大家到齐了,我们开始了好吗? Since everyones here, shall we get started? 我宣布会议开始。 Id like to call the meeting to order. 今天我们要讨论 Today, we are going to discuss.. 我们接着进行议程的下一项,好吗?

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 生活英语手册

Zambians went to the polls Thursday to elect a president following the untimely death of former President Levy Mwanawasa. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from our bureau in Dakar. Levy Mwanawasa (file photo) Voters in Zambia turned out early Thursd

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十月)

Thousands of Monitors Prepare for Turkish Election ISTANBUL More than 55,000 election monitors are preparing for Sundays parliamentary elections in Turkey. Tensions are high, with Turkish Kurds bracing for possible violence as the party of President

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Eight people died, including two Afghan staff members of the United Nations and at least one foreign soldier, while more than 50 other people were wounded, in the latest wave of Taliban violence around Kabul. The insurgents, who are vowing to disrupt

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Virginia Vote Could Send National Message on Political Gridlock 佛吉尼亚州投票释放的信号 WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has apologized to the American people for the problems preventing many fr

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US Senate Votes Down Controversial Oil Pipeline - For Now 美国参议院投票否决美加输油管道议案 WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate has rejected construction of a controversial pipeline to transport Canadian oil to American refineries. The $5 bi

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Anti-government protesters have continued their attempt to shutdown the capital, Bangkok, by marching to government buildings and urging the employees inside to join their strike. This comes as the countrys Constitutional Court considers whether a Fe

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 CCTV9英语新闻2014年01月

By Jeffrey Young Washington 29 October 2007 In the United States, touch-screen voting machines are more and more becoming the norm. While this new technology enables election officials to quickly tally the vote and determine the winners on Election D

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 29 March 2008 Zimbabweans wentto the polls Saturday to choose a president, parliament and local councils. The balloting was mostly peaceful although police said a bomb went off at the home of a ruling party parliamentary ca

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Historic Marijuana Vote Pits States Against US Government A historic moment for supporters of marijuana legalization in the U.S. The states of Colorado and Washington have legalized the possession and sale of marijuana for adult recreational use. The

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New York Candidates Court Muslim Voters The Arab-American Association of New York recently held a Meet the Candidates forum at a school auditorium in Brooklyn. The event offered the public an opportunity to grill candidates for local office and to re

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Tallest Candidate Wins Majority of US Presidential Elections When it comes to voter preference, a candidates positions on the issues count. But some may check a name on a ballot for a more primal reason: the candidates stature. Researchers at Texas T

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Against Odds, Libyans to Elect New Parliament 利比亚人希望选举出新议会 CAIRO, EGYPT Libyans head to the polls Wednesday for their second parliamentary elections since the 2011 toppling of leader Moammar Gadhafi. Few Libyans are expected t

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Young South Africans of Born-Free Generation Not All Keen to Vote 南非年轻一代并非都热衷于投票 JOHANNESBURG As general elections in South Africa approach, many young people who were born after the end of apartheid will vote for the firs

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In 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama won the U.S. presidency in large part because of strong voter turnout from young people, minorities, women and independents. For this year's midterm congressional elections, analysts say that Democrats need to motiv

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Millions of people in Venezuela have gone to the polls to vote in a presidential election. It started yesterday morning. The leader of the South American country has chosen through a simple majority vote and the incumbent president, Nicolas Maduro, i

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2018年7月

By Eve Troeh Los Angeles 22 February 2008 Barack Obama garnered his 11th consecutive primary win this week, when Democrats Abroad announced from Geneva, Switzerland, that the Illinois senator had won the party's Global Primary. Obama got about 65 per

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(二月)

Amid Turmoil, US House Votes to Alter Health Care Law 动荡过后美国众议院就卫生保健法举行投票 Polls show that President Barack Obamas credibility has taken a hit because of promises he made concerning his landmark health care reform

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Afghan Tribal Leaders to Vote on US-Afghan Security Pact 阿富汗部落领袖就美阿安全协议投票 KABUL More than 2,000 Afghan tribal and community elders soon will decide on an agreement that determines whether any U.S. forces will remain in

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By Michael Bowman Caracas 03 December 2006 Polls have closed in Venezuela, where voters were deciding whether socialist President Hugo Chavez deserved another six-year term in the oil-rich nation. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Caracas, official

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