Today, as we observe Religious Freedom Day, we note the recent successes and accomplishments of the U.S. State Department in promoting religious liberty, said Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein: 今天,当我们庆

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(一月)

President Donald Trump, who has sharply criticized the U.S. intelligence community, told workers at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Saturday, I am so behind you. Trump delivered remarks at the agency's headquarters in Langley, Virginia, on S

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An Obama administration official says the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has been summoned to Washington to explain his controversial comments about President Barack Obama and members of his administration in a recent interview. Also, Britain's sp

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The number of foreign-born players in America's professional National Basketball Association has tripled in the past two decades. One of the veterans - San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker - and a rookie - Washington Wizards' Hamady Ndiaye - talk about the

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Kyrgyzstan's opposition has proclaimed an interim government to replace the administration of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev. At least 65 people were killed in violent protests that forced the president to flee the capital, Bishkek. 吉尔吉斯斯坦的反

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As Zimbabwe braces itself for a runoff in the presidential election, violence against people loyal to the Movement for Democratic Change, or MDC, has reached unprecedented levels. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Tuesday that more than 50 people

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今天我们要学的词是 shortlist. Shortlist 作为动词,有入选决选名单的意思。Amazon shortlisted 20 cities for its second headquarters which will create 50,000 new jobs for the community. 亚马逊公布了建立公司第二总部的

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是 interact. Interact 动词,互动。A White House official said that U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not interact during the Olympic opening ceremony. 白宫一位官员说

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ZANU-PF Prepares for Annual Conference as Cholera Deaths Soar 津巴布韦霍乱死亡人数继续上升 ?? Download MP3 Audio Harare's streets are busy as hundreds of delegates to President Robert Mugabe's annual ZANU-PF conference converge from all

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The International Air Transport Association says world airlines are set to lose $4.7 billion in 2009 due to the global recession, almost double the amount of loss predicted by IATA in December. 国际航空运输协会(IATA)表示,由于全球经济衰

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今天我们要学的词是 child labor. Child labor童工。World leaders pledged two years ago to end child labor by 2025. 国际领导人两年前承诺,要在2025年以前结束童工的存在。然而,A new UN report estimates there were 152

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是 extravaganza. Extravaganza 名词,有盛会,盛典的意思。Alibaba's annual 11.11 shopping extravaganza broke last year's record just past midday. 阿里巴巴一年一度的双11购物盛会刚过半天就打破了去

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今天我们要学的词是 stockpile. Stockpile 做为动词,有储备的意思。Pope Francis is urging countries not to stockpile nuclear weapons, even for the purpose of deterrence. 罗马天主教宗方济各敦促各国不要储备核武器,即

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今天我们要学的词是 turmoil. Turmoil名词,意思是混乱、骚动。Shares in Sabadell, the second-biggest bank in Catalonia and the fifth largest in Spain, have fallen 10% as the independence turmoil between Catalonia and Madrid escalate

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今天我们要学的词是 elusive. Elusive形容词,意思是难以捉摸的。Investigators say the reason why Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and injured hundreds more before taking his own life remains elusive. 调查人员表示,依旧令人

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今天我们要学的词是reshuffle。Reshuffle动词,意思是重新洗牌、改组 。The Chinese Communist Party will hold a once-every-five-years leadership reshuffle in October, the state-run news media reported on Aug. 31st. 据中国官方媒

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今天我们要学的词是engulf。Engulf动词,意思是吞没、吞噬。A home-made bomb on a packed rush-hour commuter train in London engulfed a car in flames and injured 29 people on Sep. 15th. 9月15日,伦敦一辆高峰期客满的通勤列

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今天我们要学的词是 negotiator. Negotiator 名词,谈判人员。Congressional negotiators reached an agreement to fund the federal government until the end of September. 美国国会谈判人员达成协议,保证联邦政府九月底以前

发表于:2019-03-07 / 阅读(146) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是 remains. Remains 名词,意思是遗骨。The remains of a sailor killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor nearly 76 years ago will be returned for burial on his familys plot. 将近76年前在珍珠岛袭击中丧生的一

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今天我们要学的词是 autopsy. Autopsy 尸检,尸体解剖。Autopsy results showed that chemical weapons were used in a recent attack in Syria's Idlib province. 尸检结果显示,最近叙利亚伊德利卜省发生的袭击中使用了化学

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