Democrats Win Control of House, Creating Divide in Congress The Democratic Party is set to take control of the United States House of Representatives, following the countrys midterm elections Tuesday. The Republican Party will keep its majority in th

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

TED2013大会开幕伊始,詹尼弗格兰霍姆抛出了一个针对美国人却又影响世界的问题:我们如何创造更多的工作?她的想法是通过投资新的可替代能源。而她所面对的巨大挑战是能否在借助或不借

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This is AP News Minute. Police raided a block of apartments in central Manchester following Monday's attack that killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert. The bombing suspect's father and one of his brothers were arrested in Libya. And another br

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IN THE NEWS - Same-Sex Marriage Faced a Serious Test this Week in the United States 新闻报道 - 美国最高法院本周审理同性婚姻相关案件 From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。

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Homosexual couples in New York are being married for the first time after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a law permitting same sex marriage in the state last month. But such marriages, though now legal in New York, remain controversial. 美国纽约州的

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What kind of people are we dealing with here? ________1_________. Utah, I need a theory. So why not _____2_______and escape like a normal person? Because I'm thinking these aren't normal people, sir. I believe that, like me, the people behind those r

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Warsi's Warning Over 'Xenophobic Campaigns' Baroness Warsi denies her switching sides is a put-up job, saying she had concerns about the Leave camp's tone for months.

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英伦广角

经济学这门忧郁科学在这场乐观的讲演中大放异彩. 经济学家Alex Tabarrok认为自由贸易和全球化正把曾经分裂的世界塑造成一个共享创新的社会, 这个社会的未来会比任何人的预测都更加健康,幸

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IN THE NEWS - Obama's Decision to Support Same-Sex Marriage 新闻报道 - 奥巴马宣布支持同性婚姻 成为首位公开支持的在任总统 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 This wee

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Presidential Election Campaigning Underway in Iowa 总统选举竞选活动在爱荷华举行 CEDAR FALLS, IOWA Although the November 2016 presidential election is over a year and half away, campaigning to choose party nominees is already underway in

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'Deep State' Feared, Welcomed in Split Egypt埃及陷入政治社会深度分裂 CAIRO As Egypt reels with deep and violent political divisions, big challenges are still ahead for a nation trying to live up to the promise of its 2011 revolution. The

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今天我们要学的词是discriminate against。Discriminate against, 歧视。美国司法部指控说, Bank of America discriminated against qualified African-American and Hispanic applicants for home loans from 2004-2008, 美国银行在2004到

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阅读理解部分 1.capture n.捕获, 战利品 vt.俘获, 捕获, 夺取 2.imagination n.想象, 空想, 想象的事物, 想象力, 听觉 3.at the mercy of adv. 受...支配 4.fascinated vt.使着迷

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今天我们要学的词是legalize。 Legalize, 是动词,意思是使一件事情合法化。佛蒙特议会投票表决,批准同性婚姻合法化。 Vermont has become the fourth state to legalize gay marriage, 佛蒙特成为美国第四个承

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今天我们要学的词是bearing. Bearing is spelled b-e-a-r-i-n-g, bearing. Bearing 意思是关系,意义。我们常用 to have bearing on something 意思就是同某事有关系,对某事有影响。The decision had much bearing on the way

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WASHINGTON -- An overwhelming majority of US blacks say the verdict of George Zimmerman was wrong, while a majority of whites say the verdict was right, a Gallup poll showed Monday. The poll found, an overwhelming 85 percent of blacks say the verdict

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一个英语单词可分为三部分:前缀(prefix)词根(root)后缀(suffix)。位于词根前面的部分就是前缀。前缀,可以改变单词的意思。 an(用于名词和形容词)地方的,与有联系的,精通的人

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今天我们要学的词是same-sex。 Same-sex, 同性。 Same-sex couples, 同性伴侣。 Same-sex marriage, 同性婚姻。根据法院裁决,康涅迪克州成为美国第二个承认同性恋婚姻的州。 Connecticut begins issuing marriage

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Facing Divided Congress, Trump Calls for Unity Facing a divided Congress for the first time in his presidency, U.S. President Donald Trump called for the nation to govern not as two parties but as one nation. The call for unity came as the president

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Leaders Centrifugal Spain 先驱 沙盘上的西班牙 Umbrage in Catalonia 阴云笼罩卡泰罗尼亚 Even though the spectre of secession is an unwelcome distraction, Spain still needs to change 分裂的阴影分散了西班牙的注意力,尽管

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