This is AP News Minute. A strong earthquake caused panic on Indonesia's island of Lombok on Thursday. At least 220 people are known dead from an earthquake that hit the island last Sunday. Immigration agents raided Minnesota and Nebraska businesses a

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(143) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2018(八)月

By VOA Sports Washington, DC 23 January 2008 WorldNo. 1men's tennis player Roger Federer of Switzerland continued defense of his Australian Open title with a 7-5, 7-6, 6-4 quarterfinal victory over American James Blake Wednesday in Melbourne. Federer

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 29 May 2006 Supporters of the opposition umbrella group Kifaya, or Enough, chant anti government slogans during a demonstration in Cairo (File photo - Jan. 27, 2006) Opposition activists in Egypt are accusing the police o

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Panetta Orders Military Ethics Review Investigations into the actions of several generals this year, including Afghanistan commander General John Allen and retired General David Petraeus, have prompted a review to find out why so many top officers ha

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US Trial of Alleged Arms Dealer Opens in New York The trial of a former Soviet Air Force officer and alleged international arms dealer dubbed a merchant of death by security experts is underway in New York. Police in Thailand arrested Russian busines

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Now a rare interview with a man who stands accused of orchestrating an attempted coup in his native country, Turkey, all of this from his home in the Pocono Mountains. Yesterday, he sat down with our colleague Robert Siegel at hi

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: The MS-13 gang is getting blamed for a spike in deadly violence on Long Island, N.Y. La Mara Salvatrucha, as it's also known, actively recruits kids. So schools are becoming a key battlefield in the fight against the gang. But WNYC

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By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 17 July 2007 Russia says it will have a targeted and appropriate response to Britain's expulsion Monday of four Russian diplomats. The two countries are at odds over the British probe into the poisoning death in London of a f

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今天我们要学的词是 unethical. Unethical 不道德的。美国大学联赛三月疯狂拉开战幕,不少公司同事间都有赌球的行为。反动这种做法的人认为,Office gambling is unethical even if it doesn't violate corpora

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是in hot water。 In hot water, 意思是有麻烦。 The teacher was in hot water for verbally abusing his students, 这个老师因为辱骂学生而惹了麻烦。 Two members of the city council found themselves in hot wa

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French Presidential candidate Francois Fillion is facing intense backlash over a scandal involving his wife. She's accused of accepting hundreds of thousand of euros in state money for work she may have never done. The incident has helped independent

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China's air force says it will conduct regular air patrols covering its newly established East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone. Combat aircraft will carry out the patrols to strengthen monitoring of the zone, according to an air defense spo

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今天我们要学的词是at the expense of。At the expense of, 意思是以某件事或者某个人为代价。沸沸扬扬的占领华尔街运动继续在美国各大城市上演。 Protesters accused the richest 1 % of accumulating their wealth

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今天我们要学的词是staged。 Staged, 有假装,故意安排的意思。Police suspected the robbery was staged, 警方怀疑这起抢劫案是假的。英国保险诈骗局最近公布的数字显示, About 30,000 accidents were staged la

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今天我们要学的词是playbook。 Playbook, 原指美式足球里主教练编写的内容保密的战略战术手册。He knows the playbook from inside out, 他把战术手册背得滚瓜烂熟。Rookies get a playbook the size of a dictionary,

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今天我们要学的词是undecided。 Undecided, 尚未决定的。距离美国国会中期选举只剩下一周的时间了,最新民调显示, Almost a third of the voters still remain undecided, 将近三分之一的选民至今还没有拿定

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Oscar: What are you doing? Elena: Im getting ready for the test. Oscar: By writing the answers on a cheat sheet? Youre not going to get away with that. Elena: I got a D on the last test and I have to do better on this one. If I dont get at least a B,

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The authority of Southern Mexico have found the wreck of a small plane believed in carrying Mexico singing star Jenny Roberra, and there was no survivals. The Australian radio host behind the host phone call to the British hospital while the pregnant

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Chinese President Xi Jinping says China stands being further European integration. Xi Jinping has made the suggestion during a meeting in Beijing with European Parliament President Martin Schulz. The Chinese President has also suggested the two sides

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今天我们要学的词是 mistreat. Mistreat 动词,有虐待的意思。The owners of a Florida zoo are accused of mistreating animals. 美国佛罗里达州一个动物园的业主被指控虐待园里的动物。The owner of an adult family ho

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