Chinese Textile Giant Brings Factory Jobs to Struggling Arkansas Town One of Chinas biggest textile mills is planning its first North American factory in a small town in the southern U.S. state of Arkansas. Forrest City, located near the Mississippi

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(131) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(9月)

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for having us. Were here at the Family Service Agency here in Little Rock to discuss ways to help people either buy a home for the first time or stay in a home. Before I say a few words about how the government can help

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This news report is sponsored by Blue Cross/Blue Shield. There's some serious problems in Arkansas. High winds and a tornado have sliced through portions of southern Arkansas. People have been injured and some residents are still unaccounted for. Eme

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Hillary Rodham Clinton is one of the most famous women in the world. She is an American politician and serves as Senator for New York. She was a candidate in 2008 for the Democratic nomination to run for the Presidency. Hillary is married to Bill Cli

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Each year in the United States, hundreds of millions of dollars worth of unclaimed property - especially stock certificates, jewelry left in safe-deposit boxes, and seemingly forgotten money in checking accounts - are turned over to state governments

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By Deborah Block Little Rock, Arkansas 24 September 2007 Fifty years ago this month, a high school in the U.S. southern city of Little Rock, Arkansas became a crucial battleground in the struggle for civil rights. Despite prejudice and hostility from

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This is AP News Minute. Arkansas has carried out its first execution in nearly a dozen years. Ledell Lee killed a woman back in 1993. He was one of eight inmates the state originally planned to execute before a lethal injection drug expires at the en

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A powerful storm system has struck the central and southern United States. Massive tornadoes ripped through suburbs in norhtern Little Rock, Arkansas as well as Oklahoma. At least a dozen are known dead. President Obama continues his overseas state v

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: Clinton Wins 1992 Election STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series, we begin the story of Bill Clinton, America's forty

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Record Drought Punishes Arkansas Agriculture Arkansas still looks very green. But the grass is short and there is not much good for animal feed. Even as temperatures soar over 40 degrees Celsius, big white clouds float in the sky. Occasionally they p

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US Muslims Reach Into Their Hearts, and Pockets for Ramadan WASHINGTON For millions of Muslims around the world Ramadan is a time to reach deep into their hearts. And for those who can afford it, its also a time to reach deep into their pockets and e

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Americans Clash Over Religious-Freedom Laws Religious-freedom measures in Indiana and Arkansas have focused national attention on cultural divisions between the countrys two main political parties, while igniting heated debate between liberal and con

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September 4th, 1957In Little Rock, Arkansas, the first major fight over racial integration of Americas schools. Arkansas governor Orval Faubus orders states National Guard to block nine black students from entering the all white central high school.

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September 4th, 1957In little Rock, Arkansas, the first major fight over racial integration of America`s schools. Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus orders State`s National Guard to block nine black students from entering the all white central high school

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By Wang Yiru Washington 02 January 2008 In 1992, former President Bill Clinton accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for the nation's office with a speech in which he said, I believe in a place called Hope. Hope was more than Mr. Clinton's visio

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By Greg Flakus Chicago 06 February 2008 In a display of natural fury unusual for this time of year, tornadoes and violent thunderstorms have killed at least 50 people in five south-central states. VOA's Greg Flakus reports. Rescue crews are hard at w

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今天我们要学的词是holdout。 Holdout, 指坚决不肯让步的人。Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas was the last Democratic holdout to agree to a full floor debate on the health care bill in the Senate, 阿肯色州的林肯参议员是最后一个

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