If you fly over these words today, you are sure of a big surprise. Bruce? No, it's not a plane crash. Hi. Hi. It's Bruce Camble's house. How do I get in? Why do you just build yourself in a locabit? I manage be here and I love toys like so many ...an

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2013年

Police, Protestors Clash in Kenyas Election On Thursday, Kenyan police fired bullets and tear gas at stone-throwing protesters who were against a repeat of the countrys disputed presidential election. In Kenyas third largest city, Kisumu, gunfire kil

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(十)月

The government of Kenya has ended operations of a United States-funded program aimed at educating Kenyans about voting. The Kenyan government action comes just months before the East African country holds its next presidential election. Last week, Ke

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The United States congratulates the people of Somalia on the successful conclusion of their national electoral process and the election of Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed as the next President of the Federal Government of Somalia. 美国发贺电祝贺索马

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我的一个朋友正在参加社区代表的选举。过去几个月来,为了帮他拉选票,我贡献了不少自己的时间,给选民打电话,还要登门拜访,分发资料。离投票的日子越近,我就越忙。形容目前的选

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(133) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

哈皮和毛拉这期谈论的主题是选举,国民选举要注意的事情是什么呢,这是国民有效参与政事的一个有效途径。 Maura: So, today were going to do a Chatterbox episode. And that is where Harp and I get to chat about

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The American Two-party System No one now living in the United States can remember when the contest began between the Democratic and the Republican parties. It has been going on for more than a century

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And now the VOA Learning English program -- Words and Their Stories. On this show, we explore common expressions in American English. Today we talk about expressions related to the biggest contest in the United States the election of the American pre

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to be rife with 充满 英文释义To be filled completely with例句Our customer service operations were rife with problems that needed attention. 我们的客服运营部门到处都是要注意解决的问题。

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AS IT IS 2015-05-21 Nigerians 'Trek' to Celebrate Historic Election 尼日利亚人庆祝历史性选举 Nigerians elected former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari as their president last month. The elections are considered historic. It was the first t

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AS IT IS 2016-08-05 Can Hackers Break into U.S. Voting Machines? 美国投票机遭黑客入侵? Recent attacks on American computer systems have raised concerns that electronic voting machines could be future targets. 最近对美国计算机系统的

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Will Elections Change Economic Reforms in Greece? 选举会改变希腊的经济改革吗? European officials are urging Greece to continue with economic reforms as the country prepares for early elections. The vote was called for this week after Gre

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今天我们要学的词是grounds。 Grounds, 有理由、根据的意思。 The governor vetoed the bill on security grounds, 州长以安全为由,否决了这项议案。 More than 20% of the ballots were invalidated on the grounds of fraud, 百分

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BANGKOK, April 22 (Xinhua) -- A new Thai election will be held in July at the earliest and in September at the latest, according to the Election Commission on Tuesday. It remains to be seen how soon the new nationwide polls will take place in Thailan

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ROME, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Talks between Italy's center-left party head Pier Luigi Bersani and center-right counterpart Silvio Berlusconi about the candidate for the next president and other issues will continue after their first meeting held on Tuesd

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Why bother? The game is rigged. My vote won't count. 为什么非要投票呢?选举被操纵了。我那一票不起作用。 The choices are terrible. Voting is for suckers. 选举的结果很糟糕。选举都是骗人的。 Perhaps you've thoug

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今天学的词组是lame duck。 Lame duck不就是瘸的鸭子吗? 不对, lame duck这说法往往是指一个由于不会再继续担任这职务而无法起作用的总统或官员。报导说:Elections may leave Bush an early lame duck. 意

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今天要学的词组是cast ballot。Cast ballot就是投票。美国是多种族的国家,有的政客以为 voters can be counted on to cast ballots along racial lines -- 他们以为选民们肯定会按照种族的界限来投票。结果呢?

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America's mid-term elections 美国中期选举 The silent centre 沉寂的中间地带 If moderates don't vote next week, extremists will thrive 如果中立人士于下周不进行选举,极端主义者将会茁壮发展 ALL political campaigns i

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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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