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  3. A. Isaac, the tropical storm, is on its way B. The dispute between the Chicago Teachers Union and the school board C. Texa

A. Isaac, the tropical storm, is on its way B. The dispute between the Chicago Teachers Union and the school board C. Texa

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问题    A. Isaac, the tropical storm, is on its way
   B. The dispute between the Chicago Teachers Union and the school board
   C. Texas was hit hardest by the spread of West Nile virus
   D. U. S. national debt surged to a new high
   【R1】______
   The mayor of Dallas, says his city is facing an emergency. The problem is West Nile Virus. There is an outbreak of it happening around the U. S. It’s the biggest jump in the number of reported cases of West Nile since 2004, and the outbreak is spreading. This map shows some of the states that have been hit the hardest. By far, Texas has had it the worst: More than 380 confirmed cases of West Nile there. Officials are trying to fight the outbreak by using a spray to kill infected mosquitoes. The insects spread the disease after they get it from birds.
   West Nile started in Africa. No one knows how it got to the U. S. , but we do know when it arrived: 1999. Most people who get West Nile don’t get seriously sick. Dr. Sanjay Gupta runs through some of the symptoms of this disease. The vast majority of people who get West Nile won’t have hardly any symptoms at all, or so mild that they won’t realize that in fact they have West Nile.
   【R2】______
   Early Sunday, this was listed as a tropical storm with wind speeds up to 65 miles per hour. But forecasters were saying Isaac could strengthen to a hurricane today. And that’s when it was expected to move across the Florida Keys. Around Florida, people started getting ready for the storm last week. They filled sandbags and stocked stuck up on supplies, things like bottled water, butteries and flashlights.
   The storm’s projected path showed it moving up into the Gulf of Mexico, west of Tampa. That’s why the start of the Republican National Convention which is happening in Tampa is being delayed until tomorrow. Officials are hoping that’ll make it safer for delegates. Tropical storm Isaac moved across the Caribbean over the weekend, one of the countries it hit there was Haiti.
   【R3】______
   U. S. national debt has hit a new milestone, and it’s not a good one. The government now owes more than $16 trillion. That’s 16 with 12 zeroes after it, and still counting. We can put it this way, if you spend a million dollars a day, it would take you almost 44, 000 years to spend 16 trillion.
   For this debt many Republicans blame Democrats and President Barack Obama. Many Democrats blame Republicans and former president George W. Bush. Two things we can say for sure. One, the government is spending a lot of money, and two, it’s taking in a lot less tax revenue because of the struggling economy, so you can count on this number increasing in the months ahead.
   【R4】______
   Three hundred and fifty thousand students in America’s largest school district are not back in class today. The earliest that could happen is Wednesday, and the standoff between the Chicago Teachers Union and the school board has not been resolved. School officials took legal action on Monday trying to force teachers off the picket lines and in the classrooms.
   The city calls the dispute dangerous and says it’s against the law while the Teachers Union accused Chicago Mayor Rahm Emaneul of trying to bully teachers into accepting a deal. Now, there is a deal. It’s a tentative one, but many members of the Chicago Teachers Union aren’t happy with it, they want more time to look it over before they sign on. The big issue is here, how long the school day is, how teachers are evaluated, and how secure their jobs are.
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答案A
解析     标题译文：热带风暴艾萨克即将登陆
    新闻译文：
    周日早些时候，它被称为热带风暴，风速高达每小时65英里。但是天气预报员称艾萨克今天会变成飓风。而那个时候它将登陆佛罗里达。而在佛罗里达，人们开始准备应对上周的风暴。他们装填沙袋并储存食品，诸如瓶装水，电池和手电筒等。
    风暴预计路径显示它会登陆到墨西哥湾西部的坦帕。这就是在坦帕召开的共和党全国代表大会被推迟到明天的原因。官员希望代表们更为安全。而上周末热带风暴艾萨克穿过加勒比海，并且袭击了加勒比海域的国家海地。
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