This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Each year, the editors and news directors of the Associated Press choose what they believe are the top ten news stories of the year. AP voted the Iraq War t

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(156) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年慢速英语(十二)月

[00:05.51]The Clinton administration has declared the disease AIDS a threat to the national security of the United States. [00:14.92]White House officials say they hope the action will help build support for programs to fight the disease around the w

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But lenders can get around these laws by registering as credit service organisations, relocating to other states, 但贷款人可以通过注册为信用服务组织,迁移到其他州, or even working with Native American tribes to claim soverei

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AGRICULTURE REPORT - Japan Imports U.S. Beef AgainBy Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Jiro Kawasaki, Japan's health minister, announ

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. More than one billion Muslims around the world observe Ramadan, Islams holy month. Fasting during Ramadan is a requirement for believers. This means they are barred from having sex, smok

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The Russian government continues to stifle press freedom and media independence. The U.S., said State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert, condemn(s) the selective targeting of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, or(RFE/RL), and Voice of America, or

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Three major cities in East China - Hangzhou, Xiamen and Fuzhou - have further tightened housing purchase restrictions in the latest bid to rein in rising prices. 华东地区的杭州、厦门、福州3座大城市日前升级购房限制,这是抑制

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Amid rising real estate prices across China, Chinese couples are scrambling to get divorced to buy new houses, in an effort to circumvent government restrictions that require residents to pay more in down payment if they want to purchase a second hou

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President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he intended to take communist Cuba off the United States' list of state sponsors of terrorism, part of his effort to normalize relations with the island nation after five decades of hostilities. The American l

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China has mapped out more detailed measures to push forward its urbanization. They include helping migrant workers better integrate into cities and improve the quality of urbanization. Wu Guoxiu has spoken to an expert on social policy, who hails the

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The cases of the five suspected al-Qaida militants believed to have planned the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States have been formally referred to a military tribunal. The self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid She

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Business in Russia 俄罗斯商业 From bad to worse 每况愈下 Domestic and foreign firms wonder how serious things might get 国内外的企业都想知道境况将会变得多严峻 BEFORE the current standoff between the Kremlin and the West ov

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Speaking on Monday the US president was blunt and to the point no challenge poses a greater threat to our future and future generations than a change in climate The tough new federal restrictions on Green House gas emissions from coal power plants in

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Turkeys president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian president Vladimir Putin will hold talks on Tuesday to hammer out details of restoring the two countries relationship after seven months of stand-off over Turkeys shooting down of a Russian military

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U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered stricter sanctions on Iran's government and central bank, citing deceptive practices by Iranian banks to conceal transactions. In an executive order released Monday, the president said other factors for imposin

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Worries are spreading among the South Korean public as 2 people have been confirmed dead from the disease. The victims include a 58-year-old woman and the other 71-year-old man, both of whom had close contact with the MERS patient earlier. As of Tues

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PITY the engineers responsible for keeping Americas coal-fired power plants up to standard. a court halted the adoption of new regulations on that would have affected lots of themjust two days before they were due to go into force. The suspended regu

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IT WAS not that noticeable amid all the razzmatazz. Many viewers missed it. But on February 5th, during the half-time show of the Super Bowl, the apogee of both the sporting and broadcasting year, MIA, a British pop star, unexpectedly sang I dont giv

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The burden on students 学生的压力 Must not try harder 不能更努力了 The education ministry tries to ban homework 教育部尝试禁止家庭作业。 Sep 7th 2013 | BEIJING |From the print editionPURGES may be what political junkies are tal

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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

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