In the U.S. Capitol on Friday, House Speaker Paul Ryan said, quote, We are going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future. A Republican plan to repeal and replace the law didnt look like it was going to get enough votes in the House to

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年3月

We're starting in the U.S. landmark of Capitol Hill, where congressional Republicans and U.S. President Donald Trump had been working on a new healthcare plan. It would repeal and replace a health care law passed in 2010 by congressional Democrats an

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年9月

Comparing the U.S. economy to a house on shifting sands, President Barack Obama has appealed to the U.S. financial industry to support reforms he describes as vital to avoiding another economic collapse. The president spoke in New York. 美国总统奥

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2010年4月

We're starting in Washington, D.C. Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare. The health reform law was considered former President Barack Obama's biggest domestic achieve

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年6月

Second story out of Washington broke in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Republicans in Congress took another big step toward a major overhaul of the U.S. tax code. The Senate passed a tax reform bill at 2:00 a.m. Fifty-one Republicans voted for it

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Many Northerners, who loved the Union, thought that slavery should be confined to the states where it existed. 许多热爱联邦的北方人认为奴隶制应该被限制到已经有奴隶制的州, They thought that slavery should not be permitte

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 美国学生历史

Hi everybody. Today, I'm at Del Sol High School, in Las Vegas, to talk with students and families about immigration. 大家好!今天,我来到了拉斯维加斯的德素高中,与这里的同学和家长们谈论移民问题。 We are a nation

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 奥巴马每周电视讲话

U.S. President Barack Obama keeps the focus squarely on the troubled American economy this week as he signs a massive stimulus package into law, and announces steps to help the housing market. 美国总统奥巴马把本周的工作重点继续坚定不

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年2月

Louise Slaughter Was Congress's Food Safety Champion Legislation to restrict the current overuse, I would say abuse, of antibiotics by farmers who raise livestock for human consumption.Louise Slaughter, member of Congress from upstate New York, in 20

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年科学美国人4月

奥巴马每周电视讲话:总统呼吁两党齐心协力 延长《紧急失业保险法案》 Hi, everybody, and Happy New Year. 大家好,新年快乐。 This is a time when we look ahead to all the possibilities and opportunities of the year

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 奥巴马每周电视讲话

Hello. This week, I traveled across the country to talk about my all-of-the-above energy strategy for America a strategy where we produce more oil and gas here at home, but also more biofuels and fuel-efficient cars; more solar power and wind power a

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 奥巴马每周电视讲话

Over the past three years, we've been clawing our way back from the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. 过去三年来,我们一直在我们的一生中经历过的最严重的经济危机中缓慢恢复。 And we know it will take longer than a

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 奥巴马每周电视讲话

They are close now, but it's taken the best part of three years for Rachael Dobson to recover from postnatal depression that was so severe it might have ended in tragedy. She wanted little to do with Andreas when he was born. The smiles were for the

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 英伦广角

Thousands Rally for Immigration Reform Stalled by Government Shutdown 政府关门引发的移民改革集会 The U.S. government shutdown has stalled an immigration reform bill that could affect an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2013年(十月)

PARIS, May 5 (Xinhua) -- French lawmakers of the National Assembly passed Tuesday by 438 votes to 86 a controversial bill on expanding intelligence services' surveillance power. The bill, aimed to protect French from terrorist attacks, would give Fre

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(195) / 评论(0) 分类 cctv9英语新闻2015年

今天我们要学的词是grounds。 Grounds, 有理由、根据的意思。 The governor vetoed the bill on security grounds, 州长以安全为由,否决了这项议案。 More than 20% of the ballots were invalidated on the grounds of fraud, 百分

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

The Obama administration is sending its top envoy for East Asia to visit China, Japan, South Korea and Singapore. The State Department says Daniel Russel, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, will start his visit on Monday

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(120) / 评论(0) 分类 2014CRI中国国际广播电台

The U.S. Senate has defied a veto threat from President Bush and approved legislation that would prohibit intelligence agencies from using extreme interrogation techniques, including waterboarding. The measure was included in a bill to authorize inte

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年2月

The U.S. Senate has followed the lead of the House of Representatives and approved a $410 billion bill to fund the federal government through September 30. President Barack Obama is expected to sign the measure into law. 美国国会参议院批准了一

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年3月

Hi, everybody. 嗨,各位好。 It's now been four years since a crisis that began on Wall Street spread to Main Street, hammering middle-class families and ultimately costing our economy 9 million jobs. 4年前华尔街的危机蔓延至全社会,

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 奥巴马每周电视讲话