

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.競爭者；對手；同伴

adj.競爭的

v.競爭；與 ... 相匹敵

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用作名詞 (n.)

He is hound out of his job by jealous rival.

他受到忌妒他的競爭者的算計而被迫離職。

用作形容詞 (adj.)

He was utterly unscrupulous in his competition with rival firms.

他與對立公司競爭完全不講道德。

用作動詞 (v.)

Ships can't rival aircraft for speed.

輪船在速度方面無法與飛機匹敵。

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feature

難度：5星基本詞匯，屬常用1000詞

英漢解釋

n.特征；特色；容貌；特寫；故事片

vt.以 ... 為特色

vi.起重要作用

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用作名詞 (n.)

Their candor is a very pleasing feature.

他們的坦白是很愉快的特征。

用作及物動詞 (vt.)

This restaurant seems to feature vegetarian dishes.

這家餐廳似乎以素菜為其特色。

用作不及物動詞 (vi.)

Jazz and Blues feature prominently in the magazine.

爵士和藍調在雜志中占重要篇幅。

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universal

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

adj.普遍的；全世界的；宇宙的；全體的；通用的

n.通用

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

A universal theory cannot be induced from a finite number of facts.

一項宇宙的學說不能從有限數(shù)目的事實歸納而得。

Americans strongly favour the introduction of universal health care.

美國人強烈贊同推行覆蓋全體國民的醫(yī)保制度。

用作名詞 (n.)

English is a universal language.

英語是一種世界通用的語言。

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remains

難度：5星基本詞匯，屬常用1000詞

英漢解釋

n.剩余物；遺跡；遺體

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用作名詞 (n.)

After the wheat crop has been gathered, many farmers burn the remains and plough the ash into the soil, so as to enrich it.

小麥收割完成后，農夫們把剩余物燒掉，然后用犁把灰埋入地里，使土地更肥沃。

Choi's remains true today for cremation.

崔真實的遺體今天進行火葬。

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demand

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.要求；需求

v.要求；查問；需要

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用作名詞 (n.)

The demand for coal begins to slacken off in the spring.

煤的需求在春天開始減少。

用作動詞 (v.)

All these questions demand careful and detailed study.

這些都需要認真具體的研究。

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