经济学人:一周政治要闻16

The world this week - Politics 本周政治要闻 Sunni jihadists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria, who have taken Mosul, Iraq's second city, swept on southwards, 伊拉克和叙利亚的伊斯兰国家的逊尼派圣战者已经占领了

Yes, Virginia, Every Vote Does Count

This is Whats Trending Today There is a saying in America that every vote counts. On Tuesday, in the U.S. state of Virginia, the saying appeared to come true. There were 23,215 votes cast in the city of Newport News on Election Day last month. Voters

NPR 2011-01-05

In response to a very public embarrassment for the Pentagon, the Navy has stripped a senior officer of his command of the USS Enterprise. A disgraced captain, Owen Honors, was removed from his post this afternoon several years after he produced and s

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MADRID, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish Congress on Tuesday voted against a proposal to allow an independence referendum in the Catalan region in the north-east of the country. The proposal, which had been presented by the Catalan Regional Parliament

考研英语长难句讲解 第220期

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经济学人:加利福尼亚的预算

The trouble with half and half这一半与那一半之间的苦恼 The plan to fix Californias budget has run into problems 解决加州预算的方案陷入困境 JERRY BROWN was being forced to contemplate plans B and C to save his governorship as

VOA慢速英语20061007a

IN THE NEWS - South Korea's Ban Seen as Sure to Become Next U.N. Secretary GeneralBy Brianna Blake Broadcast: Saturday, October 07, 2006 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. South Korean Foreig

不一般的少年 不一般的市长

Katie Couric:...want you to meet someone a lot closer to home, Michael Sessions. He is a high school senior, but his biggest headache isn't the prom or even math class, although recently for him , lif

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每日一词【441】deadline：最后期限

今天我们要学的词是deadline。 Deadline, 是最后期限的意思。4月15号是美国人交纳所得税的最后期限。April 15th is the income tax filing deadline, 民主党总统提名的宾夕法尼亚州党内初选下星期二举行。

French Presidential Campaign Enters Final Phase

French voters will cast their ballots on Sunday (4/22/12) in the first round of a presidential election that should ultimately see France's first Socialist leader in nearly two decades. The campaign enters it's final phase as Conservative President N

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AP 2011-02-05

1. The Illinois Supreme Court will hear Rahm Emanuel's appeal of a decision throwing him off the ballot for Chicago mayor. Already, the High Court said printing of the ballots must continue with Emanuel's name. 2. Michael Jackson's doctor pleads not

AP 2012-05-11

1. North Carolina is voting Tuesday on a constitutional amendment defining marriage as solely between a man and a woman. More than 500,000 voters have already cast early ballots. 2. A showdown vote looms in the Senate as lawmakers go on record about

Americans Give Obama More Time

Americans Give Obama More Time LOS ANGELES President Barack Obama has won election to a second term in the White House after a hard-fought campaign against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Obama, a Democrat, won support in the key battleground stat

VOA双语新闻：黎巴嫩议会选举选民踊跃投票

Voter turnout is being described as heavy across much of Lebanon as citizens turn out to vote for a new parliament. Local television stations are reporting few incidents of violence in a country marred by a history of sectarian conflict. 黎巴嫩公民

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I visited St. Louis lately, and on my way West, after changing cars at Terre Haute, Indiana, a mild, benevolent-looking gentleman of about forty-five, or maybe fifty, came in at one of the way-stations and sat down beside me. We talked together pleas

经济学人:苏格兰财政 人心惶惶

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经济学人:深陷危机 泰国局势急转直下

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经济学人320:无处高速 Going Nowhere Fast

NOT long ago, Barack Obama was hoping that high-speed trains would provide America with the desired twofer. First, building the special tracks and locomotives would put a division or two of Americas army of unemployed back to work. Then, once built,