Leading anti-hunger advocates are fasting to protest U.S. budget-cutting proposals that could threaten some of the world's most vulnerable people. The budget passed by the House of Representatives includes deep cuts to programs aimed at alleviating h

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(三月)

Sike leave may be made mandatory in Washington D.C. at all businesses A national movement to make sure you get sick days at work is catching on. Fortune small business reports / Washington D.C could become the second US city to require a mandatory s

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1. Despite the continuing violence in Iraq, President Barack Obama says the US is on schedule to have all troops out of the country by the end of 2011. Obama made his comments while standing in the Rose Garden alongside Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri a

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Which is more important, health or wealth? When given this question, different people have varied answers. Some insist that health plays a more important role in our life, while others see more advantages arising from wealth. 健康和财富,哪个更

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This is AP News Minute. Dozens of immigrant advocates rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices consider 2 programs that could shield roughly 4 million people from deportation. Texas is leading 26 states dominated by Republicans in challenging

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President Obama says there's no excuse for violence in Baltimore a day after riots and looting erupted in the streets. Obama added that the looters from yesterday's events should be treated as criminals. Advocates and protesters demonstrated outside

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US lawmakers have approved a measure that would end the government's practice of annulling foreigners' applications for permanent residency when their American spouses die within the first two years of the marriage. Paige Kollock | New York 31 Decemb

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US Gun Control Advocates Disappointed by Vote At the White House Wednesday, with parents of the school shooting victims alongside, President Obama pledged to keep fighting for gun control. So all and all, this is a pretty shameful day for Washington.

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9. Scientists need to respond forcefully to animal rights advocates,whose arguments are confusing the public and thereby threatening advances in health knowledge and care. 【分析】复合句。whose argumentscare是一个非限制性定语从句,修

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For Refugees And Advocates, An Anxious Wait For Clarity On Trump's Policy play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0007:18repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update y

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今天我们要学的词是gun control。 Gun control, 枪支管制。 The deadly shooting in Tuscon re-energized gun control advocates, 图森发生的造成多人死伤的枪击事件让主张枪支管制的人重新振作。 The shooting has broug

发表于:2019-01-25 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

By Zulima Palacio Washington 17 March 2008 The chairman of a key U.S. House subcommittee, along with health advocates,last weekurged that the United States spend more to address basic health needs of children and pregnant mothers in the developing wo

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今天我们要学的词是advocate。 Advocate, 作为名词,是拥护者、倡导者的意思。An advocate of freedom of speech, 是言论自由的捍卫者;an advocate of human rights, 是人权倡导者。 最近,美国玩具商美泰公司第

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WHITE HOUSE Acting less than a week after the massacre of 26 people, including 20 young children and six adults, in a school in Newtown, Connecticut, President Barack Obama has ordered creation of a government-wide task force to come up with solution

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1Futurism, an early twentieth-century movement in art, rejected all traditions and attempts to glorify contemporary life by emphasizing the machine and motion. 2 But, for a small group of students, professional training might be the way to go since w

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BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Facebook said it is overhauling its privacy settings to give members easier, more precise control over who sees posts, photos and other content over the vast social network. Starting Thursday, Facebook is rolling out n

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

本期内容: McDonald'swillsoonbanishcheeseburgersandchocolatemilkfromitsHappyMealmenuinanefforttocutdownonthecalories,sodium,saturatedfatandsugarthatkidsconsumeatitsrestaurants.TheHappyMealhaslongbeenatargetofhealthadvocatesandparentswholinkittoc

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President Xi Jinping also says China advocates the building of a peaceful, secure, open and cooperative cyber space. Xi Jinping made the comment while attending the 8th annual US-China Internet Industry Forum, at the Microsoft headquarters in Redmond

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模仿文本: This week is European Robotics Week, which means lots of exhibitions and talks about the subject across the continent. Improved technology is pushing robots into almost every aspect of our society and economy. The Curve Report, an Ame

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