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|@★ |1contend |vt. |argue or state that sth. is true |声称;认为 || ||The man contend that it was not his fault. |那人认为这不是他的过错。 || ||I would contend that the minister's thinking is flawed on this point. |我倒认为部长
030 The Beauty of a Shabby Little Dandelion Spring has come for the flowers and trees, in the forest and fields. Spring has also come on the wild flowers under the fence and on a small apple tree. There were red bursting flower buds hanging on the fr
South Korea had its first real brush of contact with the incoming Obama administration Friday. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak spoke on the phone with his soon-to-be U.S. counterpart, President-elect Barack Obama. VOA's Kurt Achin has more from
U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama took a lighthearted break from campaigning Thursday at a charity dinner in New York City. The Republican and Democratic party candidates poked fun at each other and at themselves before an au
President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon have pledged to work together to fight drug trafficking, border violence, environmental dangers and other shared challenges. The two leaders met at the country's presidential residence. Pr
In Whitney Houston's Hometown, Fans Pay Tribute Outside the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, fans and friends left messages, flowers and other outpourings to say goodbye and thank you to the star. Scribbled notes said her voice had brought goose bu
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged to work for broader international recognition of Kosovo on Wednesday during a visit to Pristina, the first by a U.S. chief diplomat since Kosovo's independence in 2008. Clinton also stressed U.S. backing for
Top 5 Songs for Week Ending January 11 Were checking out the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending January 11, 2014. The chart begins to stir from its post-holiday slumber this week, as two positions
WWII-era Warplanes Fly Over Washington 多架二战战机飞过华盛顿上空 Seventy years after the Second World War ended in Europe, warplanes of that era still attract a lot of attention and admiration, both for their designers and the crews tha
The woman who builds her professional edge in the way of gentle persuasion isn't condemned to loneliness and isolation. You can be firm without being unpleasant, and being tough doesn't mean being rude or confrontational. Persuasive and assertive a
Beginners. Traveling is a passion of mine. I can't imagine staying in one place for many years without going off to explore another country. Well, I've done it! My brother has lived in New Zealand for eleven years. He has flown out to the U.S many ti
Beginners. On my recent trip to New Zealand, I met lots of different people. In Los Angeles, where I waited to catch the plane to Aukland, I met three older ladies who were going on the same trip. We sat in the airport and chatted. They were very int
Institution Meets Institution. It's destined to be the ultimate get-together. Following her Oscar for her portrayal of Elizabeth Windsor, Helen Mirren is like to receive an invite from Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen herself. She is the first Bri
Muhammads clan, like Arabs all across the Arabian Peninsula, would share the stories that had been told and retold for generations. Pre-Islamic-Arabian civilization was largely an oral culture, and with tremendous respect for and admiration for peopl
By Greg Flakus Houston 04 March 2008 Voters are at the polls in Texas in what many analysts have said could be the last stand for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. But, as VOA's Greg Flakus reports from Houston, pollsters are now say
The Right to Die? 死亡的权利? How would you cope if you had a terminal illness? What if your son or daughter had no hope of ever having a normal life due to a life-threatening condition? In the UK, the question of assisted suicide or refusing
Candlelight vigils and somber ceremonies marked the one-year anniversary of a shooting spree on the campus of a U.S. university, Virginia Tech, that left 32 people and the gunman dead. The incident was one of the worst mass-shootings in U.S. history
President Bush says Congress should approve a free-trade agreement with Colombia in recognition of President Alvaro Uribe's fight against violence and drug trafficking. Mr. Bush says failing to approve that agreement this year would embolden U.S. adv
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Senator John McCain, spoke about the dangers of nuclear proliferation Tuesday in a speech in Denver, Colorado. Meanwhile, there is only one week left in the Democratic primary battle between Senators B
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 October 2009 Child rights advocates have kicked off more than a month of global activities leading up to the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Convention, which was adopted by the U.N. Gener