AS IT IS 2015-10-27 Argentines Vote for Next President 阿根廷开始大选投票 On Sunday, Argentinians voted for their countrys next president. Many opinion surveys showed that ruling party candidate Daniel Scioli would be the clear winner. Mr. S

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1. The nomination of Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court clears a Senate Committee by a vote of 13:6, with only one Republican supporting her. Now, the full Senate is expected to vote on her nomination before Congress begins its summer recess. 2. Actre

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A: Are you going to vote? B: Yes, are you? A: Yeah, but what day are the elections? B: You dont know what day the elections are? A: Thats why Im asking you. B: Theyre this coming Tuesday. A: Really? B: Yes, Im serious. A: Good thing you told me. B: I

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Text Twelve Angry Men (Part One) by Reginald Rose Characters Narrator Foreman (Juror No. 1) Jurors No. 2 No. 12 Narrator: The scene is a jury room in a criminal court. Twelve men walk into the room. They are the jury for the trial of a boy charged wi

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Text Twelve Angry Men (Part Two) by Reginald Rose Foreman: Is there anything else? No. 8: Yes. I think we proved that the old man couldn't have heard the boy yell. I'm going to kill you. But supposing he really did hear this phrase, how many times ha

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Idiom: Off the cuff 即兴的,无事先准备的 Hit the book: Compelling Relevance Ruin Tackle Acquire Vote critique

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BBC interviewer: It's probably true to say that women have been affected more than men by recent changes in the way we actually live. Over a hundred years ago people began to question whether men were really so much wiser, stronger, altogether more s

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Oh, yeah, that looks good. Perfect. 哦不错,看上去完美 The curtain on this voting booth is broken. 这个投票间的帘子坏了 I have a shower curtain at home... has an octopus on it. 我家里有一个上面有章鱼图案的洗澡帘 Uh

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Last year, the Electoral Commission reviewed MMP and reported to Parliament. The Commission recommended two small changes to MMP: to reduce the party threshold from 5% to 4% and to take away the electoral seat threshold. When we vote for Members of P

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我支持你! I support you. 我支持你。 I'll stand by you. 我会帮助你。 I'm with you all the way. 我会一直支持你。 I'm behind you all the way. 我随时在后面支持你。 I'm t

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Rob: Welcome to 6 Minute English with me Rob Neil: and me Neil. Rob: Today we're talking about national independence - that's when one nation is free from control by another country. Neil, can you think of any countries that have become independent?

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The Senate is taking a key vote on legislation extending jobless benefits to Americans. It's a procedural vote. The legislation includes dozens of tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired in 2009. Congress has previously passed several

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今天我们要学的词是last-ditch。 Last-ditch, 是最后防线的意思。 A death-row inmate pinned his last-ditch hope on the governor's pardon, 死刑犯把最后一线希望寄托于州长的特赦。 The candidates made their last-ditch ap

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LONDON, May 30 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister David Cameron launched the Remain Campaign's battle bus in London Monday, with newly-elected London Mayor Sadiq Khan at his side. Cameron welcomed Labour Party mayor Khan to the rally. The two men hav

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The Tories did best in constituencies that voted heavily for Brexit: in six of their eight new English seats the Leave vote was over 60%. 在进行选区保守党做的最好的,有很多选民支持退欧:在他们的八个新英国座位中,有

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A referendum is a vote for a policy or idea, not a vote for a person. When we vote for an MP on 26th November, we will also vote in a referendum about the voting system. Part A asks you to vote for one of these: Do you want to keep MMP? Do you want t

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BRUSSELS, July 19 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) downgraded its economic outlook for the United Kingdom and the rest of the bloc on Tuesday, saying the Brexit vote ushered in uncertainty and would weigh on growth. The gross domestic product (GDP

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There are few worse countries to be a woman than Saudi Arabia. Yet the kingdoms recent adoption of four weeks paid leave means Saudi women now have better maternity benefits than their US counterparts. 对于女性而言,几乎没有比沙特阿拉伯

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MOSCOW, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Voting began on Sunday in Russia's Far East in the presidential election which almost certain to hand victory to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. As Russia's vast territory encompasses nine time zones, voting first began in

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I support you. 我支持你。 I'll stand by you. 我会帮助你。 I'm with you all the way. 我会一直支持你。 I'm behind you all the way. 我随时在后面支持你。 I'm there for you. 我随时听候差遣。 You have my support. 你会得

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