CNN news 2009-11-06 加文本

1.House Lawmakers are reviewing a Democratic Health Care Reform bill ahead of a floor debate expected tomorrow.

ahead of在…之前

例句：She left one day ahead of him.
      她是在他离开的前一天离开的。

      Ahead of us stretches a forest.
      我们前面是一片森林。

2.In the meantime, Republicans have offered their first version of a Health Care Bill that includes a series of proposals they pushed in recent month.

in the meantime在…期间,同时

例句：The corporal and two soldiers had come up in the meantime.
      这时下士和两个士兵走过来了。

a series of一系列

例句：The post office will issue a series of new stamps.
      邮局将要发行一套新邮票。