AZUZ: U.S. Senator Al Franken, a Democrat from Minnesota, announced yesterday he'd be resigning. The 66-year-old was first elected to the Senate in 2008, and he worked as a comedian before that, performing for years on Saturday Night Live. But over t

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年12月

A massive storm that dumped about a half-meter of snow from Virginia to Maine did more than frustrate motorists. It added to the woes of retailers that were already bracing for weak holiday sales as the United States struggles to emerge from the deep

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年12月

Asia's travel industry, struggling with weak demand because of the weak global economy, is bracing for the fallout from the swine flu. But industry analysts say Asia's 2003 experience with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome may help the region recover

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Sometimes one day in a different place gives you more than ten years of life at home. 有时候一个在异地的一天,能抵过你在家十年的生活。 break your routine 打破常规 What travel destination has impacted you the most? 有没有一

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UNIT 7 Study 在英国求学 LISTENING 1 Phoning for Information 打电话询问资讯 Vocabulary 接下来听到的对话中,用到了 1~7 所列出的单字和片语,请从( A ) ~ ( G )中选出意思最接近的选项。 1. brochure (A

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精彩对白: Merida:Legends① are lessons. They ring with(回荡着) truths. Our kingdom is young. Our stories are not yet legend. But in them, our bond was struck②. Our clans③ were once enemies. (我们的部族曾经相互为敌)B

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Pull Out of Japanese Car Maker Toyota Latest Hit To Australia's Economy 丰田退出冲击澳大利亚经济 From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 Automobile manufacturing in Austral

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New Material May Reduce Concussion Effects 新材料可减低冲击保护运动员 As the 2016 National Football League season reaches its summit at the Super Bowl this coming Sunday (2/7), scientists are trying to learn how to more effectively prote

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President Barack Obama is proposing several measures his administration says will create millions of jobs and stimulate the sluggish economy. The nation's high unemployment rate has hit minority groups in the United States especially hard. Nearly thr

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Downton Abbey's Lady Mary is now the most in-demand British voice in America, new research has revealed. 有新研究指出,《唐顿庄园》里大小姐玛丽的声音已经成为在美国最受欢迎的英国声音。 Actress Michelle Dockery's

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英国(United Kingdom,UK)全称大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国(the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland),是由大不列颠岛(包括英格兰England、苏格兰Scotland、威尔士Wales)、 爱尔兰岛东北部

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LESSON 30 The English girl and her ayah 第三十课 英国的女孩和她的女仆 A LITTLE English girl in India was one day playing outside her father's tent, near the edge of a jungle. 在印度一个英国女孩有一天在她父亲的帐篷的外

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The crisis in world financial and stock markets has not dramatically affected most African nations. But African economists say the continent could experience considerable repercussions as lending and investment abilities tighten in the industrialized

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South Korea is taking the lead in creating a prospective pool of money with its cash-rich neighbors to prevent the worst effects of the American economic situation from spilling over in the region. Meanwhile, top financial officials are telling South

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Russian President Dmitri Medvedev says recent events in South Ossetia have complicated the country's financial markets, but there is no economic crisis. 俄罗斯总统梅德韦杰夫说,最近发生在南奥塞梯的事件给俄罗斯的金融市场

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South Korea's currency and stocks have taken a beating this week following the financial crumbling of another major US financial institution. For many Koreans, the crisis appears quite similar to what they experienced 11 years ago but this time, some

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Britain 英国 Further Education: Technical upgrade 继续教育:技术升级 The government turns its attention to the dire state of vocational training. 英国政府开始关注职业教育行业的糟糕现状投入更多金钱。 Budget cuts ar

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Electronic Dreams: How 1980s Britain Learned to Love the Computer By Tom Lean Bloomsbury/Sigma £16.99 《电子梦:20世纪80年代英国人如何迷上计算机》(Electronic Dreams: How 1980s Britain Learned to Love the Computer),汤姆?利恩

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今天我们要学的词是 storm. 大家都知道,storm作为名词是风暴的意思。而作为动词,是冲击。Sudanese demonstrators angry over a film that insults the Prophet Mohammad stormed the Germany embassy in Khartoum. 愤怒的苏丹

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Since Britain voted to leave the EU, there has been a tendency to be downbeat about the countrys economic and industrial prospects. The decision by the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank to spend £24bn on buying Arm Holdings seems in this light a welco

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