By Mignon Fogarty I decided to write about comma splices because my friend Scott Sigler has a book coming out this week, Ancestor, published by Crown. Over three years ago, when he was publishing an earlier version of the book with a smaller publishe

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(153) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

AS IT IS 2015-02-07 Nairobis Famed Matatu Graffiti Is Back 内罗毕的著名Matatu涂鸦又回来了 For the last 10 years, the Kenyan government banned any painting on matatus --- large public taxis in the capital, Nairobi. The vehicles could only

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BBC Learning English People and Places Sun Hai Nin SIG Sun Hai Nin: Well, hello everybody Im Hai Nin, Im from China and now Im in London. William:And Im William Kremer welcome to People and Places. You just heard a young Chinese Woman, Sun Hai Nin.

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(259) / 评论(0) 分类 人与地方

WHITE HOUSE The Obama administration is welcoming Republican lawmakers decision not to withhold an extension of the nations borrowing limit. Republicans had threatened to allow the United States to default on its obligations if government spending we

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

U.S. President Barack Obama is renewing his call for Congress to approve tax reform legislation known as the Buffett Rule. It is named after one of the world's richest men, investor Warren Buffett, who says it is not fair that he pays a lower tax tha

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U.S. President Barack Obama says the only way to break the cycle of spiking gas prices is to shift cars and trucks off of oil for good. He said that is why he asked Congress in his State of the Union address to establish an Energy Security Trust to i

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed the 2011 defense authorization(授权) bill into law, but promised to repeal provisions that would restrict(限制,约束) transfer of military detainees from the Gua

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U.S. President Barack Obama will make a special introduction to an upcoming broadcast of the classic U.S. motion picture To Kill a Mockingbird. Cable television's USA Network is airing a fully restored version of the film Saturday to mark the 50th an

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President Barack Obama Thursday ridiculed his political opponents for rejecting his plans for reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil. The president again sought public support for his energy policy, as rising gasoline prices threaten his re-election

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President Barack Obama has unveiled a plan to boost the economy by helping some homeowners refinance their mortgages. The initiative, announced Wednesday, would build on an earlier White House program. Declining housing prices and widespread foreclos

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Obama faces down abortion heckles 奥巴马勇敢面对并且压倒了人们对堕胎相关问题的质问 President Barack Obama has been briefly heckled as he addressed students at one of the largest Catholic universities in the US amid a row over abortion rights. Anti-a

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BEIJING, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has sent a message to his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao, acknowledging Hu's contribution to relations between the two countries. In his message, sent Thursday, Obama said he prized the concerte

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HITE HOUSE Both President Barack Obama and his opponent, Mitt Romney, are preparing for the second of the three debates they will have before the November 6 election. The president needs a strong performance in the next debate to slow Romneys surge i

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Obama, Romney to Face Off in Pivotal 2nd Debate WHITE HOUSE U.S. President Barack Obama faces a crucial second debate Tuesday with Republican challenger Mitt Romney at Hofstra University in New York state. Both candidates have made intense preparatio

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned the terrorist attack in Algeria leading to the deaths of 23 hostages, calling it another reminder of the threat posed by al-Qaeda and other violent extremist groups in

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The campaigns of presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and U.S. President Barack Obama are both focusing on economic issues during political stumps on Saturday. Romney's running mate, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, said Repub

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WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama on Monday called on Congress to approve a one year extension of Bush-era tax cuts for people making less than $250,000 per year, a proposal that has been rejected by congressional Republicans and likely Republican P

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Senator John Kerry to be his next secretary of state as he is trying to usher in a new cabinet for his second term starting in January. Obama made the announcement at the

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U.S. President Barack Obama said he is concerned about the green on blue attacks, the recent killings of NATO troops by Afghan security forces. At a news conference Monday, Obama said he has spoken to senior military leaders who are in Afghanistan ta

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On his way to Colombia for the Summit of the Americas, President Barack Obama told port workers in Tampa, Florida, his meetings with Latin American leaders will help promote U.S. trade. Obama started his trip Friday with a tour of the busy Port of Ta

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