The United States is experiencing a serious drug addiction and abuse problem. In 2016, some 64,000 Americans died of drug overdoses from both legal and illegal narcotics. Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of injury death in the United States,

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(12月)

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Law enforcement officials are trying a new response to massive numbers of deaths from opioids. What some police are now doing is treating overdose sites as crime scenes, sometimes charging friends and loved ones with murder. Here

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台7月

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Nearly a hundred days into his administration, President Trump has drastically reduced the flow of immigration, both legal and illegal, into the U.S. He's been able to accomplish that despite the fact that many of his signature i

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台4月

必背句型: A:What does the prosecution do in a criminal case? 在刑事案件中控方要做什么? B:The prosecution in a criminal case has to establish beyond reasonable doubt that the accused committed the crime. 在刑事案件中,控方必须

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 法律英语就该这么说

Next, the U.S. Army is on a mission to recruit 80,000 new soldiers by next year. It's easier said than done. Many people don't meet the military's requirements to join. Weight, age, drug use, medical conditions, criminal records, they can all keep so

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年12月

It eluded us then, but that's no matter. Tomorrow, we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther, and one fine morning. 梦想尽管躲避我们吧,无关紧要!明天,我们会跑得更快,伸展得更远,又将是一个晴朗的早晨。

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 Daily English-2015.9

Turns out, education pays off. Thats true whether youre a doctor or a lawyeror even a mobster, according to a new study. Researchers compared the FBI files of more than seven hundred Italian-American mafia men from the '30s to the '40s to other nonmo

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年Scientific American(十)月

When life gets rough 生活艰难时 You are not a victim 你不是受害者 You need to get out of your own way. Youare only a victim of your own thoughts, words and actions. No one does something to you. You are the creator of your own experience.

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 英语早间课堂

The Gentleman Thief 怪盗亚森罗苹 He is handsome, charming, highly intelligent, and a master of disguise. He steals, but only from the rich, and marries four times. He travels the world using a number of names and his adventures are the talk of

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 双语有声阅读

Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who mediated a power-sharing agreement between Kenya's main political parties last year following disputed elections, says the country's leaders have until August to set up a tribunal to try those responsibl

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(六月)

ICC Verdict Finds Lubanga Guilty of Using Child Soldiers After a trial lasting more than three years, involving more than 60 witnesses and more than a thousand items of evidence, the three judges of Chamber I at the International Criminal Court came

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(三月)

Kenyan environmentalist and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai (file photo) One week before an international conference convenes in Uganda to reaffirm the mandate of the International Criminal Court, Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai has call

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(五)月

By Jennifer Glasse London 27 October 2009 A memorial stone for the victims of Pan-Am flight 103 iin a garden of remembrance near the village of Lockerbie, Scotland, Nov. 2008 Scottish police have just announced they are looking into evidence surroun

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十月)

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A big change is coming to our program and to NPR. It involves our next guest, who I'm not used to seeing on the opposite side of the table. Robert Siegel, welcome to the studio. ROBERT SIEGEL, BYLINE: You think you're not used to s

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台11月

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, is concluding a weeklong visit to Mexico, where she expressed concern over abuse of citizens by police and soldiers fighting organized crime groups. The major effort against drug cartels and o

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2011年7月

Groups Rally Support for ICC 团体集会支持国际刑事法院 Some 130 groups from across Africa are calling on governments to reaffirm their support for the International Criminal Court based in The Hague. Theyve released an open letter in advan

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2013年(十月)

By Nina Maria Potts The Hague 16 October 2006 watch ICC report International justice needs the support of the international community -- that's the word from chief prosecutors from the International Criminal Court, and its ad hoc tribunals. Chief pr

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(124) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(十月)

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Our next guest is Ahmir Thompson, also known as Questlove. He's a drummer and a bunch of other things. AHMIR THOMPSON: People know me as a founding member of The Roots. I DJ occasionally. I was a professor at NYU - oh, a televisi

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

今天我们要学的词是arrest warrant。 Arrest warrant, 逮捕令。不久前,The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court requested an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, accusing him of crimes against humanity, 国际

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

Topics: Hate Crime Legislation; State Fairs; shop versus store versus department store; relative to versus related to; Down Under Words: hate crime prejudice criminal offense sexual orientation brutality to trigger state fair livestock ride funhouse

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe