This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Thousands of members of the Writers Guild of America and their supporters march in Los Angeles last month More than ten thousand film and television writers in the United States have been on strike since N

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President Obama is again pushing for a bipartisan effort to pass health care overhaul legislation while Republican critics continue to push back. In his weekly address, Mr. Obama appeals for a consensus. I ask members of both parties to seek common g

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1)because语势最强,用来说明人所不知的原因,回答why提出的问题。当原因是显而易见的或已为人们所知,就用as或 since。 I didn't go, because I was afraid. Since /As the weather is so bad, we have to delay our

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Fridays are awesome, even when it is our last one of this semester. I am Carl Azuz, and you are tuned in the CNN Student News. First up today, a quick check of our headlines. Strike is off, the judge says plans for a walkout by a British Airway's Cab

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动画里、漫画书里、电影里,我们总是听到过很多关于超级英雄的故事,今天讨论的主题就是超级英雄。 Andrew: Harp, whats new? What did you get up to last weekend? Harp: I actually went for a walk in the park, at

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UNIT 1 The Education I Received Integrated Skills Development Dialogues A. I Went to Yale University Dick Dylon is a new foreign teacher of English. Liu Lin, one of his Chinese students, is interested

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我听之我见:刚听到Not nice时,仿佛觉得生活放慢了脚步。我不禁想象着在静静的午后,泡一杯咖啡或是一杯茶,听着这样的 音乐 ,慵懒地坐在沙发上,看书 伴着简单得如同练习曲的钢琴和弦,加上一点提琴,带着低声吟唱的Chris Garneau,在这样炎热的日子里带来点清凉。

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is apostrophes. A couple of weeks ago Legal Lad did a show about homeowners associations. What you didn't hear was that behind the scenes, Steve, one of our copy editors, debated whether to put an apostrophe in the wo

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棒球有美国国球之称,因此很多习语都和棒球有关就不足为奇了。看看下面这些棒球术语,你知道它们是什么意思吗? on the ball:机灵,有见识 这个词组源于20世纪早期的美国棒球运动。如果

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101. quite, rather quite完全地,相当于completely, rather修饰比较级 quite impossible 102. happy, glad happy高兴,幸福,定表均可,glad高兴,只能做表语 a happy girl 103. instead, instead of instead是副词,放在句

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捷克总理宣布辞职 PRAGUE, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas (Civic Democratic Party, ODS) will submit his resignation in connection with the detention of his closest aide Jana Nagyova on Monday, Necas announced after a meetin

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The United States military said Wednesday its airstrike campaign targeting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria killed 64 civilians and injured 8 others during the past year. 美国军方星期三说,过去一年来,针对伊拉克和叙利亚

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Protesters took to the streets of Washington on Saturday, urging Congress to reject President Barack Obama's plan of military action against Syria. The protesters gathered around noon at the White House, loudly chantin

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South African Platinum Producer Fires 12,000 Workers JOHANNESBURG The worlds biggest platinum producer has fired 12,000 workers in South Africa after they engaged in an illegal strike, company officials said Friday. The nations main mineworkers' unio

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【生词预览】 match火柴,strike点燃,vain徒劳的 【笑话原文】 Each Match Lit There was a man who cared more for money than anything else. One day he sent his son to buy a box of matches, and told the boy he must see that each match

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【生词预览】 scheme计划,random任意的,strike up开始(谈话),reprimand训斥 【笑话原文】 Was He Fired? A co-worker had a unique scheme to meet women. Hed call a random number. If a man picked up, he apologized for dialing

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BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday it opposed action by other countries under the pretext of freedom of navigation that undermined its sovereignty after a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group began patrols in the contested South China Sea. 北京(

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Francois Hollande had quite a first day as French president: swearing in, Champs Elysees parade in torrential rain, then a lightning strike to his plane en route to meet the world's most powerful woman. Hollande could already consider himself unlucky

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本期内容: Friday's catastrophic tsunami event on Sulawesi Island is a puzzle. As the emergency response gathers pace, scientists are scratching their heads to understand why it generated such big waves. The quake was what geophysicists call a s

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A Silly Father Mr. White was watching TV when his eight-year-old son came into the room. He cried, Father, my grandpa just now slapped me in the face. Hearing that, Mr. White became very angry. And then he suddenly boxed his own ears heavily and said

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