Hello, I am Fredricka Whitfield. Here are the top stories we are following for you right now. US Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell is blasting what he calls the Democrats' arrogant approach to health care reform. The Senate passed a procedural measur

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 cnn2009年(十一)月

On my way to see my friends who lived a couple blocks away from me (owh) As I walked through the subway it must have been about quarter past three In front of me stood a beautiful honey with a beautiful body She asked me for the time I said it'd

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We start with a riddle. What group has less than 200 members, but represents more than 6 billion people? It was founded in 1945. Its headquarters is in New York City. We are talking about the United Nations. In this week, it's a big one for the Inter

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Senate leaders say they're optimistic that they'll have a deal to end the partial government shutdown on Wednesday. The deadline to raise the government's debt limit hits at midnight. A man who works at Los Angeles International Airport is under arre

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Obama Announces Changes to Hostage Policy 奥巴马宣布改变人质政策 President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced a reform of U.S. policies for dealing with kidnappers. Mr. Obama said the U.S. will use all instruments of national power to rec

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A: Hi, Nicole. This is Jimmy in 309. B: Hello, Jimmy. Can I help you? A: I've got a little problem. B: Tell me your problem, and maybe I can help. A: I've looked everywhere, but I can't find my mailbox key. B: Well, that's pretty minor. I lost my car

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TUNIS, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian Interior Ministry announced curfew in Grand Tunis region starting from 8:00 p.m. (1900 GMT) Wednesday to 5:30 a.m. (0430 GMT) Thursday following unrest spread to the capital on Wednesday. The move came after violen

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PARIS, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Former AC Milan and Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti is expected to be confirmed as the new coach of Paris Saint-Germain in a press conference on Friday, announced the Ligue 1 club Thursday. Ancelotti has been in talks with the

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

作为职场中的一员,我们免不了要外出办公。为了使自己的工作更有效率,我们就需要提前和对方确定好相关事宜,这时,电话就发挥了相当重要的作用。而善于使用电话的人,不仅能通过电

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作为职场中的一员,我们免不了要外出办公。为了使自己的工作更有效率,我们就需要提前和对方确定好相关事宜,这时,电话就发挥了相当重要的作用。通过电话还可以用它来解决当面不好

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瑞士国会议员再次拒绝美国的税收法案 GENEVA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Switzerland's National Council (lower house) rejected on Wednesday a draft law that would have allowed Swiss banks to cooperate with the United States and hand over confi

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

SAN FRANCISCO, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Google on Wednesday introduced a series of notebook computers based on its Chrome operating system, stepping up its competition against Microsoft. Google unveiled the Chromebook at its annual developers conference(会议

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

TAIYUAN, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- More than 326,000 people have been affected after heavy rain battered a county in Lvliang city, in north China's Shanxi province, local authorities said Wednesday. Torrential rains lashed 512 villages of Linxian county las

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Debris found in the western Indian Ocean on Wednesday appears to be part of a Boeing 777, the same model as Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared in 2014, according to a source close to the investigation. 根据调查组消息人士显示,碎

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Haikui causes over 3 billion yuan economic loss in Anhui HEFEI, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- East China's Anhui Province has recorded an economic loss of 3.28 billion yuan (515.69 million U.S.dollars) since severe tropical storm Haikui entered the province on

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TEHRAN, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The Iranian Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) concluded the three-day missile drill on Wednesday with Iranian military officials warning against any military aggression on the country. On the third and last day of the

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2008年失踪的委内瑞拉飞机被发现 CARACAS, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan authorities announced Wednesday the undersea wreckage of a small plane that disappeared in 2008 with 14 people on board has been found. Foreign Ministry press chief J

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BEIJING Wu Yiling, a 15-year-old student with a love of hamburgers and Hello Kitty, celebrated when she heard that her school was canceling classes for three days because of air pollution. Finally, she would be able to stay up late watching her favor

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MOSCOW, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Curtailing cooperation between Moscow and the European Union (EU) will blunt the economic competitiveness of the European countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. Severing economic ties between the EU an

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TAIPEI, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan this year killed at least one person and injured another 86 on Wednesday, local authorities said. A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Nantou County at 10:03 a.m., followed by at least fiv

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