Neuroscience Finds Biological Roots of Political Stubbornness Control of Congress is at stake in this November's U.S. midterm elections. In today's highly polarized political environment, Republican and Democratic partisans have staked their position

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(九月)

U.S. Condemns Political Violence in Venezuela On August 4, explosives aboard two drones flying near Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro as he spoke in Caracas were detonated. Seven people were injured. Maduro has used the incident as a pretext to crac

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This is AP News Minute. 1. * Pope Francis has finally touched down in the US after leaving Cuba on Tuesday. The pontiff arrived at Joint Base Andrews and headed to 2-day visit to Washington DC where he will meet President Obama and deliver remarks at

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Indian government officials say prime minister Manmohan Singh was taken to a New Delhi hospital and is due to undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery Saturday to clear blockages in his heart. Earlier in the week, the prime minister canceled a tr

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委内瑞拉当局囚禁政治反对派领袖 Authorities in Venezuela have again imprisoned opposition leader Daniel Ceballos. Mr. Ceballos, the former mayor of the western city of San Cristobal, had been released from prison last year and placed un

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Political Cartoons Thrive in Heated US Presidential Campaign 政治漫画演绎激烈的美国总统竞选 Political cartoons have been around for hundreds of years. Matt Wuerker, a cartoonist for the multimedia news organization Politico, said they

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Guitarist King, Baseball's Berra Among Those Lost in 2015 2015年去世的吉他手、棒球运动员与政治领袖 Musicians, actors and politicians were among the notable people who passed away this past year. Some were famous. Others, not so well

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A congressional meeting leads off this week's coverage, but it's not a gathering of just a few hundred lawmakers. The National People's Congress has thousands. It happens every year in China, the world's most populous country. The 3,000 politicians w

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年3月

华盛顿:在本周的讲话中,奥巴马总统告诉美国民众,尽管美国在新创意、创新产业以及富有创造性的企业家等方面领先世界,但依然有太多人还在为勉强生活而挣扎。现在是国会对总统的提

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Markets Remained Relatively Stable Throughout Political Debate 华盛顿政治对峙下市场仍然保持相对稳定 NEW YORK The Wall Street financial markets have remained relatively stable throughout the protracted debate in Washington over exten

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Egyptian Woman Works to Overcome Political Divide 埃及妇女努力克服政治分歧 CAIRO Egypt is in the midst of profound polarization, with supporters and opponents of the government facing off on the national stage, as well as the personal one

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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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基督教编辑称政治伊斯兰在埃及不受欢迎 The head of Egypts weekly Christian newspaper calls the ouster of former president Morsi a peoples coup, not a military takeover. Youssef Sidhom says his country is in a struggle against politica

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Kenyan Presidential Candidates Make Final Push 肯尼亚总统候选人最后一搏 NAIROBI, KENYA With just under a week to go before Kenyas presidential election, candidates are making their final efforts to court voters. 肯尼亚首都内罗比,距

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今天还是要讲在大选年里新闻界常会用来报导有关选举的情况的两个习惯用语。我们要学的第一个习惯用语是: pork barrel。 Pork是猪肉,而barrel是木头制成的圆桶pork barrel要是直译就是装猪肉的木

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在西方国家,pied piper(花衣魔笛手)是一个常用的政治宣传标语,这个标语的政治喻意是什么呢?让我们从下面这个古老的民间传说找寻答案吧。 传说,

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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 fringe. Fringe有边缘的意思,可以指政治团体里的极端派。President-elect Donald Trump named Steven Bannon, who embraces fringe ideology, his senior counselor and chief strategist. 美国当选总统川普任

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Todd: OK, now Steve, the Canadian political system and the American political system are quite different. Could you explain to me how the Canadian political system works? Steve: Sure. Basically in Canada there are 10 provences and three territories.

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We start today with one of the big questions that faced the technology executive yesterday on Capitol Hill. Is Google biased against politically conservative users and in favor of politically liberal ones? That's something that a number of Republican

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