Tensions could be escalating in the East China Sea between the United States and China. Two U.S. military aircraft flew over an area China claims as its new airspace defense zone without first notifying the Chinese. NPRs Tom Bowman has more. The two

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年NPR美国国家公共电台11月

We havent finished everything we set out to do in 2008, but you know that every single day that I set foot in that office, I am thinking about you. I am fighting for your families. And with your help, Ive been keeping the commitments that I made. The

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以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,掌握大意。 2、继续听,特

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AS IT IS 2014-11-06 Marijuana Becomes Legal in DC and Oregon Voters in Washington, D.C. and the northwestern state of Oregon have approved measures to make marijuana legal. The victories for lawful use of the drug were among separate initiatives on b

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

Election night 2008 was a night that tore me in half. 2008年的大选之夜,我激动万分。 It was the night that Barack Obama was elected. 这一夜,巴拉克奥巴马当选总统。 years after the end of slavery, 奴隶制废除后148年,

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'You're gonna have to write me in, come November 3rd.' He's made a career of strumming his guitar and showing some skin, well, quite a lot of skin. Now the man known as the naked cowboy, is hoping to muscle his way into the mayor's office. 'Folks, th

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New South Wales first female Premier Kristina Keneally will be sworn in today after Nathan Rees was ousted in a leadership ballot last night. Ms Keneally will spend her first day in the top job trying to unite a party divided by factional disputes. S

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Excitement and apprehension in Scotland Thursday as voters cast their ballots in the divisive and potentially historical referendum on independence from England. The result is expected on Friday morning. Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko asked a j

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2014(九)月

This is AP News Minute. An explosion injured two men in Austin Sunday night. It follows several package explosions in the Texas capital. And police say someone touching or handling a tripwire may have set offthis latest blast. Russian President Vladm

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South Africa police are facing a barrage of questions for how they could have allowed a neighbor dispute with striking miners to end in what's widely described now as a bloodbath with at least 34 deaths. Police maintain it was self-defence because th

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By Michael Bowman Lima, Peru 10 April 2006 Partial election results in Peru are showing a tight three-way presidential contest that all but assures a second round of balloting to determine a final win

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By Michael Bowman Buenos Aires 29 October 2007 Supporters of Argentina's first lady are celebrating her overwhelming victory in Sunday's presidential election. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Buenos Aires, where Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will

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Brazil can concentrate on next years World Cup and then the Olympics in 3 years time. Who will host the next edition of the Summer Games after Rio though, has yet to be determined. It will be either Istanbul, Madrid or Tokyo and all three cities are

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Aides to Ukrainian presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko say she is planning a legal challenge to Sunday's presidential election results, which showed a victory for former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. In any case, the new president will assume

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西方选举实用英语单词 选举 election 投票 cast a ballot 计票 count of votes 投票日 polling day 投票箱 ballot box 选举程序electoral procedures 选举大会 election meeting / electoral meeting 选举规则 election regulation 选民voter / elector 初选primary el

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今天我们要学的词是mock election。 Mock election, 是模拟选举的意思。虽然孩子们不能投票,但每次大选都是对他们进行选举教育的天赐良机。 In classrooms across the nation, students have been casting ballots

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Voters in 4 states are casting ballots in the latest round of presidential primaries. Michigan is considered the crown jewel of Tuesday's contests. Frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are pulling ahead there and looking to solidify their le

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2016(三)月

This will be an intensely competitive election with a lot at stake. - Former US President Jimmy Carter Former United States president Jimmy Carter has said he believes Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is likely to face a second round run-off against

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Outgoing Labor Senator Mark Bishop has lashed out at his party over its very poor showing in WA senate re-election re-run. Senator Bishop called the carbon tax a fail tax and questioned why Labor continued to defend the policy. Meanwhile, Prime Minis

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President Obama has warned Americans that democracy itself is on the ballot in November's presidential election. Speaking at a rally for Hillary Clinton, he condemned the threat by the Republican candidate, Donald Trump, to jail Mrs. Clinton if he we

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