The Treasury Department announced today that it is lowering the guaranteed interest rate on some US savings bonds. NPR's Barbara Mantell reports that the 1.5 point decline to 6% came as no surprise to investors. The Treasury said it is lowering the r

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Lesson Eight Section One: News in Brief Tapescript 1. Two years of sensitive negotiations paid off today as seventy for- mer Cuban political prisoners arrived in the United Staits. All of the prisoner

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Britain apparently failed today in its efforts to persuade its European allies to take joint action against Syria for its alleged role in sponsoring international terrorism. But the US government insisted it was continuing to assess the situation and

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VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Warren Scheer with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. (MUSIC) Today, we continue the story of America's fortieth president, Ronal

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2007年(六)月

University Plans To Demolish Ronald Reagans Chicago Apartment Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan spent much of his life in California, but residents in the Midwestern state of Illinois note proudly that he was born and raised there. He spent a brief

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President Reagan addresses the nation in about three hours to explain what happened during his meetings this weekend with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The meetings did not produce any arms control agreements, nor did they produce a date for anoth

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Lesson Seventeen Section One: News in Brief Tapescript 1. Two of the American hostages being held in Lebanon appeared in a videotape released today, appealing to the Reagan Administration to work as h

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Unit 37 President Reagan's Witty Remarks Nicknamed the Great Communicator, Ronald Reagan (Feb. 6, 1911 - June 5, 2004) was one of the best political orators of the 20th Century. Following is a collection of some classic Reaganisms. It's true hard wor

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In 1963, President John Kennedy gave a famous speech at American University. In the speech, Kennedy said the following lines: Our problems are manmade; therefore, they can be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human desti

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BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today Gwen Outen and Steve Ember tell about America's fortieth president, Ronald Reagan. Experts say Ronald Reagan re-defined the American presidency during his two terms in the nine

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 09 November 2006 A former official of the Reagan administration says Washington should recall the lessons of history as it works to solve the nation's problems. Former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese was recently hon

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Hi there, thanks for joining us, I'm Virginia Cha at the CNN center in Atlanta with a look at what's happening Now In The News. Al Jazeera is playing a purported new message from Osama Bin Laden. In it the speaker criticizes President Obama for supp

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Furniture, jewelry and cowboy boots are among the more than 700 personal items that once belonged to U.S. President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan set for sale by auctioneer Christie's in New York. 包括家具、珠宝和牛仔靴在内,曾

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VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Doug Johnson with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. (MUSIC) Ronald Reagan Today, we tell about the campaign for president in nin

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VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Richard Rael with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. (MUSIC) Today, we tell about the presidential election of nineteen seventy-s

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Want to know how to craft a great zinger? study the presidential debates. 想知道怎样说话能切中要害,给对方一万点暴击?研究研究总统政要们的做法。 We've all had this experience: You're in a debate or a discussion. You

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1. Nuclear safety officials say they're concerned that seawater near Japan's troubled nuclear power plant contains radiation more than 3,300 times the legal limit. But they insist it's not a threat to human health. Meanwhile the president of the comp

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Larry和李华明天要考试,今天一起复习,但李华一直没法专心。她今天会学到两个常用语:zone out和now you're cooking with gas。 LL: So Reaganomics were the economic policies of US. President Ronald Reagan - Li Hua? Ar

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Hey there, thank you log on. I'm Virginia Cha at the CNN Center in Atlanta. And here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Senators Barack Obama and John McCain will face off tonight in the third and final debate of the presidential campaign

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It was already dark, and the beach at Lowell Park was closed for the day. Dutch Reagan, the seventeen-year-old lifeguard, was helping the park manager, Mr. Graybill, close up the changing rooms when they heard muffled cries and splashing. A swimmer h

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