In Michigan, the 95-year-old grandmother involved in the latest TSA controversy is speaking out.She admits having to remove her adult diaper to get through airport security was a wee bit embarrassing.But, overall, her take on the whole thing might su

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2011年(七)月

Thai Monarch is Bhumibol Adulyadej, he was formally crowned king of Thailand in 1950,that was 2 years before Queen Elizabeth began her reign in Britain. Adulyadej is now celebrating his 84th birthday. Thailand is going to be celebrating this all week

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火攻篇 NO.3: 夫战胜攻取而不修其功者,凶,命曰费留。 故曰:明主虑之,良将慎之,非利不动,非得不用,非危不战。 主不可以怒而兴师,将不可以愠而攻战。 合于利而动,不合于利而止。

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今天我们要学的词组是stand by。 Stand by有支持,站在一起的意思。 比如, 美国共和党议员迈凯恩在伊拉克增兵问题上支持布什总统,Senator McCain stands by President Bush on sending more troops to Iraq. 还比

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今天学的词组是cool. Cool的意思是很好,很棒。比如布什总统点亮了白宫前的国家圣诞树,在场的人称赞说:It's cool! 意思是真好看,真棒。 Cool也有不感兴趣、缺乏热情的意思。有报道说,布什

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One day, the teacher inquired Peter: How much is four minus four? Peter was tongue-tied. The teacher got angry and said: What a fool! You see, if I put four coins in your pocket, but there is a hole in your pocket and all of them leak out, now what

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THE MAKING OF A NATION #95 - Secession, Part 2 By Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, December 30, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of Ameri

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IN THE NEWS -August 31, 2002: Rules on Making War By Caty Weaver Saddam Hussein This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program In The News. American officials and the public are debating if

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - May 9, 2002: The War in Europe, Part 1 By David Jarmul VOICE 1: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (Theme) In December nineteen-fo

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By Douglas Bakshian U.S. plans to withdraw about 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia are prompting defense officials in Europe to modernize their own security strategies to deal with threats in the 21s

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Good morning, I'm Melissa Long here at the CNN Centre in Atlanta. It's Friday, July 10th. Here is a look at some of the stories that are happening NOW IN THE NEWS. This morning President Obama and the G8 made a 15-billion-dollar promise to Africa. I

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Hello! I'm Naamua Delaney at the CNN center in Atlanta and here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. This morning's new jobless numbers are a little worse than expected. The unemployment rate jumped to 9.7% in August. That is up from 9.4% l

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Hi, everyone! I'm Asieh Namdar at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. A shooting standoff in Pittsburgh has reportedly turned deadly. WTAE and WPXI-TV report two police officers have died after being s

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GOP presidential nominee John McCain visited a small town outside Milwaukee today and promised to take his White House campaign to small towns throughout America. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. John McCain's first campaign stop after the GOP conventio

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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says in order for the nation to have a sustained economic recovery, the administration will have to reduce the massive federal budget deficit. NPR's Audie Cornish has the story. The federal deficit is now more tha

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Secretary of State Leon Panetta is reported to be safe following a security breach as his plane was landing at a British airfield in southern Afghanistan today. An Afghan national stole a car and sped onto a runway before it crashed into a ditch. NPR

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President Bush says when the troops leave Iraq, it will be from a position of strength. The president made a surprise visit to Iraq this morning. He says some troops could go home if security in the Anbar province gets better. The 10-year-old girl wh

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Bush speaking to the nation about his new plan for Iraq President Bush told the American people this week that he plans to send more troops to Iraq. He called the situation there unacceptable and

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Bush said he will bring home almost six thousand American troops from Iraq by the end of the year. He also accepted the advice of his top commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, for

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. American forces in Afghanistan have launched their first offensive since President Obama announced more troops for the war. On Friday, military officials said more than one thousand NATO troops, mostly Amer

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