VOA慢速英语--George W. Bush: Wartime President

VOA Learning English presents Americas Presidents. Today we are talking about George Walker Bush. He took office in 2001 as the 43rd president. He has a similar name to another president -- his father, George Herbert Walker Bush. To simplify things,

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UNSV would like say thanks to the member Vanguard for writing down an excellent dication! It is twenty-two hours thirty Universal Time. I'm Jim Tedder in Washington. [1] Officials in the Gaza Strip sa

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UNSV would like say thanks to the member Vanguard for writing down an excellent dication! It is twenty-three hours thirty Universal Time. I'm Jim Tedder in Washington. [1] Officials in the Gaza Strip

Herbert Hoover: Blamed

VOA Learning English presents Americas Presidents. Today we are talking about Herbert Hoover. He took office in 1929. Hoover was president for the early years of what Americans call the Great Depression. During those years, the United States economy

VOA慢速英语--伍德罗·威尔逊：理想主义者

Woodrow Wilson: Idealist VOA Learning English presents Americas Presidents. Today we are talking about Woodrow Wilson. He served two terms, from 1913 to 1921, and led the United States through the first World War. Wilson might have seemed an unlikely

VOA慢速英语2017--Franklin D. Roosevelt: Powerful

VOA Learning English presents Americas Presidents. Today we are talking about Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was related to an earlier president with same last name, Theodore Roosevelt. Many Americans call Franklin Roosevelt by the first letter of eac

VOA慢速英语2015 斯里兰卡选举考验占星师水平

AS IT IS 2015-01-20 Sri Lankan Election Tests the Power of the Planets 斯里兰卡选举考验占星师水平 Mahinda Rajapaksa was elected president of Sri Lanka in 2005 and won re-election in 2010. In 2014, he called for elections again two years

中英双语新闻 科学家发现牙齿自我修复方法

BBC News with Marion Marshall. The United States says its special forces have mounted a raid against leaders of the Islamic State group in Syria. The Pentagon said a unit of commandos,tasked with tracking down jihadist leaders, carried out the operat

奥巴马每周电视讲话：美国经济正在复苏

WASHINGTON, DC In this week's address, the President discussed his return to Elkhart, Indiana, the first town he visited as President and one that was among the hardest-hit by the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. Seven years later, unemploymen

Benjamin Harrison: Grandson

VOA Learning English presents Americas Presidents. Today we are talking about Benjamin Harrison. His family name may sound familiar. That is because he was the grandson of President William Henry Harrison. That situation is unique in U.S. history so

What Is the History of the Presidential Turkey Pardon?

Every year, at a ceremony at the White House, the American president pardons a turkey. Instead of becoming part of a Thanksgiving dinner in the United States, the bird's life is saved. Stories on the origins of the presidential turkey pardon are nume

向奥巴马学习管理之道

Obama became a master of compartmentalizing his time and focus over the course of his presidency. 在总统任职期间,奥巴马成为了一位合理划分个人时间与精力的大师. Based on the photos of Obama kiteboarding off the coast of bil

经济学人:川普当选总统 国际经济出现的乱象(下)

Yet there are risks to China's economy too, from even a milder form of Trumpian populism. 然而，对于中国经济来说，也存在着来自一种较为温和形式的特朗普式民粹主义的风险。 The dollar's weakness over the spring and

特朗普承诺告别自己的商业帝国

Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be leaving his business empire in total as he sought to address growing concern about potential conflicts of interest related to his business ties around the world. 唐纳德.特朗普(Donald Trump)周三表示，

FIVB president not seeking for another term

LONDON, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Wei Jizhong, President of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), has reaffirmed his determination not to seek re-election when his term ends in September. I made it clear that I would work for only one term when I

韩国7万人大游行要求朴槿惠下台

Security forces in the South Korean capital Seoul have clashed with protesters during one of the country's biggest street rallies in recent years. 韩国首都首尔爆发近年来最大的示威游行，很多安保部队和抗议者集聚在街上。

PBS高端访谈:特朗普在寻求什么样的外交政策?

HARI SREENIVASAN: Often, the people a president surrounds himself with says something about his goals as any policy statement. President-elect Trump is in the process of deciding who will fill critical national security and diplomatic posts. These de

经济学人273:2016大选阵势 罗姆尼回归

The 2016 field 2016大选阵势 Romney returns 罗姆尼回归 The list of possible Republican candidates grows longer and more familiar 共和党竞选人数越来越多，面孔愈发熟悉 WHEN a man wishes to run for president, he no longer annou

经济学人327:开启黑人牧师时代

WHEN Fred Luter, the pastor of a large congregation in a flood-damaged section of New Orleans, assumes the presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) at its annual meeting in June, it will not be the usual passing of the baton for Americas l

美国与古巴将恢复外交关系

The historical announcement was made simultaneously by both U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro. We will end an outdated approach that for decades has failed to advance our interests and instead we will begin to normalize rela