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Broadcast: Jan 27, 2003 When Congress returned to session earlier this month, one of the first orders of business was to revise an ethics standard known as the

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(218) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2003(上)-文艺之窗

Millions of Americans of course watched president Obama lay out his vision for the country yesterday. Keep them honest though, even as he spoke, another big Washington power player was already gearing up to advance its agenda, not lawmakers, not admi

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Democrats and Republicans are still reporting progress on a bill aimed at reforming Wall Street. And a senate committee approved related legislation yesterday. Tough new limits on Wall Street stability to trade those controversial and risky derivativ

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Working as a Lobbyist Cody: Youre not the kind of person I would expect to work as a lobbyist. Jada: Why not? Cody: I picture lobbyists as being kind of pushy and corrupt, using underhanded tactics. Jada: Its not like that at all, at least not for me

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The federal government, displaying even less sense than usual, has yielded to the French fry industry. Frozen French friessliced, fried in oil, and then packagedare now approved as fresh vegetables by the US Department of Agriculture. The French fry

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Cody: Youre not the kind of person I would expect to work as a lobbyist. Jada: Why not? Cody: I picture lobbyists as being kind of pushy and corrupt, using underhanded tactics. Jada: Its not like that at all, at least not for me. I just use my powers

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By Jim Malone Washington 03 January 2006 A once powerful Washington lobbyist pleaded guilty to criminal corruption charges Tuesday as part of an agreement to cooperate with federal prosecutors investi

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今天我们要讲的两个习惯用语都跟吃午饭有关系。午饭在英文里就是:Lunch美国人有一个很老的俗语,那就是:There's no such thing as a free lunch. 这个俗语翻到

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(135) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 04 January 2006 Although most members of Congress are still away from Washington on a lengthy break, repercussions of the scandal involving former lobbyist Jack Abramoff a

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Owl City - Super Honeymoon Glamour and fashion Models and magazines... a striking runway entrance Beauty and passion Stardust and high class scenes of popular teens When I lived in Denver, I met a millionaire With ribbons in her blonde hair I still r

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: The Environmental Protection Agency gets a new leader next week. Andrew Wheeler will take over as acting administrator. Of course this is because Scott Pruitt resigned yesterday amid many allegations of ethical violations. We'll ge

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(125) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台7月

By Parke Brewer Phoenix 02 February 2008 This year's U.S. National Football League Championship game, The Super Bowl, is expected to be one of the most watched in history. That is because for only the second time in 42 Super Bowls, a team comes in un

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Charlie, get off the phone. 查理,电话挂了 I need signs right now, at least a hundred. 我这就需要标语牌,至少一百块 You know what? Let them set it up. 你知道吗,让他们去吧 It's actually better for us that way. 这样反而

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By Tony Budny Washington, DC 01 February 2008 Hundreds of millions of people from around the world will watch the New York Giants face the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl this Sunday. The National Football League championship game is traditio

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英伦经典,年少轻狂:Supergrass Supergrass,上世纪九十年代最成功的Britpop乐队之一。在美国,他们的大歌迷斯蒂文斯皮尔柏格甚至萌发了以Supergrass为蓝本拍摄电视剧的主意。在他们的音乐中,你

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今天我们要学的词是bombshell。 Bombshell, 是指引起震惊的事件。Cuban leader Fidel Castro's decision to retire came as a bombshell, 古巴领导人卡斯特罗决定退休的消息引起了轰动。 纽约时报上星期刊登了关于

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今天我们要学的词是bombshell。 Bombshell, 是指引起震惊的事件。Cuban leader Fidel Castro's decision to retire came as a bombshell, 古巴领导人卡斯特罗决定退休的消息引起了轰动。 纽约时报上星期刊登了关于

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Nader says 'Only the Super Rich Can Save Us' offers a roadmap to a practical utopia. Some of the richest Americans are using their wealth for the common good. Businessman and investor Warren Buffett, Microsoft's founder Bill Gates and financier Georg

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(172) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(二月)

今天我们要学的词是lobbyist. Lobbyist 说客。Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said that lawmakers should wait for six years before they become lobbyists. 美国前佛罗里达州州长杰布.布什说,国会议员离职后应该等六年,

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Subject:Have you passed the bar exam? 迷你对话 A: I want to work as a lawyer in your company. Do you think I am qualified? 我想在你的公司当律师,你看我合格吗? B: Have you ever passed the bar exam. 你通过律师资格考试了

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accumulation model
AFAB
air leg
airbrush
aminotrate
antimony liver
Asiatic wildcats
bandmill
bevel square
biting into
blanking pulse insertion
blennostatic
Bohr compactification
brickles
buprestis (akiyamaia) mirabilis
chromium minerals
cicourel
completely monotonic
concert grand
continuous wave(cw)
conundra
delay counter
dheeng
duplicate warrant
economical current density
effl
electric power meter
elegant style
executive module
exhibition aerobatics
flat bend
gala
goth
guying
hardpoint demonstration array radar
help form
Henoch's disease
high mallows
high performance propellant
His Reverence
how so
hysterosalpingography
interliner passenger
interlocking data
intrusive mountain
Kordofanian
library planning
live steam sparge pipe
living example
Long Crendon
ltd.s
Maunath Bhanjan
meter base
milk cooling equipment
mirror polishing
Muirs
nightwoods
nuclear magnetisation
office labourer
open garden theater
out-patient department
panel type automatic switch board
pastoral staff
peak matching method
Peam Kreng
pepsase
postmediastinum
quicker-and-dirtier
recaptive
reflective array
rubber effect
sentencia
silver brocade
single-key
spotwelding
static magnet
steam cleaning
streaking lineation
subject cases
super-strong carbon fibre
Tai Lam Tunnel
take a light pair of heels
tenderheartednesses
thermo-electric traction
thread lock
tout about/around
tumidnesses
Twin Peaks
two-stage desulfurization
ultra-high-pressure waterjet
unconformity plane
unshifting
USB mass storage
uva
vertical redundance check
visceral vessel (or splanchnic vessel)
walking-tours
water-lettuces
waterfalls
window fly
word came that