A: Can you tell that Im excited? B: What are you excited about? A: I voted today. B: Was this your first time? A: I just turned 18 a month ago. B: Youre lucky. A: What do you mean? B: Because you turned 18 in an election year. A: I didnt even think o

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语情景对话-选举

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Voting began in Iraq several hours ago and Iraqis in many parts of the country are braving insurgent violence to vote in their first multi-party elections in 50 years. Thousands are heading to the polls, expressing hope that elections will bring free

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 Bilingual News

BAMAKO, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- The second round vote of Mali's presidential election ended at 18:00 local time on Sunday with positive evaluation in general though technical faults are noted by observers and small incidents are reported in Bamako, the c

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AS IT IS 2016-09-16 Five Things to Know About Political Polls in the U.S. 五件事让你了解美国政治民意调查 On November 8, the American people will vote for the next U.S. president in this years general election. 11月8日,美国人民将

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(九)月

Record numbers of Americans have already cast their ballots in early voting - more than 28 million people in 34 of the 50 states. Election statistics and a new opinion survey show that registered Democrats are turning out to vote early in far greater

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年11月

今天要学的一个词组是cast ballots. Cast, c a s t . ballots, b a l l o t s . cast ballots,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. 他们以为选民肯定会按

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今天我们要学的词是deadline。 Deadline, 是最后期限的意思。4月15号是美国人交纳所得税的最后期限。April 15th is the income tax filing deadline, 民主党总统提名的宾夕法尼亚州党内初选下星期二举行。

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With all but half a percent of the ballots counted from Sunday's presidential election in Russia, Kremlin candidate Dmitri Medvedev has garnered more than all of his opponents, combined. Now, Medvedev is indicating how he will share power with outgoi

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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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What we need today is an electoral culture that is about being together together, in person, in loud and passionate ways, 我们今天需要的是一种选举文化,人与人之间面对面交流思想,喧闹而又激情四射, that instead of

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Polls will open in less than 24 hours for Lebanon's parliamentary elections, and civil servants are preparing polling stations and ballot boxes for Sunday's crucial vote. International election monitors, including former president Jimmy Carter, will

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Indonesians voted Thursday in legislative elections across the vast nation of islands. Results are not yet in, but opinion polls show President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party may be the big winner. 印度尼西亚今天在全国范围举行

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Election officials in several closely-contested states say Democrats are turning out to vote early in greater numbers than Republicans. With 34 states allowing voters to go to the polls in person before election day, experts estimate that up to 30 pe

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年10月

今天我们要学的词是deadline。 Deadline, 是最后期限的意思。4月15号是美国人交纳所得税的最后期限。April 15th is the income tax filing deadline, 民主党总统提名的宾夕法尼亚州党内初选下星期二举行。

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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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台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: Just in case you accidentally wander into a voting booth one day there's some things you should know. One of them is, there is absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we're the great

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 留美老师带你每日说英文

French elections 法国省议会选举 Menage a trios 三雄争霸 The National Front's strength makes French politics a three-way affair 极右翼国民前线实力增强,法国政治陷三雄争霸局面 SOMETIMES small elections are markers of m

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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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