A small, yellow bird in a cage sat on its perch outside the house.

屋外，一只小黄鸟站在鸟笼的栖木上。

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The house is far from water mains and electricity and relies on its own generators.

这座房子远离自来水总管和供电网，依靠自备的发电机。

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On its Web site, the White House Budget Office says the program to send astronauts to the moon is behind schedule, over budget and overall less important than other space investments.

美国白宫预算办公室在网站上说，此次宇航员登月计划进度落后于原定计划，耗资超出预算开支，并且从全局的角度来看，没有其他的空间计划重要。

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Last month,the members of the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity presented its action plan.

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The lamb will then be eaten as a family meal, and its blood will be smeared on the doorposts to mark the house so the angel of death knows to pass over that house -handy and the pun works in Hebrew, as well as English, In addition, each family is to eat unleavened bread.

然后这家人把羊吃掉，然后把羊血涂在门柱上，作为标记,所以当死亡天使经过的时候便可以看到,这里有一个在希伯来语和英语中都能讲得通双关语，除此之外，每一家都要吃没有发酵的面包。

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The White House budget office on Tuesday lowered its estimate for this year's federal deficit.

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The administration is expected to announce its position on the House Bill Wednesday.

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And Conservative MP Peter Bone, who sits on the panel, decried the move as "a stitch-up", claiming it was an attempt by the executive "to ignore Parliament and impose its will on the House".

BBC: Government criticised over Backbench Committee changes

The Republican Party built on its majority in the House of Representatives, marking only the second time since 1934 that a sitting president's party didn't lose House seats in a midterm ballot -- the first time for a Republican president since 1902.

CNN: GOP cites gridlock to explain House gains