World's First Anti-Tobacco Treaty Goes into Force The world's first treaty aimed at cutting tobacco-related deaths has come into force. The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(132) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语听者文摘

1. President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall meeting in Ohio. There, he calls on Congress to enact a new job-creation bill, and he demands that include tax breaks for small businesses hiring and for people who make their homes more energy efficien

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Pakistan Anti-Taliban Offensive Sparks Mass-Displacement 巴基斯坦反塔利班攻势扩大 As Pakistani forces target Islamist militants in the countrys volatile northwest, the government is attempting to accommodate hundreds of thousands of peopl

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Baltimore Sees Fifth Day of Police Protests 巴尔的摩反警察暴力抗议第五天 BALTIMORE Hundreds of protesters gathered Thursday in downtown Baltimore, in the eastern U.S. state of Maryland, to again demand changes to the justice system foll

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AS IT IS 2015-12-11 Planned Parenthood Slaying Suspect Says He Is Guilty The man accused of killing three people and injuring nine in a shooting in Colorado last month said in court on Wednesday that he is guilty. Police say 57-year-old Robert Dear a

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Hi there, good to see you, I'm Virginia Cha at the CNN center in Atlanta, with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. GM filed for bankruptcy early this morning, and now the restructuring plans have begun, but that also means 20, 000 people wil

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We wanna talk about what we have been talking about for the last couple of months, it seems it is all coming together today, 19 protestors already have been arrested at the Notre Dame campus, and this comes hours before the president even arrives, t

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Lawmakers Push Bills on Mental Illness, Guns 美议员推动心理疾病与枪支暴力提案 CAPITOL HILL The mass killing in Santa Barbara, California that left six people dead has reignited a debate in the U.S. Congress about how to keep guns out

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US Unveils Anti-Poaching Strategy 美国公布打击反偷猎战略 The U.S. government has unveiled its strategy to fight the illegal wildlife trade. President Obama says wildlife trafficking undermines security, while decimating iconic animal popul

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With the United States' unemployment rate at its highest level this year, President Barack Obama is calling on lawmakers to pass a series of his administration's proposals to improve the economy. Opposition Republicans are blaming the president's pol

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今天我们要学的词是scrutiny。 Scrutiny是名词,意思是详细审查。美国百年老店通用汽车公司星期一申请破产,进入重组。General Motors' reorganization will come under intensive scrutiny from the U.S. Treasury, 通用

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Therefore, I wrote, after examining these different hypotheses one by one, we are forced, 我一个一个研究了各种不同的假设, every other supposition having been refuted, to accept the existence of an extremely powerful marine animal. 和所

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His coal bunkers were overflowing. Not a crewman was missing from his post. 大家要法拉古司令宫立即出发,二十四小时的迟延都不许可。船上各部门的人员一个也不少,都到齐了。 To cast off, he needed only to fire

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But, as it always happens, just when a decision had been made to chase the monster, the monster put in no further appearances. 事情往往就是这样,等人们决定要追赶这怪物的时候。怪物再也不出现了。 For two months nobody h

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An 'Anti-Bloomberg' Surges to Fore in New York City Mayoral Election 在纽约市长选举前期的反彭博浪潮 NEW YORK After 12 years of Michael Bloomberg, New York City is getting ready to elect a new mayor. Front-runner Bill de Blasio, a middl

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英语和汉语中均有从正面或反面来表达一种概念的现象。就像我们常说的“ Excuse me!” 我们常译成“对不起”,就是英语正面表达而汉语则采用反面的表达

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今天我们要学的词是doable。 Doable, 可行的,可以做到的。 It's a difficult task, but absolutely doable, 这项工作很不好做,但是绝对可以做得到。 The management gave a green light to the proposal because they conside

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Major powers meeting in China to discuss the Iran nuclear issue, ended their latest round of talks without agreement on a new proposal aimed at re-starting stalled talks with Tehran. 世界主要强国在中国讨论伊朗核问题,最后一轮会谈

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In an effort to deal comprehensively with a severe financial crisis on Wall Street, the Bush administration Friday is proposing the creation of a government agency to deal with the bad loans of U.S.-based financial institutions. The plan could cost t

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Topic 1-The Last Downer: China and the End of Down Syndrome New screenings that can predict if an unborn baby has Down syndrome have sparked wide debate across the world - mostly because their results often lead to parents choosing for abortion. As C

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