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[00:00.10]The New York Post Iran a headline with the words “brain damage”

[00:05.69] in reporting on comments from Republican strategist Karl Rove during a recent speech that raised questions about Hillary Clinton’s health.

[00:14.33]Clinton did not address the Rove comments in a speech Friday.

[00:18.00]She was treated for a blood clot in 2012 after suffering a concussion in a fall at her home.

[00:28.04]Former President Bill Clinton laughed off Rove’s comments and said his wife is in good health.

[00:34.69]“Now they say she has really got brain damage.

[00:37.40]If she does, then I must be in really tough shape because she is still quicker than I am.”

[00:43.18]Rove was a key political adviser to former President George W. Bush and sought to clarify his remarks on Fox News.

[00:51.08]“I didn’t say she had brain damage.

[00:53.24]She had a serious health episode.

[00:55.69]This will be an issue in the 2016 race whether she likes it or not,” he said.

[00:59.24]Clinton has said she will decide on a presidential run by the end of this year.

[01:03.28]Democratic pollster Celinda Lake said she can expect more attacks if she decides to seek the White House.

[01:10.57]“Just as people were unbounded in their commentary about Obama,

[01:15.29]they will be unbounded in their commentary on her, and she’s tough enough, she can take it.

[01:20.06]She’s taken it for years.”

[01:21.40]Clinton’s record as secretary of state will get fresh scrutiny from a special committee set up

[01:27.12]by House Republicans to probe the 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya,

[01:34.95]which resulted in the deaths of four Americans.

[01:38.71]Clinton defended her handling of the incident during a Senate hearing in 2013.

[01:43.66]“Was it because of a protest or was it because guys were out for a walk one night and decided to go kill some Americans?

[01:49.32]What difference at this point does it make?”

[01:52.20]Clinton is familiar with Republican attacks from her eight years as first lady, said public opinion expert Karlyn Bowman.

[02:00.47]“There is a base of opposition to Hillary Clinton.

[02:03.24]It is part of the Republican conservative base, and that is not inconsequential,

[02:08.80]but I think she looks like a pretty strong candidate at this point,” said Bowman.

[02:11.73]Clinton’s book on her tenure as secretary of state, entitled Hard Choices, will be published next month.

词汇解析

prominent

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

adj.显著的；杰出的；突出的

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

That school is prominent in baseball.

那个学校以棒球著称。

She is having a lean, gaunt frame with prominent bones.

他骨瘦如柴的身材又细又瘦,骨骼突出的

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clarify

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

vt.澄清；阐明；净化

参考例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

These brief remarks may serve to clarify the fact.

这些简要的评论可以澄清事实。

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mission

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.使命；代表团；任务；布道

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

A Chinese trade mission has been dispatched to Japan.

一个中国贸易代表团已被派往日本。

He has been on confidential missions to Berlin.

他前往柏林执行秘密任务。

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incident

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.事变；事件；插曲

adj.难免的；附带的

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

The police are connecting this incident with last week's terrorist bombing.

警方认为这次事件和上周的恐怖分子爆炸事件有关。

用作形容词 (adj.)

There are many evils incident to human society.

人类社会有很多罪恶。

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expert

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.专家；能手

adj.熟练的；内行的

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

She is a reputable expert.

她是个有声望的专家。

用作形容词 (adj.)

The surgeon cut away the tumour with expert skill.

外科大夫用熟练的技术把肿瘤切去。

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conservative

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

adj.保守的；守旧的

n.保守派(党)；保守的人

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

The professor's a radical in politics but a conservative dresser.

教授在政治上是激进派,但衣着却很守旧。

用作名词 (n.)

He listed himself as a conservative.

他自称是一个保守主义者。

 

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