今天要讲的三个习惯用语里都有下面这个词:stick。Stick这个词有很多解释。在用作名词的时候stick它可以指一根木棍。在今天我们要讲的三个习惯用语里stick都是用作动词,意思是把什么东西系

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

Jim Malone The U.S. presidential election may be six and one-half months away, but the Kerry and Bush campaigns are already hitting the television airwaves with a barrage of advertisements normally re

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(上)--美国大选

Jim Malone President Bush's re-election campaign began running television advertisements this week that are critical of his presumed Democratic opponent in the November election, Massachusetts Senator

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(上)--美国大选

By Cathy Majtenyi Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner, Wangari Maathai, Monday spoke against widespread practices, such as forest farming, that, she says, are responsible for deforestation in her country.

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(下)--新闻盘点

1. Police are charging four suspects in the shooting death of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor. Three of the men briefly appeared in court this morning and they are being held without bond. Lawyers for two of the suspects say some have confessed

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2007

By Loirdham Moyo Mutare, Zimbabwe 25 March 2008 Zimbabwean political parties are using innovative methods of attracting prospective voters for the March 29 presidential elections.For example, they providethe undecided with text messages about their p

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(三月)

Scandals and Mistakes Influence US Political Campaigns Just as Republicans were preparing to introduce Mitt Romney to the nation, a little known U.S. Senate candidate sparked a controversy. Congressman Todd Akin was asked if abortion should be allowe

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HIV Awareness Campaigns Paying Off A new survey shows that South African HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns have been a big success. Theres more testing, condom use and male circumcision. The findings were released Tuesday at the 19th International AIDS Co

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(七月)

About 5.7 million people in South Africa are living with HIV, including approximately 280,000 children under the age of 15. In addition, between 1.5 and three million so-called AIDS orphans have lost one or both parents to this disease. South Africa

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(六)月

The World Health Organization said polio is spreading in Angola and has crossed into neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, creating an international threat. A vaccine for polio was discovered more than 50 years ago, but according to data released

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(九)月

A: Hello, may I speak to you for a few minutes? B: About what? A: I want to speak to you about this years election. B: Oh, really? A: Yes, I am a volunteer for the campaign. B: I am very impressed. A: I feel that history is about to be made, and I wa

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A: Could I speak to you for a minute? B: What do you want to speak to me about? A: I want to talk about this years election. B: Oh, you do? A: I am volunteering for the campaign. B: What made you decide to volunteer? A: I want to be a part of history

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A: I would like to speak to you, if you dont mind. B: What would you like to speak to me about? A: I would like to talk to you about this years election. B: Is that right? A: I am a volunteer for this years campaign. B: Thats wonderful. I am impresse

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With roughly one month to go until Election Day in the United States, the two major presidential campaigns are stepping up their attacks on each other. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from Washington. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin talks to supporters during a

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十月)

By Jeffrey Young Washington, D.C. 12 November 2007 While political campaigns in the United States have used the Internet since the 1990s, the importance of the Internet has grown dramatically in the current campaign for the White House. In this segme

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十一月)

By Jeffrey Young Washington 07 November 2007 Every presidential aspirant uses opinion polling data to shape his or her campaign in the quest for the White House. In this segment of How America Elects , VOA's Jeffrey Young looks at the vital role of p

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十一月)

今天我们要学的词是overdrive。 Overdrive, 指汽车的超速档。说一件事情into overdrive, 意思就是进入白热化。The candidates threw their campaigns into overdrive ahead of the election, 选举即将到来前,候选人的宣战

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

It's noon on a hot New York summer day, and Bob Lewis picks up a large organic radish at the teeming Union Square greenmarket in Manhattan. It's one of about 50 green markets he has helped establish in New York City since 1976, and one of about 500 n

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(七)月

By Jeffrey Young Washington 07 March 2008 U.S. political candidates make great effort to get endorsements - - statements of support - - from other politicians, from issue groups, and others whose backing could bolster their campaigns for office. In t

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(三月)

Topics: Ask an American: Libraries Using Ad Campaigns to Improve Image and Funding; making introductions; stack versus stock Words: to light up to click deficit geek mental synapse to get (ones) geek on billboard poster reaction hip to hit to introdu

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