Debate is intensifying in Washington on the merits and potential pitfalls, the risks and possible rewards, of the United States possibly pulling out of the international nuclear accord with Iran. The U.S. Congress has decisions to make now that Presi

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(10月)

Our first stop today is in Brussels. It's the capital of Belgium. It's also where you'd find the headquarters of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's an alliance of 28 countries, mostly from Europe, plus Canada and the U.S. It was forme

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belligerent adj (国家等)交战的;好斗的(渴望战斗的或挑衅的)=bellicose=pugnacious 【例】She always said some belligerent things 她老是说些挑衅的话。 【类】obsequious:servile=belligerent:assertive谄媚的就

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bellicose adj (在行为或性格上)好战的,好斗的=belligerent=pugnacious 【例】I am in a bellicose mood 我很想和人吵架。 【记】bell原指公鹿在追求母鹿的战斗中角碰角的声音,后来引申为铃声,作词

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Clinton Criticizes Trump's North Korea Tweets, But Not Policies Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized President Donald Trump this week on her visit to South Korea. Clinton, a former U.S. presidential candidate, said she d

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1. The White House says the US is fully prepared to defend its allies in the region as communist North Korea continues to threaten South Korea with bellicose rhetoric. Pyongyang has warned Seoul that their shared peninsula has entered a state of war.

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AS IT IS 2016-03-10 North Korea Says It Has Small Nuclear Weapon 朝鲜称其拥有小型核武器 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Wednesday his country has developed nuclear weapons of a size small enough for a ballistic missile. This is the fi

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By Gary Thomas Washington 14 January 2008 Iran holds parliamentary elections March 14 that are widely expected to be something of a referendum on the policies of the country's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. As VOA Correspondent Gary Thomas reports,

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US, S. Korea Ready to Counter N. Korean Aggression With North Korean troops training for what Pyongyang calls a state of war with South Korea, Secretary Kerry says Washington and its allies will not be caught off guard. The United States will do what

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: How to deal with North Korea? That's a question that'll be front and center when the U.N. General Assembly meets in New York this week. President Trump will be there along with dozens of other world leaders. After the latest

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By Lauren Comiteau The Hague 07 November 2007 The trial of Serb-Nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj has opened at the U.N. war crimes Tribunal in The Hague. He faces nine charges related to his use of hate speech and recruiting paramilitary groups, wh

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One of the world's most volatile regions was roiled further Tuesday when Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border. Turkey said it hit the plane after it repeatedly violated Turkey's airspace and ignored 10 warnings. 世界上最

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By Lisa McAdams Moscow 14 May 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice begins discussions in Moscow later Monday with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, aimed at smoothing over Russian objections and mistrust over Washington's missile defense plans

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The United Nations World Food Program says urgent action is needed to prevent what it calls a serious tragedy because of food shortages in North Korea. A bad harvest and soaring world food prices may be creating one of the leanest years in the North

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An investigation into the incident is still underway. According to Russia's state-run news agency RIA Novosti, one of the two pilots was killed in the air by fire from the ground. Meanwhile, a Russian marine was also killed during an operation to res

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. The White House said today it's taking seriously new threats by North Korea, but said that Pyongyang has a history of what it called bellicose rhetoric. North Korea warned Seoul today that the Korean Penins

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