美国国家公共电台 NPR Democrats Won The Suburbs. Now They Have To Hold Them

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Democrats may end up flipping 40 House seats this year. Many of that party's wins in the midterms were in the suburbs. Districts around Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston and Oklahoma City all went blue. So how's that going to transla

美国国家公共电台 NPR Democrats Built A Small-Donor Money Machine. Now, Republicans Want Their Own

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Small donors are one of the big reasons Democrats now control the House of Representatives. The independent digital fundraising platform called ActBlue helped make that happen. Now Republicans want their own version of ActBlue. H

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'An Opportunity To Be Thankful': Reflecting On A First Thanksgiving In The U.S.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's Friday, which means it's time for StoryCorps. Fifty years ago, Roy Daley was living in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. He was 23 when a friend offered him a job in the United States. He hopped a pl

美国国家公共电台 NPR Many Who Buy ACA Health Plans For 2019 Find Lower Prices And More Choice

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We are in the middle of open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act. It goes until December 15. People can sign up for health insurance plans under Obamacare. And holiday health insurance shoppers are finding something new this y

美国国家公共电台 NPR The U.K. Economy Is Growing — But Its Energy Use Is Shrinking

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're now going to shift over to the United Kingdom, where energy use has been dropping over the past 15 years. But it's been a quiet victory and a mysterious one, as NPR's Camila Domonoske reports. CAMILA DOMONOSKE, BYLINE: Brit

美国国家公共电台 NPR Militants, Police Killed In Failed Attack On Chinese Consulate In Karachi

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Two acts of violence in Pakistan today highlighted two trends in that giant country. One attack was a bomb at an open-air vegetable market. Early estimates found more than 35 people were killed in the explosion. The attack was in

美国国家公共电台 NPR From Believeland To Blockland — Cleveland Aims To Be A Tech Hub

From Believeland To Blockland Cleveland Aims To Be A Tech Hub STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Cleveland, Ohio, is moving to update its image and its economy. The city known for old-line industries, Lake Erie, LeBron James and the Rock Roll Hall of Fame wants to

美国国家公共电台 NPR Comedian Neal Brennan on Stand-Up, Chappelle's Show and PC Culture

ROBERT GARCIA, HOST: What's up, everybody? Peace. Just heads up, there may be some strong language in this episode. ADRIAN BARTOS, HOST: Ooh (ph) - some bad words. GARCIA: (Laughter). NEAL BRENNAN: I did a show on the Lower East Side. It just felt li

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Some educators want kids in school to do more project-based learning - you know, where kids are given something concrete to do, like a history diorama or a project in one of my kid's classes where everybody in the class had to do

美国国家公共电台 NPR Feathered Friends Large And Small Flock On Cornell's 'Wall Of Birds'

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: At the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, there is an epic mural called simply The Wall Of Birds. It is the only mural in the world representing all 243 families of modern birds along with depictions of their evolution over their

美国国家公共电台 NPR Actor Michael Caine, 85, On His Long Career: 'The Alternative Was A Factory'

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Sir Michael Caine has been filling our movie screens for half a century. His breakout role came in 1966 as the callous heartthrob in Alfie. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, ALFIE) MICHAEL CAINE: (As Alfie) Well, you all settled in? Right, we ca

美国国家公共电台 NPR Merck Pulls Out Of Agreement To Supply Life-Saving Vaccine To Millions Of Kids

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The pharmaceutical giant Merck is pulling out of an agreement to sell a lifesaving vaccine to poor countries at a reduced cost. At the same time, the company has just started sending the vaccine to China, where it will likely be

美国国家公共电台 NPR Another 'Civil War'? Pessimism About Political Violence Deepens In A Divided Nation

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The U.S. has had three alarming incidents in a matter of days - the shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, another at a supermarket in Louisville, Ky., and the bomb scare, suspicious packages mailed to prominent Democrats. These ra

美国国家公共电台 NPR On #MeToo, Americans More Divided By Party Than Gender

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: One year after the #MeToo movement took off, a new NPR/Ipsos poll shows the nation is deeply divided on the issue of sexual assault and harassment. Most of the thousand Americans surveyed see progress in holding offenders account

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Auntie Maxine' Waters Gets Ready To Take On The Banks As House Panel Chair

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California is one of President Trump's fiercest critics. She has repeatedly called for his impeachment. And now with Democrats taking control of the House, Waters is expected to head the p

美国国家公共电台 NPR Viva Las Vegas: Elvis, Adelson Honored With Presidential Medal Of Freedom

DAVID GREENE, HOST: A king, a senator and a sultan will be honored at the White House this afternoon. President Trump is presenting the nation's highest civilian honor to seven people that also includes Elvis Presley and Babe Ruth. The president deci

美国国家公共电台 NPR Education Dept. Proposes Enhanced Protection For Students Accused Of Sexual Assault

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Trump administration says it is changing the way that colleges should handle cases of sexual assault and harassment. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is changing rules from President Obama's time. She says the old way was unfa

美国国家公共电台 NPR Cranberry Relish: The NPR Recipe That Divides Thanksgiving Tables

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Year after year, there are certain ways you know Thanksgiving is approaching. Election time has more or less passed. High school football is finishing up. College football is closing in on bowl season. You're debating people abou

美国国家公共电台 NPR Yes, It's Almost Decision Time For 2020 Democratic Presidential Hopefuls

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Some of the big 2018 elections are still too close to call. But dozens of Democrats are already making plans for the presidential election that is two years away. We're hearing that their decisions are coming soon. In conversatio

学个词-wary

今天我们要学的词是 wary. Wary 是小心谨慎，警惕的意思。Celebrated singer and actor Pat Boone noted in a recent interview that conservative stars in Hollywood are wary of publicly discussing their personal politics for fear of publ