Judy Woodruff: Now back to the mistrial declared today in the federal bribery case against New Jersey's U.S. Senator Bob Menendez. John Yang is back with that. John Yang: Thanks, Judy. Senator Menendez had been charged with 18 counts. Prosecutors sai

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

AS IT IS 2013-09-25 An Anti-Corruption Campaign Takes Shape in China 反腐败运动在中国成形 From VOA Learning English, welcome to As It Is! Im Mario Ritter. Today, we hear about the trial and sentencing of a top leader in Chinas Communist Par

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(九)月

商业贿赂:commercial bribery 为了依法惩治商业贿赂犯罪,两高日前联合下发文件,对商业贿赂犯罪的范围,医药购销、工程建设、政府采购等领域中的商业贿赂进行了认定,提供旅游费,收受银

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15 days from now, your dollar may be worth less, your loans could cost more. That is, if the government runs out of money and is unable to pay its bills. With a major breakthrough increasingly out of reach, lawmakers are showing more interest in a fa

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The politician A gangster wanted to corrupt a politician. He offered a fancy diamond watch in return for a favor. The politician said, It's bribery. I can't accept it. The gangster said, I'll sell you the watch for $20 dollars instead. The politician

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Saudi Crown Prince Detains Opponents, Expands Power The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia is expanding his power over the Middle East country with a reported anti-corruption campaign. 沙特王储正在通过反腐运动扩大他在这个中东国家的权力

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Transparency International Says Construction Most Vulnerable To Corruption “透明国际”指出建筑业容易出现贪污现象 A new report says construction , more than any other segment of a n

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European leaders are pledging to do all they can to curtail the credit crisis that is spreading globally from the US. The announcement came after a meeting in Paris concerning the financial crisis. The BBC's Alasdair Sandford reports from Paris. As

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1. Almost as soon as it began former baseball star Roger Clemens's perjury trial ended Thursday. In a mistrial, the judge blamed on prosecutors and said a first-year law student would have known to avoid. The question of a new trial is still up in th

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By Sportswriters Cao Jianjie and Gong Bing BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese soccer body on Monday banned two former soccer chiefs for life and meted out heavy punishments on match-fixing clubs, concluding a three-year-long drive to clean up C

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核心句型: Nothing of the sort! 没那回事! Nothing of the sort!同Nothing of the kind!一样,都表示:没有那种事,没那回事。因此,当美国人说nothing of the sort!时,他/她要表达的意思就是:That kind of thing

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注释: abuse [E5bju:z] n. 虐待 militiaman [mi5liFEmEn]] n. 民兵 wage [weidV] v. 发动 detention [di5tenFEn] n. 拘留 supervision [7sju:pE5viVEn] n. 监督,管理 pledge [pledV] vt. 保证 ad

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vice FM to Visit Beijing to Repair Ties The Japanese government has decided to dispatch its Foreign top official to China on a two- day tour to repair frayed bilateral ties over islands in the East China Sea. Deputy Foreign Ministe

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China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang has been sentenced to life in prison for bribery, abuse of power and intentional disclosure of state secrets. He has also been stripped of his political rights for life and will have his personal assets con

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Red envelope gifts via mobile devices, popular in China during festivals, have brought a new challenge in the fight against corruption. 过节时,手机红包非常流行,这给反腐带来了挑战。 Cheng Wenhao, director of the Anti-Corruptio

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South Korea's ex-president dies 韩国前总统身亡 Mr Roh served as South Korea's president from 2003 to 2008 Former South Korean President Roh Moo-hy un has died of head injuries after falling into a ravine 峡谷) while climbing a mountain, police say.

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Todd: So, Aiman, now you actually are a business student, correct? You study business? Aiman: Well, actually I studied business. I did my undergraduate in Global Business Management but now I'm doing my master's in International Material Flow Managam

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Registration for the national entrance examinations for postgraduate study started last month, but it seems some students cant resist the temptation to take shortcuts. 上个月,全国考研报名工作启动,而似乎有那么一些学生抵制不

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The BBC understands that the Russian man who was convicted of spying for Britain is CRItically ill in hospital after being exposed to an unknown substance. A woman is also seriously ill. The man is believed to be Sergei Skripal who was convicted of h

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The National People's Congress Standing Committee approved the resolution during its most recent bi-monthly session. President Xi Jinping signed off on the deal on Saturday. China first granted pardons to non-war criminals in 1959, while the first am

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