奥巴马希望打破 第二任期诅咒 President Barack Obama is preparing for a second four-year term after his re-election victory. But second terms have not always been kind to recent U.S. presidents. 奥巴马总统11月早些时候赢得大选之

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2012年11月

1. President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton are among those mourning George McGovern, the former Democrat senator lost a landslide presidential election to Richard Nixon in 1972. 2. Lance Armstrong greeted about 4,300 cyclists at his

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1. A grand jury in Missouri is hearing evidences to determine if a police officer will be charged in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Authorities in Ferguson report a much calmer night with only six arrests. 2. The Palestinian militan

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AA: Im Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER -- slang and idioms in American politics. RS: Tuesday was Election Day, and Slangman David Burke in Los Angeles told us a story about one candidate who had no problem with name reco

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BBC News with Stewart Macintosh. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has called for international sanctions against the Dutch government after it stopped two of his ministers from making campaign speeches in the Netherlands. Mr Erdogan accused t

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BBC News with Cathy Clarkston. The U.S. Justice Department has indicted two Russian spies in connection with a massive breach of information, affecting 500 million Yahoo! accounts in 2014. It's the first time Washington has levied criminal charges ag

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A labyrinth of emotions My larynx is killing me! Robin exclaimed. Someone must have laced my cigars with strychnine. You are forever lamenting. Spare us your platitudes, replied Laura, his long-suffering wife, wearing her grandmothers favorite lace

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The Alden family did not get up very early next morning. But when they walked into the dining room they had a surprise. There sat John Carter at a large round table for seven. Oh, Im glad you found us! shouted Benny. I never lost you, said John Carte

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When the Aldens were in the car, Violet said, We can see right through you, Grandfather. You are the man who is going to buy the woods, arent you? Of course, said Grandfather, smiling at her. What better thing could we do for Lovan? She will feel fre

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By Steve Herman A powerful aftershock has rattled the quake-scarred region in Japan's Niigata Prefecture where more than 30 people have died and 100,000 have been homeless for four days. Meanwhile all

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(下)--新闻盘点

美联社,新闻一分钟,hurricane,workers,mourn,1. Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Katrina's onslaught , relief workers in New Orleans show signs of making strides in cleanup efforts. 2. Families gather at the World Trade Center Site to mourn lost

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2005

1. Harry Whittington says accidents do and will happen. The 78-year-old lawyer was released from a hospital Friday, 6 days after Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot him during a quail hunting

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This is AP news minute. 1. Federal government's checks will not bounce once the fiscal year ends on Friday. Congress voted to send the spending bill to president Obama, keeping the government operating through December,9th. 2. President Barack Obama

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AS IT IS 2016-05-19 200 Families Feared Buried in Sri Lanka Landslides 斯里兰卡山体滑坡 传200户活埋 More than 200 families are reported missing in central Sri Lanka after landslides. 斯里兰卡中部发生山体滑坡,超200余个家庭

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AS IT IS 2015-10-21 Typhoon Koppu Leaves 17 Dead in Philippines Typhoon Koppu was downgraded Monday to a tropical storm, but killed at least 17 people and submerged entire towns in northwestern Philippines. Luzon, the countrys largest island, receive

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Talks to Resume on Winter Gas for Ukraine 争取恢复对乌天然气供应的协商继续进行 LONDON Ukrainian and Russian officials will meet again next week in an effort to settle their dispute over natural gas supplies that threatens to leave U

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From NPR News in Washington,I am Babara Cline. In the central Phillipines witnesses describe corps and sidewalks in street even hanging from trees as relief workers try to reach areas cut off by flooding from Friday's super typoon when 170 miles an h

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The Hong Kong Observatory issued the No. 10 hurricane signal, the top level warning, at 9:40 a.m. on Sunday, as typhoon Mangkhut hit Hong Kong after it has left at least 25 people dead in the Philippines. The top level warning means that winds with s

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 2018CRI中国国际广播电台

Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has announced plans to set up new Chinese-backed infrastructure in Brazil to produce trains for the Rio de Janeiro metro. He made the announcement at the opening of exhibition displaying 3 Chinese-manufactured trai

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今天我们要学的词是evacuate。Evacuate is spelled e-v-a-c-u-a-t-e, evacuate. Evacuate动词,意思是疏散、撤退。Rescuers searching for more than 90 people missing after a huge landslide in southwest China were ordered to evacuate due

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