President Obama is sidestepping the GOP opposition in Congress to appoint the head of a new consumer protection bureau. Today I'm appointing Richard as America's consumer watchdog. The President speaking about Richard Cordray in Ohio, where the nomin

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is on the campaign trail in New Hampshire, urging supporters to go the polls in Tuesday's primary. At the same time, New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers reports Romneys also looking towards South Car

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. From time to time we are answering questions about the American election process. Today, from Jigawa, Nigeria, Mustapha Aminu Gumel asks why Super Tuesday is so special in the presidential campaign. Super

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2007年(十一)月

Seven candidates line up tonight for a GOP president held by CNN, WMUR, and The New Hampshire Union Leader. Going into it, something pretty interesting. There seems to have been a shift in what Americans want from their government, their leaders. Don

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2011年(六)月

First up,today president Obama announced a new plane for some changes to the US military.President's idea is for the military to be liner and cheaper.the country's recent economic problems and the governemnt's budget concerns are party of this.Offici

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2012年(一)月

Explanation: Once Europeans arrived to North America, they began to fill up the land very quickly. Many Europeans moved to the land that would later become the United States. European countries like Britain, France, and Spain created colonies (or are

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 美国精神

模仿文本: Cricket began as far as we can tell in the 16th century as a farm game played by labourers and farmers around the home counties in Kent and Hampshire. But by the 18th century, cricket had really become a major spectator activity with

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富兰克林皮尔斯(Franklin Pierce)(1804年11月23日(甲子年) ~ 1869年(己巳年)10月8日),美国总统(1853-1857),这位能力一般、恶习很多的政治神童,在军内供职时间不长即晋升为将军。他无大的

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VOA Learning English presents Americas Presidents. Today we are talking about Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States. He took office in 1853 at age 48. At that time, he was the youngest person elected to the White House. Pierce was

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(五)月

First up, it's round two in the US presidential primary season. Eastern race for the Republican nomination moves to New Hampshire. - and - were predicting a possible record turn up for yesterday's primary. Around two hundred and fifty thousand voters

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(133) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2012年(一)月

Utility crews have been working around the clock to restore power to the more than 800, 000 homes and businesses still without power after a severe ice storm ripped across the northeastern states, just getting to downed power lines is proving diffic

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Nearly 2,000 people have been rescued from flooded or damaged homes in Texas and areas hit by Hurricane Ike. But officials say thousands more who ignored evacuation orders are likely stranded and waiting for help. People who were evacuated are being

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 2008年NPR美国国家公共电台九月

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The American presidential campaign took a surprising turn this week. Hillary Clinton Senator Hillary Clinton won the Democratic vote in the first primary state, New Hampshire, on Tuesday. That was after sh

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Americans Take 80% of Worlds Opioid Supply 全球80%内源性阿片类药物来自美国 The U.S. government is dealing with an epidemic of opioid use. Americans make up about 4.6 percent of the worlds population, but consume 80 percent of the worlds

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今天我们要学的词是upset。 Upset, 作为名词,有击败的意思,通常是指击败本来以为必胜无疑的一方。在新罕布什尔州的美国总统党内初选中,纽约州联邦参议员希拉里.克林顿出人意外地击败了

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

MANCHESTER, N.H.Democratic socialist Bernie Sanders and outspoken billionaire Donald Trump have won their parties' respective primaries in New Hampshire, according to media projections, securing their first victories of the 2016 U.S. presidential cam

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天我们要学的词是momentum。 Momentum, 是势头的意思。 To gather momentum, 势头大增,to lose momentum, 势头减弱。美国前阿肯色州州长赫卡比在爱奥华州的基层党团会议选举中排名第一。No other candid

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry announced Thursday that he's dropping out of the race for the GOP nomination and endorsing former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for president. I have come to the conclusi

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Our time is short, one faint voice said; 我们的时间不多了,一个微弱的声音说; Today we've done our best on different sides: what matters now? 我们今天尽了全力,为了各自一方,现在这些还有什么意义? Tomorrow

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 美国语文第四册

提示:看下面十种用法的同时,除了看中文意思外,更需要注意使用的语境及典型语句。 (1) 用来向不熟悉的人打听情况或提出请求(其实质用法是引人注意),意为:请问;劳驾;对不起。(新东

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