威斯康星州工人阶级对特郎普感到愤怒Standing in line among thousands hoping to see Donald Trump at the Janesville Conference Center was a last-minute decision for accountant William Collett.和成千上万人一起排队等着唐纳德

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(276) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(三月)

Which of these politicians would you vote for? Theyre the same, right? Not exactly. In an experiment, Danish Researchers modified the real face to make it look more dominant or more feminine. Those subtle changes made a difference, says Princeton Uni

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Labor is maintaining its lead in the polls as it prepares to launch its election campaign in Brisbane today. The latest Newspoll shows Labor with a narrow lead over the Coalition, 52 to 48 on a two-party-preferred basis. Julia Gillard is expected to

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AS IT IS 2016-01-30 Asian-Americans Active in US Politics 亚裔美国人活跃于美国政界 A growing number of Asian Americans are becoming active in politics, according to demographic researchers. 人口统计研究者称越来越多的亚裔美国

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今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是:beat a dead horse. 大家都知道, dead Horse是死马的意思,动词beat是打的意思。Beat a dead horse连在一起是徒劳无功的意思。 最近办公室洗手间的水龙头漏水,我跟维

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BBC news. The eleven candidates standing for the French presidency are taking part in the final set-piece televised encounter of the campaign. They are sharing a stage but to be interviewed one by one as they seek to win over the electorate at the Su

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Lesson 49 Jack-of-all-trades, Master of None 万能博士门门皆通,样样稀松 Words: constituent n. 成分,要素 constitute vt. 建立(政府),组成,构成 constitution n. 组织,宪法 constrain n. 约束,限制 constrict vt. 约束;收缩;压紧;堵塞 construct vt. 建

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今天我们要讲的两个习惯用语都和我们身体里的血有关。

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我们在这次节目里要给大家介绍的两个习惯用语都是指真实,可靠。我们已经讲过两个具有同样含义的习惯用语,它们是: On the level and kosher. 我们先来给大

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Don't change horses in the middle of the stream to jump on the bandwagon 美国的民意测验显示,布什总统落后于民主党候选人克林顿。这使人想起在十九世纪美国内战期间

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AS IT IS 2014-10-25 US Supreme Court Allows Texas Voter ID Law 美国最高法院批准德州选民身份法 The United States Supreme Court says the southwestern state of Texas can keep in place a new voting law. The law says voters must show identi

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我们今天要学的三个习惯用语由一个共同的词组成:glad。 Glad这个单词的意思大家都熟。它描述高兴喜欢的感觉。今天要学的第一个习惯用语是:give the glad hand。 大家知道hand是手, give the gla

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Britain Politicians' salaries 英国 议员们的薪酬 Bargain basement 地下廉价部 The 2009 MPs' expenses scandal cast a long shadow over British politics. It also led to the creation of an Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) t

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The Auckland south-western motorway now goes 13km from the airport to Mt Roskill but on Friday, another 4km to Sandringham Rd will open. This motorway is called State Highway 20 (SH20). The plan is for this motorway to continue further so that it lin

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Voters will go the polls Tuesday in the northeastern U.S. state of New Hampshire for America's first presidential primary. Public opinion polls show the races for the Democratic and Republican nominations are extraordinarily close, following more tha

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今天我们要学的词是hot button。 Hot button, 是热门、焦点。在美国加州进行的最新民意调查发现,支持同性婚姻的选民第一次占据了多数。 The results of the survey showed the highest level of support on the h

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今天我们要学的词是fired up。 Fired up, 意思是激动的,热情的。 The students are totally fired up about the upcoming math competition, 学生们兴奋地期待着即将举行的数学竞赛。 The candidate got the crowd fired up w

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今天我们要学的词是show up。 To show up, 意思是到场。 The defendant failed to show up in court due to health reasons, 被告因健康原因没有出庭。 Thousands of people showed up at the two-day event, 这次为期两天的活动吸

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1. Wall Street closes to modest losses as investors wait for a Senate vote on helping out the financial market. The Dow was down more than 200 points early but recovered to a loss of 19 points. 2. In Washington, high hopes that revised financial res

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Voters in Pakistan will go to the polls Monday in one of the most crucial elections in the nation's history. Nearly 400,000 police and 80,000 troops are providing security. The vote is accompanied by rising violence and concerns by opposition parties

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