THE MAKING OF A NATION - August 1, 2002: Election of 1952 / Dwight Eisenhower By Jeri Watson VOICE 1: This is Doug Johnson. VOICE 2: And this is Phil Murray with THE MAKING OF A NATION, a VOA Special

发表于:2018-11-27 / 阅读(277) / 评论(0) 分类 The Making of a Nation

Severe weather struck the U.S. East Coast with at least one deadly tornado touching down in Virginia. At least 4 people were killed in that state. Violent weather also ripped roofs off homes in Pennsylvinia. Republican presidential candidate Marco Ru

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Narrator: Exercise 4.9. Lecture 4: Interviewer: Will you please welcome Vernon Applethwaite, a lecturer in political science at Worthington University, California, who is here today to discuss the types of voting systems in existence in various democ

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Each December the editors and news directors of the Associated Press vote for the top ten news stories of the year. Barack Obama during his acceptance speech in Chicago, Illinois on November fourth They ch

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This 'Swan Song' Is My 'Last Hurrah' Now, the Special English program Words and Their Stories. The white swan, with its long, graceful neck, is among the most beautiful of birds. The swan is mostly silent through its life. It floats quietly on the wa

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Voters in Gabon are choosing a new president to succeed long-time ruler Omar Bongo. Mr. Bongo died in June after 42 years in power. Supporters of Ali Bongo Ondimba, son of former dictator Omar Bongo, leave his final presidential campaign rally in Li

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威斯康星州工人阶级对特郎普感到愤怒Standing in line among thousands hoping to see Donald Trump at the Janesville Conference Center was a last-minute decision for accountant William Collett.和成千上万人一起排队等着唐纳德

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1. A grand jury in Missouri is hearing evidences to determine if a police officer will be charged in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Authorities in Ferguson report a much calmer night with only six arrests. 2. The Palestinian militan

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Vice President Calvin Coolidge became president in nineteen twenty-three following the death of President Warren Harding. Coolidge quickly gained the trust of most Americans by investigating the crimes of Harding's top officials. The conservative eco

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复习部分 ivory tower 象牙塔 就是生活在脱离现实生活中的小天地。 Judas kiss 犹大之吻 说的就是背叛的行为,或者是 kiss of death come on to somebody to 与 for 的差别 Part One 你听不懂的 manna from heaven 天助,意外收获 Patricia won a 1000 dollar from the

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A: You voted, right? B: You know I did. A: Who did you vote for? B: I voted for Obama, of course! A: Can you believe that he actually won? B: I knew he would win. A: I didnt think he would. B: He was the top candidate. A: I figured people wouldnt vot

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September 12th, 2001It's the day after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington that killed thousands of Americans. In New York, stunned rescue workers search for bodies in the smoking rubble of the World Trade Center. And in Washington, Pres

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By Peta Thornycroft 05 February 2008 A senior and long-standing member of the ruling ZANU-PF, Simba Makoni, announced in Harare that he will stand as an independent candidate against President Robert Mugabe in the upcoming presidential election. Peta

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今天的两个习惯用语都来自华盛顿的一份报纸上的同一篇文章,谈论的是2000年夏天民主党以及共和党各自召开的全国代表大会。这种大会的目的是为同年十一月份的大选确定本党总统侯选人的

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今天我们要学的词是tech-savvy。 Tech, 是technology, 的简写,savvy, 是指对某件事情很精通。 Tech-savvy, 意思是对高新科技很在行。一项有关消费者电器的调查问卷显示, 79% of men felt 'extremely tech sav

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By Naomi Schwarz Freetown 08 August 2007 Sierra Leone's leading presidential candidate, Vice President Solomon Berewa, boycotted country's first-ever pre-election debates. But the other six candidates were on hand and discussed employment, education,

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今天我们要学的词是wide open。 Wide open, 意思是完全开放,大开着。 With the favorite horse dropping out, the race is wide open, 最被看好的赛马退出比赛,让比赛结果完全无法预测。 在最近一次访谈节目中

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今天我们要学的词是hone。 Hone, 做为动词,是磨炼,提高技艺的意思。 The candidate paid the consulting company a pretty penny to hone his campaign slogan, 这个候选人花了一大笔钱给咨询公司,帮他斟酌推敲竞选

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Voice 1 Hello, Im Mike Procter. Voice 3 Im Marina Santee. Voice 2 And Im Ruby Jones. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Vo

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今天我们要学的词是identify。Identify动词,意思是确定、识别。James T. Hodgkinson, the man identified as shooting a Republican member of congress and four others, was a small business owner in Illinois. 詹姆斯霍奇金森被确定

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