Assad Defiant as Activists Report Surge in Syrian Government Attacks Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is remaining defiant amid widespread accusations his government carried out a deadly chemical attack last week, as monitoring groups say his forces

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(144) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(四月)

Can Arming Teachers Prevent School Shootings? President Donald Trump has called for arming teachers as a way to stop school shootings. His comments came after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida on February 14. A 19-year-old gunman killed

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巴就无人机事件传唤美大使 ISLAMABAD, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan Saturday summoned U.S. ambassador to the Foreign Ministry and lodged a formal protest over the drone strike which killed the Taliban Chief Hakimullah Mehsud, the Foreign Mini

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Two-year-old Maxx is more than just a dog. He's an officer with the Wilmington Police Department worth about 15,000 dollars. And this weekend he was injured in the line of duty. When he was biting the dog, there was something we haven't seen. Or we h

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AS IT IS 2013-11-15 Sexual Harassment on the Rise in Libya 利比亚的性骚扰事件增多 From VOA Learning English, this is As It Is. Im Caty Weaver. Thanks for joining us. Today on the program, we talk about the sexual threats and mistreatment t

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AS IT IS 2016-01-20 Media Reports: Corruption in Tennis 网球运动中的腐败事件 Two news organizations say corruption in professional tennis continues because tennis authorities do not stop it. The reports were released as the Australian Open

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France in Shock After Truck Attack in Nice 尼斯发生卡车冲撞事件 People had gathered in Nice for a celebration of Bastille Day, Frances national holiday. Nice is the fifth-largest city in France. It is a port city about 30 kilometers from th

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'Paul's Case,' by Willa Cather, Part Two Today we complete the story Paul's Case. It was written by Willa Cather. Donna de Sanctis? adapted it for VOA Learning English. Here is Kay Gallant with the story. Paul was a student with a lot of problems. He

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While some people believe the idea of alien invasion is the stuff of science fiction, others fear it may be just around the corner, after a number of UFO (unidentified flying object) sightings occurred in China last month. 有些人认为有关外星人

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

The phone-hacking scandal 电话窃听丑闻 The lowest low 卑之何以堪 Jul 7th 2011 | from the print edition From The Economist print edition The phone-hacking saga jeopardises more than merely the News of the World: it threatens Rupert Murdoch,

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GWEN IFILL: Now: the growing fallout surrounding one of America's most famous comedians. Bill Cosby, caught up in a swirl of decades-old rape allegations, has been dropped from two high-profile projects. NBC, home of his popular '80s sitcom, announce

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MOSCOW, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Situation around U.S. intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden did not affect Russia-U.S. talks over anti-missile defense, a senior Russian military official said Wednesday. I did not feel the problem of Snowden affected

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Sitting on a hill overlooking the crash site near Shanksville, the $26 million visitor center complex was dedicated and opened to the public on Thursday, one day before the annual 9/11 observances in Pennsylvania, New York and Washington. Victims' fa

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An attack by a robot at a technology fair in Shenzhen last Thursday has been blamed on incorrect operation. 上周四发生在深圳一个科技展上的机器人伤人事件最终被归因于操作不当。 The robot named Xiaopang displayed at the

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WASHINGTON Later this week, U.S. lawmakers will hold the first hearings into the prisoner swap that freed Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl in return for five Taliban detainees. Sergeant Bergdahl is reported to be claiming he was beaten, tortured, and held

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NEW DELHI, April 16 (Xinhua) -- India on Tuesday condemned the twin bomb blasts at the annual marathon event in the U.S. city of Boston in which at least three people were killed and over 140 others injured. I am deeply shocked and saddened by the ou

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JUDY WOODRUFF: And we turn now to the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee. He is Democratic Representative Adam Schiff of California. Congressman Schiff, welcome back to the program. What's the main thing that you think was clarified a

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Itwasahit-and-run. 这是一起肇事逃逸事件! 例句: A:Canyouhelpmyfriendplease?It'sanemergency.Hewasjusthitbyacar. 您能帮一下我的朋友吗?这是紧急情况。他刚被车撞了。 B:I'llcallanambulance.Lethimliedownthere.Iknowso

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I'm here to talk about the next big thing, 我在这里要谈论另一件重要事情 because what we're finding out is that 因为我们发现 we have this capacity to report eyewitness accounts of what's going on in real time. 我们有能力根据目

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