BRIAN: What are those? BILL: Those are campaign placards for John Black. BRIAN: Who is John Black? BILL: There's an election coming up soon. I'm voting for John Black for the U.S. Senate. I'm going to put the placards out in my yard. BRIAN: Oh, I se

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AS IT IS 2016-09-30 Candidate Gary Johnson's "Aleppo Moment" 候选人加里约翰逊的阿勒颇时刻 This is Whats Trending Today. Gary Johnson is the Libertarian Party candidate for president. His name will appear on ballots in every U.S. sta

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选举 election 投票 cast a ballot 计票 count of votes 投票日 polling day 投票箱 ballot box 选举程序electoral procedures 选举大会 election meeting / electoral meeting 选举规则 election regulation 选民voter / elector 初选prim

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The central government's chief liaison in Hong Kong has gone on record saying authorities on the mainland are sincere in achieving universal suffrage for Hong Kong. CRI's Su Yi has more. Zhang Xiaoming, director of the Liaison Office of the Chinese C

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本讲为 2006 年下半年新的教学内容,请对照教材、练习册和语法书听录音! Unit 10 Text A 重点词语 group general secretary pRC Name vote vote for vote against n. 1. 选举,

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An Auckland man was sentenced to 10 days in jail for refusing to do jury service. He said he was too busy at work to be on a jury. He is a self-employed engineer. The Minister of Courts said it was the duty of everybody in a democratic society to ser

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Suprises often come in boxes. Birthday presents wrapped in colorful paper, brown paper packages mailed from a friend. No matter what kind of box it is, people like to open it up and see what's inside. In America, and in many other countries, one spec

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Will Sanctions Against Russia Work? 制裁俄罗斯是否会有效? From VOA Learning English, this is In The News. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law for Russia to officially take con

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US Senate Democrats Vote to Protect Iran Nuclear Deal 美国参议院民主党人投票支持伊朗核协议 In the News The United States Senate has blocked a resolution to reject the agreement between world powers and Iran. The Senate action is a m

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与选举有关词汇大总结 目前,英国和美国都已进入大选季。 与大选有关的英文词汇,你知道多少呢? 从A到Z,本文帮你一网打尽。 【A】 absentee ballot (缺席选举人票)由不能亲自前往投票站

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And they had traveled from near, they had traveled from far,because they wanted to make their voices heard. 有些住在附近,有些远道而来,但他们都想表达自己的声音 And I asked one of the voters, I said, Whom are you going to vote

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Hello, everyone. I'm Creshon Saunders at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here's what's happening Now In The News. Huge crowds are on the streets of Pristina Kosovo, celebrating their independence from Serbia. Kosovo's Parliament made the official declara

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JUDY WOODRUFF:We turn now to the problem of domestic violence here in the United States and the end of a political battle over legislation about that issue. It was the subject of long-delayed debate and a vote in the House of Representatives today. W

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It's there for leverage so that we can lock down performance standards. 这是我们谈下绩效标准的筹码 You don't toss around their right to collective bargaining like a poker chip. 你不能随便拿集体谈判当筹码 If we don't, they wo

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Going somewhere? Just for an hour or two. 出去吗,一两个小时就回来 I got one last holdout to whip. 还有个不肯合作的得去收拾 What's the vote count on Russo's bill? 罗素的法案票数是多少 Oh, don't you wanna shower first

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8 Die in Clashes over Controversial Iranian Election Patricia Nunan At least eight people have died in clashes in southern Iran in disputes over Friday's controversial parliamentary election. Early re

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今天还是要继续讲在2000年的大选中新闻界常用的两个习惯用语。在十一月七号美国全国各地的投票结束后,副总统戈尔和得克萨斯州长布什令人意想不到地卷入了一场选后的大战。究竟是谁在

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You might ask, well, here in America, who has time for this? 你也许会问,但这是美国,谁有时间折腾这些啊? And I would tell you that the average American watches five hours of television a day. 我要告诉你,美国人平均每天

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WASHINGTON Referendums went forward Sunday in eastern Ukraine in two regions seeking possible independence from Kyiv, despite widespread statements condemning the votes as illegal and illegitimate. The controversial votes were held as Ukraine prepare

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Britain 英国 NIMBYism and the election 邻避主义与选举 The anti-tarmac vote 柏油碎石路反对者投票 The Conservatives are getting squeezed over big building projects 保守党在大型建筑工程上束手无策 ON first glance, the co

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