Along the 700 kilometers of the former Western Front, ceremonies mark 100 years since the end of a conflict that traumatized and transformed the world. U.S. involvement came late but proved vital in boosting Allied manpower and morale. On September 2

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(十一月)

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell won the Kentucky Republican primary. He's facing Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes in what's expected to be a very expensive general election. The House could vote today on a bill that would give the Veterans Aff

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This is AP News Minute. Three people have been killed and seven others injured after two gunmen fired into a crowd near a busy strip mall in New Orleans. The police are asking people who witnessed the attack to come forward with information about the

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Several thousand people who lived in the United States for five years or more, gathered at the Los Angeles Convention Center, to become US citizens The Fourth of July is America's birthday, celebrated with parades, fireworks and family get-togethers.

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人权峰会寻求美国的领导地位 This year's Human Rights First summit centered on the global refugee crisis, the spread of violent extremism, and the rise of authoritarianism-challenges which the organization believes the U.S. must play an es

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Love is a promise. Love is a souvenir. Once given, never forgotten. Never let it disappear. 爱是承诺,爱是纪念,一旦赋予永不被遗忘,莫让爱消失。(约翰列侬) 图片1

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Google Honors First Native American Woman Engineer This is Whats Trending Today The search engine Google celebrated on Thursday what would have been the 110th birthday of the first Native American woman engineer. Google honored Mary Ross with a speci

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这首Queenie Eye选自保罗的最新专辑New。 《Queenie Eye》中英双语歌词: There were rules you never told me Never came up with a plan All the stories that you sold me Didnt help me understand But I had to get it worked out Had nobody

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远去的背影 纪念2015年离开我们的文化政坛巨匠 Guitarist B.B. King, who thrilled his fans with songs like The Thrill is Gone, left an indelible mark on blues music.His style was unusual in that he didnt like to sing and play at the sa

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Today marks the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender to China. This is the first time September 3rd has been officially marked as Victory Day. In marking the event, top Chinese leaders including Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang are scheduled to attend a ce

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The United States has remembered the nearly 3000 people who died fifteen years ago in the 911 Jihadist attacks. President Obama paid his tribute at a memorial service at the Pentagon, one of the targets of the attackers. Fifteen years ago, a Septembe

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China held a convention on Friday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Long March at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Comm

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Remembering J.J. Cale纪念J.J. Cale Songwriter J.J. Cale was a guitarist who preferred to stay in the background and let others make hits of his songs, such as After Midnight and Call Me The Breeze. 创作歌手J.J.Cale曾是一位吉他手,他甘愿

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Mexicans wearing period costumes re-enact the battle of Puebla, in Mexico City May 5, 2015. The battle marked the defeat of French forces by Mexican troops and local Indians in the central state of Puebla in 1862. During the re-enactment, participant

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Multi-country maritime drills are being held off the coast of the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao. This is the first time China's People's Liberation Army navy organizes multilateral maritime exercises. Nineteen ships, seven helicopters and marine co

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A Christmas tree ornament that is a mini-replica of the now-famous red hat with Donald Trump's campaign slogan 'Make America Great Again' has sold out on Amazon. 印有特朗普的竞选口号让美国再次伟大的小红帽人气火爆,其迷你复

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This is AP news minute. 1. Officials say 15 people have been killed in a landslide at a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital. They say several dozens people are also missing. 2. The former Obama administration White House spoke

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Christians Worldwide Prepare for Easter The pontiff will lead the Easter Vigil service late Saturday and deliver his holiday address and traditional blessing on Sunday. Christians from all over the world have flocked to Italy during the Holy Week wit

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Though he gained prominence as an actor in Hollywood and later as President of the United States, the people of Dixon, Illinois, remember Ronald Reagan as a hometown hero who saved the lives of 77 people while working as a lifeguard. The town is hono

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A table tennis tournament being held June 10-12 is commemorating the historic ping-pong diplomacy that helped open relations between the United States and China in the 1970s. The event at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, Califor

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