AS IT IS 2015-02-03 US Senator Calls for Ground Troops to Fight IS Militants 美国参议员呼吁派遣地面部队打击激进分子 United States Senator Lindsey Graham says there must be a change to the strategy in the fight against the Islamic S

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Senator Barack Obama is hoping for a boost in his quest for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination after getting the endorsement of one of the party's elder statesmen, Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts. 美国联邦参议员奥巴马希望民

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I think what we've going on here in the last 24 hours is the greatest number of Americans rescued by helicopter Sensakan Katrina.Lieutenant Coral Autoback talking about the sever flooding in Carolado. We are going to have more on that in just a momen

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今天我们要学的词是 concede. concede 的意思是承认,认输。The Senate race in Florida came to a conclusion as Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson conceded after a hand recount gave Republican challenger Rick Scott a 10,000 vote lead. 美国

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今天我们要学的词是rebound。 Rebound, 有反弹、回升的意思。Oil prices rebounded on Tuesday, reversing three days of losses, 石油价格扭转了过去三天的跌势,星期二出现回升。 美国纽约州的联邦参议员希拉里

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今天我们要学的词是running mate。 Running mate, 是竞选伙伴的意思。 麦凯恩参议员已被认定是2008年共和党总统候选人。现在He has begun getting together a list of names to choose a running mate. 当然,总统候选人

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President Bush and Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry used their political parties' weekly radio addresses to campaign for an election that is just 10 days away. 美国总统布什和民主党总统候选人克里参议员利用各自政党的每

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British Prime Minister Tony Blair says coalition forces will not retreat from Iraq, and will remain until it is a true democracy. He spoke in an interview that aired Sunday on U.S. television. 英国首相布莱尔说,在伊拉克实现真正民主之

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President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry are back on the campaign trail after their second debate Friday evening. 在星期五晚上举行第二次辩论后,布什总统和民主党总统候选人克里又重新回到竞选旅途中。 P

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President Bush and challenger John Kerry clashed over the economy, taxes and health care, Wednesday evening, in the final debate of the presidential campaign. 美国总统布什和他的挑战者克里参议员在星期三晚上进行第三场,也是

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今天我们要学的词是robocall。 Robocall指的是由计算机系统自动拨号,播放事先录制的电话留言的宣传电话。Robocall是产品促销和政治竞选的常用手段。A GOP group launched its robocall campaign against Sen

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Harry Truman was now president. He had been FDRs vice president for a little over a year. But now he was in charge. His family would live in the White House. His wife, Bess, was now the first lady. Eleanor left the White House and Washington, D.C. Sh

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Senator Hillary Clinton has won the Pennsylvania primary election, keeping her campaign for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination alive. Despite the victory, she still trails Senator Barack Obama in the total number of delegates committed to

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Senator Hillary Clinton scored crucial primary wins Tuesday in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island, reviving her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. But her opponent, Senator Barack Obama, has more pledged delegates and says he still expect

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For the next six weeks, the Democratic presidential race between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will focus on the state of Pennsylvania. The northeastern state holds its presidential primary on April 22. 民主党总统参选人联邦参议员

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The war in Iraq continues to be a sharp point of difference between the two presumptive U.S. presidential nominees, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. 在即将成为美国总统候选人的美国民主党的巴拉克.奥巴马和共和党

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Late last year, many U.S. political analysts believed that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York would easily win the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 2008. Now, while Senator Barack Obama is the presumptive Democratic nominee, Sena

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今天我们要学的词是 political motivation. Political motivation 政治动机。An attorney for the man who assaulted U.S. Senator Rand Paul said there was no political motivation behind the attack. 殴打美国联邦参议员兰德保罗的人的

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今天我们要学的词是 mistrial. Mistrial 无效审判。The corruption case against New Jersey's senator Bob Menendez ended in a mistrial after jurors reached a hopeless deadlock. 由于陪审团成员完全没有希望达成一致意见,新泽

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今天我们要学的词是 critique. Critique 有批评的意思。U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released a harsh critique, saying the Pentagon has refused to give her information about sexual assaults that happened at some major bases. 美国联邦

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