Barbara Pierce Bush was the US First Lady in the early 1990s, when her husband was the countrys 41st president. She also later become the mother of a president when one of her six children George W. Bush was elected in 2000. I had trouble when I was

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(四月)

This is AP News Minute. Democrats have won a majority in the House of Representatives in the midterm elections. Republicans held on to the Senate. The White House called it a victory for President Trump. Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz was reelecte

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(143) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2018(十一)月

白宫尚不准备增设驻伊基地 WHITE HOUSE The White House says there are no immediate plans to open up more bases in Iraq. The remarks come a day after President Obama authorized 450 additional troops to a fifth Iraqi base to assist local forc

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(十二月)

Friction Increasing Between White House, Israel 白宫不满以色列 争吵加剧 WHITE HOUSE The war of words is escalating over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus decision to accept an invitation to speak to the U.S. Congress next week. Na

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(三月)

罗姆尼问鼎白宫的成功商人 Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney will be formally nominated next week as the Republican Partys presidential candidate at the party's convention in Tampa, Florida. 美国共和党全国代表大会正在佛罗

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2012年8月

U.S. President Barack Obama is shifting his economic focus to the middle class. His State of the Union address Wednesday will detail a series of initiatives to help middle-income families. 美国总统奥巴马正将他的经济政策重点转向帮助

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2010年1月

The White House is lashing out at Congressional critics of the administration's policy on terrorism. President Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism advisor John Brennan says these critics are playing politics with national security. 美国国会对奥巴

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2010年2月

President Barack Obama is going through a rite of political passage this week - he is marking his first 100 days in office. The significance of the 100 days marker goes back to the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, who assumed power at the height of

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年4月

For this is also a time around the world when some of the fundamental ideals of liberal democracies are under attack 这也是世界各地自由民主的基础概念受到攻击, and when notions of objectively and of a free press and of facts and

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 欧美名人演讲

THE PRESIDENT: Good to see you all. Welcome. Go Tigers! (Applause.) Sit down. Please sit down. Thanks for coming. So I met some of these men in 2004 -- they feel pretty comfortable they were going to be back here. Some of them weren't so sure I was g

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U.S. President Barack Obama has unveiled his first federal budget - outlining his spending priorities for the 2010 fiscal year. The proposal totals more than $3.5 trillion. The White House predicts the United States will enter the new fiscal year wit

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年2月

White House budget director Peter Orszag told U.S. lawmakers Tuesday that investing in health care is key to creating economic growth. 美国白宫预算办公室主任欧尔萨格星期二在国会表示,对医疗保健的投资是创造经济增长

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年3月

今天我们要学的词是personality。 Personality, 是性格的意思。She has a strong personality, 意思是她特别有个性。Split personality, 就是心理学里说的人格分裂。The two team members have a major personality conflict, 这

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

With less than seven months until Election Day, the three major U.S. presidential candidates each have their own strategy for winning the White House in November. 距离美国大选日还有不到7个月的时间,3名主要参选人每人都有自己

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年4月

The Bush administration is attempting to dampen expectations for immediate government action to save America's troubled car manufacturers. 美国的三大汽车公司正在谋求政府资助。但是布什政府星期二表示,政府不会表示立即

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President Barack Obama is speaking about his efforts to close the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where some terror suspects are held. U.S. lawmakers voted Wednesday to deny Mr. Obama the money to close the prison. 美国总统奥

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年5月

The White House says the U.S. economy is struggling to grow and generate jobs, despite aggressive steps taken by the federal government to prop up financial institutions and unfreeze tight credit. The Bush administration's comments come amid further

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U.S. President George Bush and President-elect Barack Obama will meet at the White House on Monday. Mr. Bush says they will discuss the major issues facing the nation. 美国总统布什和当选总统奥巴马星期一将在白宫会面。布什总统

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年11月

First, a partial U.S. government shutdown turns 21 days old on Friday, tying the record length of time for when the government's been partially shut down. It's been that way because the president and Congress haven't agreed on funding for it. Preside

发表于:2019-03-04 / 阅读(137) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2019年1月

CARL AZUZ: Last night, U.S. President Donald Trump was scheduled to make a primetime address to America. It was set to be his first address from the Oval Office, part of the White House's West Wing and the main subjects were expected to center on the

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