各国名人英文介绍-Barack Obama

Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States of America. He is also the winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. He made history in 2008 when he won the U.S. presidential election. He is the first African American to be President. Obamas char

AP 2012-04-28

1. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is expected to win today's GOP primaries in five states. His already substantial lead could force Newt Gingrich to exit the race. Gingrich has been pushing for a strong showing to make a strong combat.

VOA标准英语2008年-Barack Obama Makes History, Promises Change

By Cindy Saine Washington 04 June 2008 Senator Barack Obama has made history by becoming the first African-American to secure the presidential nomination of a major U.S. political party. To win the Democratic nomination, Obama has endured a grueling

英语名人堂：贝拉克·奥巴马

贝拉克侯赛因奥巴马（Barack Hussein Obama），1961年8月4日出生，美国民主党籍政治家，第44任美国总统，为美国历史上第一位非洲裔总统。1991年，奥巴马以优等生荣誉从哈佛法学院毕业，而后在著

VOA标准英语2009年-Barack Hussein Obama Becomes 44th US President

Barack Obama has become the 44th President of the United States, taking the oath of office on the steps of the U.S. Capitol before a crowd of more than one million people who had gathered in frigid temperatures to see the first African American beco

AP 2011-10-10

1. The latest jobs report has come in better than expected. Figures show the nation added 103,000 jobs in September. However, the unemployed rate remains unchanged. 2. Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney says he'll boost the military if he is

AP 2011-09-04

1. Hurricane Irene killed at least 45 people when 2 million people still in the dark, according to an Associated Press tally. In Vermont, many have no power, no telephone service and no way to leave. 2. The White House says President Barack Obama wil

AP 2011-12-09

1. Dozens of Shiite Muslims are dead after bombing attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan today. The attacks coincide with a Shiite religious holiday. 2. Standard Poor's is examining the credit rating of 15 eurozone countries, a downgrade is possible. S P's

AP 2011-11-07

1. A third former employee says she considered filing a workplace complaint over what she considered aggressive and unwanted behavior by Herman Cain. She worked for the Republican presidential candidate in 1990s. 2. The White House says the US has a

VOA慢速英语 2008 1018a

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Wednesday's presidential debate was the third and last between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. But on Thursday they both attended a yearly political tradition in New York, a dinner to rai

VOA标准英语10月-Barack Obama Breaks Fundraising Records

Barack Obama's presidential campaign raised a record of $150 million in September, giving him a significant cash advantage over his opponent John McCain. The Democratic nominee is using his treasure chest to purchase television and radio ads in clos

VOA标准英语2010年-Barack Obama's Impact Still Felt in Ch

before Barack Obama became president, he was a community organizer on Chicago's south side Long before Barack Obama came to Washington as a U.S. senator, then won election as the first African-American president of the United States, he was a communi

你没看错! 法国人邀请奥巴马参选总统!

Could France elect Barack Obama president? Not really -- but that's not stopping the organizers of Obama17, a guerrilla campaign trying to entice the former U.S. president to head to Paris. 法国会选举贝拉克奥巴马当总统吗？不见得--这

新西兰英语 73 Barack Obama

Barack Obama has become the first black president of the United States beating John McCain who conceded just over five hours after the first polls closed. Speaking in Chicago to a crowd of more than 100,000 people, Mr. Obama said, Change has come to

AP 2010-02-03

1. President Barack Obama is expected to ask for a three-year freeze on part of the federal budget during his State of the Union address tomorrow. The freeze would affect almost five hundred billion dollars in programs, but not touch the Pentagon, ve

AP 2010-03-06

[1] Chile's president says the death toll from Saturday's 8.8-magnitude quake has topped 700. Deaths are expected to be highest in Concepcion, a city of more than 200,000 near the epicenter. [2] President Barack Obama's doctor says the commander-in-c

AP 2010-09-09

1. On this Labor Day, President Barack Obama travels to Milwaukee, talking up the American worker but saying powerful interests of Washington are talking down to him, saying they speak about him like a dog. Obama wants to spend big bucks fixing thing

AP 2012-02-14

1. President Barack Obama is offering his birth control plan so that religious employers won't have to cover the cost. Instead, he shifts that responsibility to insurance companies, who will have to provide free contraception. 2. An Islamic extremist

夫唱妇随？ 希拉里•克林顿宣布竞选美国总统

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has formally entered the 2016 race for the White House in a bid to become the first woman US president. 前美国国务卿希拉里克林顿正式宣布将参加2016年美国总统大选，如果成功她将

VOA标准英语2009年-Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

By Tom Rivers London 09 October 2009 US President Barack Obama U.S. President Barack Obama has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The reporters gathered in Oslo hung on every word as Thorbjorn Jagland, the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Commi