This is AP News Minute. More than 20,000 people have been rescued as floodwaters cover much of southern Lousiana. At least 4 people have died. Demonstrations shocked Milwaukee streets for a second straight night, following the police shooting of an a

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2016(八)月

1. Candidates across the nation are making their final appeals to voters in Tuesday's primary election. Earlier, governor John Kasich said he was excited to cast his votes from a south Ohio primary. Meanwhile, senator Bernie Sanders met with voters i

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Everyday Grammar: When Nouns Act Like Adjectives 日常语法名词充当形容词 Welcome back to Everyday Grammar from VOA Learning English. The English language has an interesting way of classifying words. We organize words by their function or pu

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Larry和李华在纽约参加长跑比赛。李华今天要学两个常用语,eat my dust和sore loser. LL: It's a good thing you've been training for this race, Li Hua. But you are still going to eat my dust. LH: Eat your dust? Yuck. 吃你的土?

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 美国之音《流行美语》

Mack Horton clinched Australia's first gold medal of the Rio Olympics by upsetting favorite Sun Yang of China in the men's 400m freestyle final on Saturday. 在周日进行的男子400米自由泳决赛中,马克霍顿了击败中国队的夺冠热门

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

PANAMA CITY, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Panamanians will go to the polls Sunday to elect a new president, vice president and legislators. Seven candidates are registered in the presidential race, with three leading the field -- Jose Domingo Arias from the rul

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LONDON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian swimmer Oussama Mellouli outclassed a field of experienced rivals to win the men's 10km marathon swimming at the London Olympics on Friday, making himself the first swimmer to win medals both in pool and in open w

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Finally, the tradition continues to the present day with the loser challenging the winner to a re-match annually. 最终,这个传统一直延续到了今天,每年由输的一方向赢的一方提出挑战。 The most recent race was on Saturday

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 走进牛津大学

At the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix. Two collisions on the track have changed the game and it's Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo who took a surprising victory in a chaotic race in Shanghai. It's a dramatic race in Shanghai. The main rivalry had been foc

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 2018CRI中国国际广播电台

1) Pull an all-nighter 加班加点,熬夜来完成某事 2) Rat race 指忙碌的无休止的生活 3) Workaholic 工作狂 Are you a workaholic?? Do you often pull all-nighters for work or school??

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 OMG美语

Barack Obama and the Republicans 奥巴马与共和党 A beatable president 能被击败的总统 But only if a Republican candidate starts laying out a sensible plan for the American economy 条件是共和党候选人开始为美国经济开出良方

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Still in Books and Arts; Book Review; The Oxford-Cambridge boat race; Shock and oar; 文艺;书评;牛津-剑桥划艇赛;萁与豆; Blood Over Water: Oxford Versus Cambridge. One Race. Two Brothers. Only One Winner. By David and James Living

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If you have never been to Queenstown, you are missing one of the most beautiful towns in New Zealand. It is situated on a lake Lake Wakatipu and is surrounded by mountains. Two good ski fields are very close to the town the Remarkables on one side of

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

It's an M249 machine gun. 这是把M249型机关枪 Gaspowered, aircooled, 气驱动,空气冷却 Fires up to 800 rounds per minute. 每分钟能发射八百发子弹 We need to move, now! 我们得走了,快 What are you doing? Get out of here! 你

发表于:2019-01-29 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 绿箭侠第一季

242 印尼副总统竞选激烈 Indonesia Holds Tight Race for Vice President Patricia Nunan Jakarta 26 Jul 2001 07:11 UTC Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembly has elected a new vice president.

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SANTIAGO, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Chile's Deputy Sports Minister Gabriel Ruiz-Tagle Thursday said he was confident his country will form part of the 2014 Dakar Rally circuit, dismissing rumors a possible route change could shut Chile out. Chile is not go

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(129) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

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

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

ROME, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican star sprinter Usain Bolt will run the 100-meter race at Rome's Golden Gala, the fifth leg of the Diamond League, on June 6, 2013, organizers confirmed on Tuesday. It will be the third time in a row for the back-to-

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

MADRID, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Fernando Alonso produced one of the best drives of his career to win the European Grand Prix in Valencia, Spain, on Sunday. The Ferrari driver timed one hour, 44 minutes and 16.649 seconds to win the race, 6.421 seconds fa

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(158) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

SAN JOSE, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Colombian cyclist Oscar Sanchez took the lead Sunday in the 48th edition of the Costa Rica Tour, clocking the fastest time in the seventh leg of the 12-stage competition. Sunday's race featured a grueling 18-kilometer up

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