These Facebook posts may look legitimate but they were part of a disinformation campaign coordinated by Iranians and recently uncovered by the company.As the U.S. prepares for its midterm elections, the social network giant is working to reduce misin

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(十一月)

US Holds Elections on November 6 On Tuesday, November 6, Americans will choose hundreds of federal lawmakers and state officials. The election is called the midterm because it comes in the middle of the presidents four-year term. But even though the

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

电影词典 Laurence Olivier 劳伦斯.奥利弗 美国俚语 hold up : 慢一点;推迟,拖延 e.g. 1I asked my tennis partner to hold up so I could tie my shoelace. 我让我的网球搭档慢一点,等我系下我的鞋带。 2The plane was

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 听动感英语学口语

Daniel:Well, thanks for everything you did today. 丹尼尔:谢谢你今天所做的一切。 Betty:You're the one who saved the day. 贝蒂:你是今天的救星。 Daniel:Yeah, but you're the one who brought Sofia here. 丹尼尔:嗯,但索菲亚是

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Change a meeting 变更约会 A:Mr. Brown, I hope I'm not disturbing you. 布朗先生,希望我没有定打扰您。 B:No, not at all. 不,没有。 A:I must make apologies. I won't be able to keep my appointment with you tomorrow morning. Unfor

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本篇是乔辛迪波沙达在TED 大学会议的一个短篇讲演,他与大家分享了一个关于推迟享受的有意义的试验,以及这个试验如何预示参与者以后的成就。他放映了小孩们各自尽最大努力不吃棉花糖

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:莫名关系

今天我们再学几个美国政坛常用的习惯用语。第一个是:landslide。 Landslide,原来的意思是山崩、塌方,是由于大雨或者地震而导致大量的泥土石块从高处崩塌下来。这样由泥石汇成的巨流有排

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206 瓦西德推迟与议会对质日期 Wahid Postpones Confrontation with Parliament Patricia Nunan Jakarta 20 Jul 2001 10:09 UTC Indonesia's president appears to be backing off plans to declare a s

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今天我们来学几个在总统大选中常会用上的词汇和习惯用语。在大选举行前,几乎隔一天就会公布一次民意调查结果,衡量那些希望得到共和党或民主党总统侯选人提名的人在选民中支持率的

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

今天还是要继续讲在2000年的大选后的争持中,新闻界常用的两个习惯用语。当2000年的大选尘埃落定乔治W.布什赢得最终胜利之后,副总统戈尔虽然败阵,却落落大方地在白宫边上的副总统办公

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今天我们要学的词是postpone。 Postpone推迟。 Justin Bieber had to postpone his concert because he was sick, 贾斯汀.比伯因为生病,不得不推迟演唱会。We had to postpone the trip because of the hurricane, 由于飓风的影响

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With all but half a percent of the ballots counted from Sunday's presidential election in Russia, Kremlin candidate Dmitri Medvedev has garnered more than all of his opponents, combined. Now, Medvedev is indicating how he will share power with outgoi

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年3月

Concerns about a possible delay in Zimbabwe's presidential run-off election are increasing. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights has warned that the any delay beyond the 21 day limit from May 2 when results were released will be a breach of election law

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Only gravedigger in town 镇上唯一的掘墓人 词汇扫描 seminar ['seminɑ:] 讨论班 make up 补偿 insist [in'sist] 坚持 postpone [p?ust'p?un] 推迟 英文原文 One of my students could not take my college seminar final exam because of a

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今天我们要学的词组是on hold。我们打电话有时会让对方拿着电话等一等。我们会说,Sorry I have to put you on hold, 对不起,请你在电话上等一下。 On hold在别的场合有推迟的意思。 比如根据北韩同

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今天我们要学的词是put off。 To put off, 有推迟、拖延的意思。 City council decided to put off the vote on the proposal, 市政委员会决定推迟就这项提案投票表决。 The economic downturn forced many people to put off t

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是call off。 To call off, 意思是取消或推迟。 The wedding was called off because of flooding, 婚礼因为发大水而被迫推迟。 A planned strike was called off to allow further negotiations, 原定罢工推迟,

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本期内容: Opinion polls suggested that Hillary Clinton won Americas presidential debate on Sundaythe ugliest ever. The Republican nominee, who did better than expected, said Mrs Clinton had hate in her heart; she repeatedly questioned his tempe

发表于:2019-03-02 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 夏说英语新闻晨读

France says it turned away nearly 3.5 thousand people from its borders since a state of the emergency with introduced after last month attacks in Paris. The French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said they were refused entry because they posed a

发表于:2019-03-06 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力精选进阶版

Safety Concerns Delay US Effort to Restart Human Spaceflight NASA reportedly has warned SpaceX and Boeing of its concerns over the design and safety of their astronaut launch systems. The Reuters news agency says the problems could threaten efforts b

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