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(73) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年3月

今天我们要学的词是 hand off. Hand off 的愿意是橄榄球中的传球,引申下来就是交出、传递意思。 Former US President Obama claimed that he handed off a booming economy to President Trump at a recent rally for Democrats in

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

匹兹堡教堂枪击案受害人举行葬礼 This is AP News Minute. President Trump says he plans to sign an order next week that could lead to the large-scale detention of migrants along the southwest US border. He also says US troops were told th

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(137) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2018(十一)月

Updating another crime story. Investigators have also made an arrest in the case involving a number of suspicious packages that were addressed to more than a dozen prominent U.S. Democrats and critics of President Trump. Some of the packages carried

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A new opinion poll has bad news for the Prime Minister as MPs return to Canberra for the budget sitting of Parliament. The Fairfax poll shows that after a month of new tax announcement(s), Kevin Rudd's support has dropped 14 points to 45 per cent. Bu

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2010年

With more positive economic news from the US this morning after the employment figures were published.The new numbers show employment grew solidly for a third straight month in February.Almost 230,000 positions were added to the payroll.And the unemp

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1. Extended jobless benefits are coming to an end for some 1.3 million Americans. The Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats want to continue the program but the extensions were dropped from a budget deal earlier this month. 2. A fire on an

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2014(一)月

This is AP News Minute. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer says a lot of his fellow democrats oppose his stop-gap budget measure that would keep the government open after a Friday night deadline. Some republicans say the bill may not have enough GO

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Congressional leaders have had mixed reactions to President Barack Obama's first State of the Union speech. A number of Democratic lawmakers said the president's speech was hopeful and upbeat, while some Republicans accused the president of looking b

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Senator Barack Obama is hoping for a boost in his quest for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination after getting the endorsement of one of the party's elder statesmen, Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts. 美国联邦参议员奥巴马希望民

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-You think a lot about leadership. What do you think of President Obama as a leader? -Hum, I think he is a remarkable individual, but let me put this in context,Fareed. Just imagine that you are the CEO for company, hum? And just bear with me for a w

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This is AP News Minute. Senate Democrats talked late into the night as they tried to slow down Republican plans to get rid of President Obama's health care reform. Some Republicans are getting uncomfortable with scrapping the Affordable Care Act unti

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2017(一)月

Texas Republicans and Democrats picked their candidates for this November's first primary elections. Democrats have selected Wendy Davis while Republicans picked Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott. Twenty journalists, including some Al Jazeera employ

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(113) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2014(三)月

1. The Texas nurse infected with Ebola says in a statement that she is doing well. Nina Pham is being treated for Ebola that she contracted while caring for a Liberian man at a Dallas hospital who died from the disease. 2. North Korean state media br

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AS IT IS 2016-06-10 Obama Officially Endorses Clinton for President 奥巴马正式表态支持希拉里参选总统 U.S. President Barack Obama has officially endorsed Hillary Clinton, his former secretary of state, for president. 美国总统奥巴马

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(六)月

Bill Clinton Sells His Economic Prescriptions in New Book With U.S. unemployment stuck at nine percent, former President Bill Clinton is offering his own prescriptions for fixing the economy in a new book, Back to Work . Selling the former president'

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十一月)

Democrats in the United States cast their final ballots this week in primary elections for the party's presidential nomination. Senator Hillary Clinton has won a commanding victory in the Democratic presidential primary election held in the U.S. terr

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370. The Democratic Nominations. 370.民主党的提名 The Democratic convention met at Charleston, South Carolina. 民主党在南卡罗莱纳州的查理斯顿召开会议, It was soon evident that the Northern Democrats and the Southern Democ

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 美国学生历史

今天我们要学的词组是subpoena。 Subpoena的意思是传审、以传票传唤,要求某人在某个时间和地点就某个案件作证。法庭可以传唤证人, subpoena a witness. 美国国会也有权传唤美国官员。 比如参议

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Superheroes Sound Off on US Government Shutdown 超级英雄对政府关门的看法 LOS ANGELES What will happen to the United States if the government shutdown continues and the debt ceiling is reached? VOA heads to Hollywood to see what superheroe

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