1. The House is planning to vote on the repeal of last years health care reform law, even though it has almost no chance of passing in the Senate. The GOP says it is not merely symbolic. Some Republicans are also challenging Senate Democrats to bring

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2011(一月)

1. Chinese President Hu Jintao will head to the Capitol Hill today. He'll meet with leaders from both Houses before heading to Chicago to talk to business leaders. President Obama and the first lady honored Hu at a state dinner last night. 2. A Los A

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1. A top BP executive says crews trying to plug a massive Gulf oil leak are pumping mud into a blown-out well as effectively as they've hoped. BP says it will know within the next 24 hours whether the procedure known as top kill has been successful.

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必背句型: A:The contract was annulled by the court. 合同被法院废止。 B:Why was like this? 为什么会这样? The contract was ablished by the court. 合同被法院废止。 The decree was annulled by the leader. 法令被领导废止。

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Annulling a Marriage Courtney: Did you hear? Kate and Christopher are trying to annul their marriage. Ray: What?! Theyve only been married for two months! What brought this on? Courtney: I have no idea. Neither of them is underage or bigamists and th

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avoid v 避免,躲避,逃避 【例】Are you trying to avoid me? 你是不是想躲开我? 【记】a朝向,void空-空城计-避开 【参】void(n 空,空虚);devoid of(缺乏的) 【类】irrevocable:repeal=ineluctable:a

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1. Aides say President Barack Obama was directly involved in discussions on how to respond to a California judge's ruling that the don't ask, don't tell policy is unconstitutional. The president has long opposed the policy but says he wants Congress

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1. The Senate has rebuffed efforts to move ahead on a bill to repeal tax breaks for oil companies. A vote to proceed failed to get the necessary two-thirds majority. President Barack Obama had pleaded for Congress to end subsidies. 2. Police in Flori

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1.Cruise has began raising the Florida home purst over a huge sink hole, workers were able to salvage some keep six for the family who was lived there, meanwhile, relatives of the man swollowed by the sink hole earlier this week, prayed with a paster

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This is AP news minute. 1. An Iranian researcher is headed to New York JFK airport Sunday, hours after an appeals court blocked the attempt to impose the U.S travel ban. Nima Enayati received the visa to conduct research at Stanford university but wa

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AS IT IS 2015-09-09 Pope Francis Simplifies Marriage Annulment Process 教皇弗朗西斯宣布改革解除废止婚姻程序 Pope Francis has announced measures to reform the Roman Catholic Churchs rules for annulling marriages. Under the new rules,

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今天我们要学的词是at odds。 At odds, 意见分歧。 Costa Rica and Nicaragua remain at odds over border disputes, 哥斯达黎加和尼加拉瓜在边界问题上继续争执不休。在是否应该取消对军人同性恋不问不说的政策

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以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,掌握大意。 2、继续听,特

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Topics: American Movies The Manchurian Candidate; blue laws; expression versus term versus idiom; What name do you go by?; en masse Words: thriller prominent to brainwash assassin to incriminate sleeper agent nightmare to commission blue law Sabbath

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今天我们要学的词是repeal. Repeal, 撤销,废止。在国会中期选举中, California voters rejected a call by the teachers unions to repeal a series of tax breaks for corporations, 加州选民否决了教师工会提出撤销公司减税

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1. There have been hugs, cheers and tears throughout Chile as rescuers continue to pull trapped miners to safety. The first miner was brought up just before midnight. In all, 33 miners were trapped in the San Jose mine for 69 days. It's expected all

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(116) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(十月)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed the 2011 defense authorization(授权) bill into law, but promised to repeal provisions that would restrict(限制,约束) transfer of military detainees from the Gua

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1. President Barack Obama says the latest jobs report shows the economy is heading in the right direction. The report shows the country's unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 %, the lowest level since May of 2009. 2. Republicans in the House are one step

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1. Qantas's A380 made an emergency landing in Singapore after an engine blew out about 15 minutes after takeoff. Qantas has grounded its fleet of six A380s. One expert says the superjumbo was designed to fly on two of its four engines and would not h

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大家在备考新GRE单词的时候,注意将单词背诵与单词运用相结合,这样不仅能更有效地记住单词,还能充分利用所学单词提高自己的英语应用水平,从而牢牢掌握单词,提高学习效率,获得新

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