1. President Barack Obama laid out his agenda for the post shutdown Congress today. He wants a budget deal, immigration reform and a farm bill. Republicans already questioned his plans. 2. Meanwhile government employees went back to work this morning

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2013(十月)

This is AP news minute. 1. Doctors say the United States' first recipient of the transplant penis and is recovering well from the delicate surgery. Massachusetts general hospital conformed Sunday that 64-year-old Thomas Manning got the organ from a d

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1. A fire at suburban Chicago air traffic control center brought flights to halt for several hours Friday at two of the nation's busiest airports, triggering the delay and cancellation across the country. 2. President Barack Obama told representative

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2014(十)月

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Barack Obama shakes hands with supporters in Duryea, Pennsylvania, on Friday Elections in the United States are now less than two months away. The political conventions are over, and campaigning will inten

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Obama, pushed to defend himself, says the question of who is, or is not, a patriot all too often poisons our political debates. Transcript of radio broadcast: 04 July 2008 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. A new United States citizen waves

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The First Couple's First Date Charms In 'Southside With You' play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0004:38repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plu

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JUDY WOODRUFF: President-elect Donald Trump is back in New York City tonight, after a day of first meetings in Washington. It was the formal launch of the transition of power, and there was no sign of the bitter broadsides that marked the campaign. J

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From the CNN Center here in Atlanta, glad you are with us everyone, I'm Catherine Callaway. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Yes we can Some amazing video this morning from thousands who showed up outside / Barack Obama's future ho

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 商业报道2008年(十一)月

President Barack Obama said the United States will no longer define its relations with Pakistan narrowly and that the partnership will be built on mutual interest, respect and trust. Ravi Khanna 05 December 2009 President Barack Obama speaks about hi

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(203) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十二月)

For more on this, we're joined by our current affairs commentator, Victor Gao Zhikai. Welcome to our program. Q1. Could the peaceful negotiation of land border with Vietnam serve as an example for the two countries' maritime border demarcation, as we

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 cctv9英语新闻2016年

今天我们要学的词是ball。 Ball, 是球的意思。不过,ball 作为名词,在英语里还有一个常用的意思,指正式舞会。 After being sworn in as the first-ever African American president, Barack Obama and his wife Michele

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今天我们要学的词是fundraiser。 Fundraiser, 是集资活动。美国脱口秀女皇奥普拉.温弗瑞上周末为伊利诺伊州参议员、总统参选人奥巴马举行了集资活动, Oprah Winfrey organized a fundraiser for Democratic

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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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1. Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta, said President Barack Obama will decide in the next few weeks how many US troops will stay on in Afghanistan after the combat mission officially ends two years from now. Panetta is in Afghanistan on an announced vi

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2012(十二月)

1. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has withdrawn his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama's commerce secretary. Obama has accepted Richardson's withdrawal. A federal grand jury is investigating how a California company that contributed

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(120) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2009年(一)月

1.In a reversal, the White House says President Barack Obama is fighting the release of photos showing the abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. He says the release poses a national security threat possibly endangering troops. 2.Astronauts on

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1. President Barack Obama's visit to Peoria, Illinois is the last event before the expected votes on the 789-billion-dollar economic stimulus plan. Final House and Senate votes are on track as early as tomorrow. Illinois is the fourth state Obama ha

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1. Four days after the election, President Barack Obama can finally claim victory in Florida. With nearly 100 percent of the votes counted, Obama was declared the winner, giving him 332 to 406 final margin in the Electoral College. 2. Meantime, Obama

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His presidency began before a crowd a million strong, but when the cheering stopped, he was one man dealing with overlapping crises: an economy in free fall and two unpopular wars. The typical president, I think, has two or three big problems; we've

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本期内容: G7 leaders meeting in Japan warned that Brexit could harm the world economy and promised more forceful (but unspecified) measures to boost growth. Barack Obama laid a wreath at Hiroshima and decried nuclear weapons, without apologizin

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