A: Did you vote yesterday? B: I sure did! A: What candidate did you vote for? B: I voted for Obama. A: Im shocked he actually won. B: I knew he would win. A: Howd you know? B: He was the best candidate this year. A: What about him being black? B: I g

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语情景对话-选举

1. crucial,决定性的,重要的;表示对...重要则在crucial后加to或for。片段中用了crucial的副词形式,crucially表示至关重要地,关键地。 eg:These negotiations are crucial to the future of ourfirm. 这些谈判对我们公

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078 politics Words Policy manifesto ruling party vote referendum election minister prime minister president candidate cabinet politician government opposition power campaign pressure group conservation Liberal mainstream extreme left-wing right-wing

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By Paula Wolfson The focus in the U.S. presidential campaign shifted to taxes and science Monday, as new polls showed a tight race. Both President Bush and the Democratic Party presidential nominee Jo

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Mike O'Sullivan In this U.S. election year, politicians are turning to the entertainment business for support and contributions. Hollywood is, above all, a source of campaign funds for politicians, wh

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大连国际步行节:健康漫步好心情 步行精神万代传 A study shows that walking is a great way to improve your level of activity and your health. With green trees all around, a blue sky

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to get a foot in the door to be dead on one's feet 美国的商品推销员在不很久以前还是挨家挨户地去推销商品,例如吸尘机、厨房用品、百科全书和圣经等。当一位家

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Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director of The Silence of the Lambs, has died in New York at the age of 73. 曾经凭借电影《沉默的羔羊》获得奥斯卡最佳导演奖的乔纳森戴米于近日在纽约去世,终年73岁。 Born in 19

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今天还是要继续讲新闻界常用来为2000年大选的报导增添色彩的两个习惯用语,而且这两个习惯用语包含一个共同的词:tough。 Tough这个词的意思是困难的、艰难的。 我们要学的第一个习惯用语

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By Michael Kitchen In a surprise move on the eve of Afghanistan's first-ever presidential election, two candidates say they are withdrawing from the race and throwing their support behind current tran

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus. Women in American politics is our report this week. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Nancy Pelosi won her first election to Congress twenty years ago t

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Words and Their Stories: Hold Your Horses! 词汇典故:和horse相关的英语表达 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 Today, we tell about horse expressions. In th

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Guide to 2016 Campaign: Money and Super PAC 金钱和政治行动委员会领导2016年总统竞选 Money, lots of it, is what it takes to win the presidency of the United States. When Richard Nixon won re-election in 1972, the Center for Responsive

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AS IT IS 2016-09-16 Five Things to Know About Political Polls in the U.S. 五件事让你了解美国政治民意调查 On November 8, the American people will vote for the next U.S. president in this years general election. 11月8日,美国人民将

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In Liberia, there are mixed reactions to this week's announcement by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf that she will run for re-election next year. A draft report by the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission said President Sirleaf should be bar

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A: Are you going to vote? B: I am so excited to be voting. A: Do you know who youre going to vote for? B: I am so impressed with the candidate Im going to vote for. A: Whats so great about him? B: I feel that he is very intelligent. A: Oh, really? B:

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今天我们要讲的两个习惯用语都是跟钱有关系的。钱在英文里有各种说法。一个用得最普遍的就是:Money. 我们首先要给大家介绍的一个习惯用语恐怕是许

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Every year on the beautiful Lindau island of Lake Constance, some of the best of the worlds young scientists meet Nobel Prize winners. As it turned out, this meeting of physicists was a true meeting of minds. And so native created five new films expl

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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 15 February 2008 President Robert Mugabe is now officially the ZANU-PF candidate for the presidential poll on March 29. Peta Thornycroft in Harare reports for VOA, he and two others: opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and

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JUDY WOODRUFF: And in North Carolina, the libertarian on the ballot could help tip the result. Across the country, in at least 10 races, both parties are wondering what effect independent and third-party candidates will have. Where do they have a cha

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