VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Ray Freeman with THE MAKING OF A NATION, a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. Today, we continue the story of the American Revolution against Britain in the

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VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Sarah Long with THE MAKING OF A NATION, a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. Today, we continue the story of the American Revolution against Britain in the l

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jin Hour. The House of representatives is now debate House Speaker John Boehner's plan to cut the deficit, but to voted expective leader today. Boehner's plan would raise the debt ceiling in exchange for deep cuts in

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The first family launched a campaign against childhood obesity. Well, the president signing a memorandum on it. Michelle Obama says the surge in overweight kids has created a public health crisis. In fact, the percentage of obese children has more th

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LAHOOD: What I said in there was obviously a misstatement. I -- what I meant to say, and what I thought I said was, if you own one of these cars or if you're in doubt take it to the dealer, and they're going to fix it. OK? Is that good enough for eve

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Good Evening: This a special night for me. Exactly three years ago, on July 15, 1976, I accepted the nomination of my party to run for President of the United States. I promised you a President who is not isolated from the people, who feels your pai

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04 林肯总统的辉煌人生 DATE=2-19-01 TITLE=THIS IS AMERICA #1052 - Lincoln (1)Portrait BYLINE=Shelley Gollust VOICE ONE: Today is Presidents' Day in the United States. It is the day to (2)honor

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The White House A listener in Cambodia heard our recent call for questions about the process of electing an American president. Tath Sok in Phnom Penh wants to know about the duties and responsibilities of

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. More than half the teachers in the Houston Independent School District, the largest in Texas, have earned merit pay awards this year. Marjorie Hunt-Bluford is one of them. The idea seems reasonable.

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U.S. President Barack Obama is urging Congress to extend a law set to expire in July that would prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling. Obama said in his weekly Internet and radio address Saturday, In America, higher education cannot b

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经典译文 With the New Year just around the corner, President Obama said there will be difficult debates and tough fights ahead but that hes hopeful the American people will come together to grow the economy and strengthen the middle class. 2012年

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The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote Thursday on a Republican plan to trim government spending and raise the federal borrowing limit. The vote comes days before a deadline to avert a possible default on U.S. debt obligations that Pre

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Sonia Gandhi was born in 1946 to Italian parents in a small village in northern Italy. She was raised as a Roman Catholic and attended a Catholic school. Her life changed in 1964 when she went to study English in England. It was there that she met an

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A number of key Indian economic sectors were temporarily crippled Tuesday by a nationwide strike to protest government labor policies and inflation. The strike is unprecedented to the extent it unified a number of politically opposed groups, includin

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Subject: I have to keep an ear to the ground. 迷你对话 A: Baby, what about having some beef or dinner? 宝贝儿,晚上吃牛肉,如何? B: Oh, no. Mon, I am on a diet now. I have to keep my ears to the ground. 哦,不。我现在在减肥。

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今天学的词组是lame duck。 Lame duck不就是瘸的鸭子吗? 不对, lame duck这说法往往是指一个由于不会再继续担任这职务而无法起作用的总统或官员。报导说:Elections may leave Bush an early lame duck. 意

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President Barack Obama says a new report that says the rich are getting richer while the middle class struggles shows Republicans in Congress are not paying attention to the economic situation in the United States. Obama said in his weekly address Sa

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Explanation: The government of the United States is a representative democracy, which means that citizens vote for people who then represent them in the government, making laws and decisions that reflect (or are the same as) what the citizens want. C

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Explanation: The men who wrote the U.S. Constitution knew that their document was not perfect. That is why they included ways to change or add laws to the Constitution in thefuture. The fifth article (or section) of the Constitution says that America

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Explanation: When most people think of the United States, they think about the 50 states, but they often forget that other parts of the world are part of the United States, too. A U.S. territory is an area of land that belongs to the U.S. government

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