Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. The United States became a nation in seventeen seventy-six. Less than a century later, in the eighteen sixties, it was nearly torn apart. A civil war took place, the only one

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Mans Law or Gods Law? Americans Debate Religion in Government 美国人在政府讨论宗教 Hundreds of supporters cheered when a local government official, Kim Davis, was released from jail Tuesday. She smiled and appeared to cry. I just want to gi

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Former top al-Qaida propagandist al-Bahlul sentenced to life in prison in 2008 for conspiracy, solicitation for murder, material support for terrorism Michael Bowman | Washington 26 January 2010 A panel of U.S. military judges has heard the first dir

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WASHINGTON, July 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday narrowly defeated an amendment of the Defense Authorization Act that would restrict surveillance of the American public by the National Security Agency (NSA). In a 205-217 vot

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - William Howard Taft Replaces Teddy Roosevelt as PresidentBy Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, February 09, 2006 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Sp

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196 国会通过布什关于慈善捐赠提议 Bush Faith-Based Charity Proposal Advances In US Congress Deborah Tate Washington 19 Jul 2001 23:30 UTC The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives

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BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature on Friday ended its bimonthly session(会议), adopting a series of bills including a law on vehicle and vessel taxation, which is aimed at standardizing taxation and promoting environmental aw

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The success of women in Olympic sports can be tied to the opportunities available in their home countries. Women won more total medals than men in 29 countries that participated in the 2016 Rio Games and at least one other Summer Olympics. 女性在奥

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individual income tax law 个人所得税法 State Administration of Taxation (SAT) 国家税务总局 tax rate 税率 tax year 纳税年度 tax exemption threshold 起征点 nine-bracket system 九级征税级别 public sentiment 公众意见 Nation

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据十一届全国人大三次会议大会发言人李肇星介绍,会议期间将重点审议全国人大常委会关于提请审议《选举法修正案(草案)》的议案,并指出选举法修正案草案规定的城乡按相同人口比例选举

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BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature on Monday started to review nine draft laws, law amendments and revisions, including a new draft decision on Internet management. At a bimonthly session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Stan

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WASHINGTON, March 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he would not include a renewal of the federal assault weapons ban in a package of gun reform legislation to be introduced in the Senate, which signals the measure st

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英语 情景口语:薪资与福利 P: have you finished going through the contract? K: yes, but I have a few questions for you. P: Ok. Ask away. K: first, Id like to know if you offer employees sick leave. P: yes, employees can take up to 10 days of

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With the anniversary of the 22nd Amendment on Friday, Constitution Daily looks at two hot-button topics: Should a President be allowed to serve a third term? And should members of Congress and the Supreme Court have term limits like the President? 本周

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Speaking to a packed audience of families of gun violence victims and gun control advocates, President Obama urged the nation to feel the urgency about this problem. The United States is not the only country on earth with violent or dangerous people.

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For the second time this month, Bangladesh was hit Sunday by a general strike that closed shops and businesses and interfered with transportation. The 36-hour work stoppage was called by the opposition(反抗对立) Bangladesh Nationalist Party a

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Hello, I'm Jerry Smit with the BBC news. The five largest European economies have agreed to work together to combat tax evasions and have urged other members of the G20 to follow their example. Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain will share inf

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Gay marriage 同性婚姻 Be my rock in Little Rock 在小岩城成为我坚固的磐石 The gay-marriage juggernaut rolls on 同性婚姻势不可挡 WHAT do Arkansas and Idaho have in common? Both have rural charmIdaho's licence plates even boast o

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TAKE a sticker, urges the woman from Ambush Firearms. We are giving away two free guns every day to people wearing them. What your correspondent would do with an semi-automatic rifle, let alone one that also comes in pink, was not obvious. Welcome to

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