An Auckland man was sentenced to 10 days in jail for refusing to do jury service. He said he was too busy at work to be on a jury. He is a self-employed engineer. The Minister of Courts said it was the duty of everybody in a democratic society to ser

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

神探夏洛克第二季第三集_15 你没事吧 长官? Are you all right, sir? 来陪我了? 嗯 Joining me? Yeah. 显然 Well, 痛揍总警司是犯法的 apparently it's against the law to chin the Chief Superintendent. 嗯 有点尴尬了 Hmm.

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Imer still has pieces of a bullet in his back. The 43-year-old Mexican immigrant fled the Mexican state of Guerrero more than 20 years ago after he was shot in the back by drug dealers. Imer asked VOA to use only his first name in this story. He ente

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(六)月

Jan 24, 2003 Mizuho, the world's largest bank in terms of assets, expects to post a net loss of $16 billion, the largest ever 1) incurred by a Japanese company. The loss would be more than double last

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Here now, we got a check of the headlines for you. Up first, the breaking story we've been following. The remains of the first American lost in the 1991 Gulf War have been found in Iraq. Captain Michael Scott Speicher was shot down on the first nigh

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Hello, from the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Naamua Delaney. Thanks for checking in with us, and here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. The captain who was held hostage by pirates is safe. U.S. navy snipers shot and killed three pirates ye

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Hello, there. Good to see you. From the CNN Center in Atlanta, I'm Virginia Cha. Thanks for checking in. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. President Obama is going after credit card companies. Later today, he'll sign a new law desig

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President Obama's pressing the Senate to pass a bill that, he says, would cut taxes for small businesses and create much-needed jobs. Proposed tax cuts in general have led to a political showdown between the White House and congressional Republicans.

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1. Torrential rains from Tropical Storm Fay trigger new flooding along Florida's northern Atlantic coast. Jacksonville residents are now being told to expect the brunt of the storm later today. 2. Two little girls from New Jersey were reunited with

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1. President Barack Obama says he has no regrets over the comments he made about the right of Muslims to build an Islamic center, blocks away from where the World Trade Center once stood. He was asked about his position during a town hall meeting on

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AS IT IS 2015-11-25 Six Years Later, Philippines Attackers Still Not Punished 六年后,菲律宾袭击者仍未受到惩罚 Six years after almost 60 people were killed in the southern Philippines during elections, no one has been sentenced to priso

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Eurozone Finance Ministers Launch Bailout Fund PARIS Europe's new bailout fund is being unveiled as finance ministers from the 17-nation eurozone meet in Luxembourg, amid more gloomy indicators about Europe's economic health. Officially called the Eu

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

第六期:主餐一道:泛听练习 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,

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I'm Naamua Delaney, at the CNN Center in Atlanta, here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Six suburban Atlanta Georgia schools remain on lockdown as police search for the suspect in the deaths of two off-duty police officers. The two offi

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 商业报道2008年(一)月

I'm Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made a key appearance before a Congressional Committee earlier in Washington. He told lawmakers he supports an

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-Leonard:All I'm saying is if they can cure yellow fever and malaria, why can't they do something about lactose intolerance? cure:治愈 yellow fever:黄热病 malaria:疟疾 lactose intolerance:乳糖不耐症 lactose:乳糖 intolerance:

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Yeah, it's this way. 对,往这儿走 I smell patchouli and pretension. 我闻到一股广藿香和自命不凡的味道 Why are you walking so slow? 你干嘛走得小心翼翼 Because I'm carrying our cupcake future, 因为我拿着的是我们的未

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Good afternoon. I'm Reggie Aqui at the CNN.com headquarters in Atlanta. And here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Get start with investigators in North Carolina who say it appears a pregnant marine was killed December 15th, four days be

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 商业报道2008年(一)月

He hit the brakes too late. The train, carrying 218 passengers in eight carriages, hurtled off the tracks and slammed into a concrete wall, killing 79 people. On Tuesday, investigators looking into the crash announced their preliminary findings from

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Europe is continuing to struggle with its financial crisis, which is threatening to result in a prolonged period of slow or negative growth and more economic fallout for the rest of the world. Just as Greece appears close to resolving its domestic po

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