1. Pope Francis drew hundreds of thousands of Catholics to his mass in Mexico on Sunday. The mass was expected to be the biggest of the Pope's 5 days trip to the country. 2. President Barack Obama says he plans to fulfill his constitutional responsib

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2016(二)月

美国国会就枪支控制法加紧行动 Three months after a tragic mass shooting at a U.S. elementary school brought the nation to tears, lawmakers are starting to move ahead with various proposals to curb gun violence. But the slow progress in W

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Topics: The Massie Trial; concept versus content versus context; whereas versus while; [month]+[date] versus [date] of [month] Words: to flag down to rape evidence to frame verdict hung jury to confess to be outraged lynching temporarily insane to te

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Wk 12 (19 March 2003) American-led Forces Invade IraqThis Week in HistoryIraq is invaded in order to destroy weapons of mass destruction. No such weapons are found. In 2003, forces led by the USA invaded Iraq without the backing of the United Nations

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The massive earthquake that struck Chile in February 2010 might have shortened Earth's day by 1.26 microseconds, according to calculations by a NASA scientist. An EarthSky Facebook friend asked us how. And the answer is for the day to get shorter, Ea

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模仿文本: It's nine years since Libya announced it was giving up any attempt to develop weapons of mass destruction. Shortly afterwards inspectors from the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, were sent to Libya to try to make sure their plans real

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By David McAlary U.S. astronomers have made a finding they say increases the chance that distant stars may harbor planetary systems like our own. They have discovered two planets the size of Neptune e

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美联社,新闻一分钟,Pope,Germany,Catholic,1:The Pope wraps up his final day in Germany with a Mass for a million young people, and announces the Rome Catholic Church's next World Youth Day will be in Sydney, in 2008. 2.Israeli bulldozer s wor

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By Deborah Tate Chief U.S. weapons inspector Charles Duelfer says Iraq had no stockpiles of biological, chemical or nuclear weapons before last year's U.S.-led invasion. The Bush administration cited

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1. Tropical Storm Fay is moving northeast after making landfall in southwest Florida. The storm is expected to bring sustained winds of up to 60 miles an hour. Some places could see up to ten inches of rain. 2. Russian soldiers reportedly have taken

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Scientists Testing Space Propulsion by Light 科学家测试太阳能动力 Can the sun provide power for a spaceship to travel to the edge of our solar system? The answer may come from a small satellite. A Delta V rocket carried the satellite into s

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AS IT IS 2016-06-13 50 Dead in Worst Mass Shooting in US History 美国历史上最严重大规模枪击事件造成50人丧生 A gunman has killed 50 people and wounded another 53 at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. It was the worst mass shootin

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With Haiti still in a state of emergency after last week's terrible earthquake, many residents of Port-au-Prince are leaving the city, trying to get out any way they can. The exodus from Port-au-Prince has begun. With food and water scarce, thousands

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Speaking in 65 different languages from the central balcony of Saint Peter's Basilica, Pope Benedict offeres a blessing of peace and joy for the holiday. Sabina Castelfranco | Rome 25 December 2009 Photo: AP Pope Benedict XVI gestures to the faithful

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英语口译笔译 一般公司的招聘流程是这样的:根据需求设定岗位发布招聘信息收取简历甄选出面试候选人进行面试录用。来看看每个阶段的都有哪些相关的词汇吧~ 职位空缺:vacancy/open/openin

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It resembles the blob from science fiction stories, but it's very real. These jell-like sheets of disease-carrying mucus are spreading across portions of the Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea, where this video was taken. This stringy mass is known as ma

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Business Bookselling Spine chilling 商业 售书业前景 令人胆战心惊 Mass-market retailing changed publishing before the e-book E书时代近在眼前,纸书商改出版策略 SNAZZY technology is a twist in a narrative already several cha

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The future of news新闻产业的未来 Back to the coffee house重回咖啡屋时代 The internet is taking the news industry back to the conversational culture of the era before mass media 互联网正在将新闻产业带回到大众传媒出现前的

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By Greg Flakus Mexico City 07 July 2006 The official final vote count in Mexico's presidential election showed ruling party candidate Felipe Calderon winning by only 236,000 votes. His main rival is threatening to challenge the outcome, and, even if

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TOY-BOX是被称作童话之乡的丹麦名副其实的国宝级乐队。也许是受了文化上的熏陶和感染,他们的歌曲里充满了童趣味儿和卡通味儿。这个组合的风格非常欢快和清新,它诠释给人们的感觉更多的是天真无邪的感情和真挚的展现,比如代表作舞曲《泰山和珍妮》,听了之后心情豁然

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