Al Gore Interviewer: Are you or are you not going to run in 2004? Gore: Well, I've decided not to run and I... Interviewer: You've decided not to run? Gore: I've decided that I will not be a candidate

发表于:2018-11-28 / 阅读(137) / 评论(0) 分类 疯狂英语2003年

The Obama administration is making some changes after finding out that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is far bigger than initially thought. Up to 19,000 barrels of crude have spilled each day in the last month, surpassing the Exxon Valdez disast

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

IN THE NEWS - Why Say Something Nice? US Elections Bring Out Attack AdsBy Brianna Blake Broadcast: Saturday, November 04, 2006 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. A picture from the negative a

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年慢速英语(十一)月

Republican Party activists and Republican voters mostly approve of Donald Trumps first actions as president of the United States. But the new president has low approval ratings among Democratic Party supporters and independent voters. After a month i

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AS IT IS 2015-09-30 'Hated' CEO Hikes Life-Saving Drug 4000% 讨厌的CEO将药物价格上涨4000% The CEO of a drug, or pharmaceutical, company raised the price of a life-saving drug used by AIDS patients by over 4,000 percent. Now, he is saying hi

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The Federal Reserve slashed a key bank lending rate to just about zero today. The move establishes the federal funds target rate between 0 and 0.25%. The rate cut is an effort to spur the economy. NPR's Wendy Kaufman has more. The action by the Fed

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - 1933: An Angry Nation Puts Its Hopes in President RooseveltBy David Jarmul Broadcast: Thursday, August 24, 2006 VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special Engli

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Very smart and very skilled that building consensus. Two traits not listed on Kagan's resume, but they're sure won't hurt her chances of confirmation. CNN's Kate Bolduan has a closer look. Elena Kagan, here congratulating retiring Justice John Paul S

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2010年(五)月

1. October is the deadliest month this year for US troops in Iraq. A soldier and a marine were killed yesterday, bringing the death toll to 80 this month. With less than 10 days to go, October could b

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2006

07 布什总统推进其环保政策 Bush Promotes Environment Policy Deborah Tate White House 4 Jun 2001 18:32 UTC President Bush Monday visited 1)Everglades National Park in Florida to 2)underscore

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2001-国际风云(1)

[1] Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha has died. He had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery in January. The 77-year-old Democrat was a retired Marine Corps officer, who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq War. [2] Michael Jacks

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(356) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(二月)

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Wednesday's presidential debate was the third and last between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. But on Thursday they both attended a yearly political tradition in New York, a dinner to rai

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High Demand from Investors for Special US Visas 投资者对美国特殊签证有极大需求 The number of people from other countries -- especially China -- who want to invest in the United States in exchange for a permanent resident visa reached i

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1. Political watchers are predicting major changes on Capitol Hill and in several state capitals as voters cast their ballots in the midterm elections. Republicans are looking to take over control of the House and deeply cut into the Democrat majorit

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German politics 德国政治 Gone boy on the right 消失的极右领袖 How an anti-foreigner, anti-establishment group is changing German politics 一个反移民、反伊斯兰化组织如何改变德国政治 Bachmann: only joking, honest 巴赫曼

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Obama, Romney Hit Campaign Trail WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, are campaigning in key states, with public opinion polls showing them virtually even. With both parties' conventions concluded, the two ca

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A senior pro-China figure in Hong Kong has said he will convey concerns about alleged police brutality against Hong Kong journalists to Beijing. Convenor of the Executive Council Leung Chun-ying's promise echoed the concerns of several pro-China fig

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

My podcast today is about the word result, and the different ways we can use it. Last week I said that I would tell you the results of the local elections in England and the elections in Scotland and Wales. That means, I shall tell you what happened

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 听播客学英语

Germany's public pensions 德国社会抚恤金 In the wrong direction 方向错误 The government is reversing some of its predecessor's sensible pension reforms 政府正在颠覆之前明智的抚恤金改革政策 AS THE country with the European

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German politics 德国政治 Gone boy on the right 消失的极右领袖 How an anti-foreigner, anti-establishment group is changing German politics 一个反移民、反伊斯兰化组织如何改变德国政治 Bachmann: only joking, honest 巴赫曼

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