The bill passed at 177 to 153 in the senate. This is the bill that was debated longer than most every other bill in the ... Republic. 150 hours with the debate, in the end still opposition senators who were declaring that they haven't been heard that

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18A Mid-Life Crisis GLOSSARY mid-life crisis a period in a mans life when he becomes unhappy that he is growing older and does strange things to try to feel younger* When Brett went through his mid-life crisis, he bought a red Ferrari and tried todat

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模仿文本: But first, this month Haiti is marking the third anniversary of the devastating earthquake, in which a quarter of a million people died. Recovery since that time has been frustratingly slow. More than 300,000 Haitians are still in tem

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Business. 商业。 Summer camps 夏令营 Camps for scamps 顽皮鬼的天地 An American tradition is spreading 一项美国传统正在传播蔓延 SOME have their faces painted as Spider-Man; others as sparkly pink butterflies. Children at Super

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84 美国学生的夏令营生活 DATE=8/13/2000 TITLE=THIS IS AMERICA #1077 - Summer Camps BYLINE=Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: More than nine-million American children are spending part of their summer

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North Korea is an authoritarian state led by the Kim family for more than 60 years. According to the newly released annual State Department Human Rights Report, human rights conditions in North Korea remain abysmal. The government subjects citizens t

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It's a great day for the Constitution today. Today, a Federal Judge here in Richmond ruled that individual mandate that every citizen, nearly every citizen, must buy government-approved health insurance. It's ruled unconstitutional. We disagree with

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Correction attached VOICE ONE: Im Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about one of the most popular walking paths in the United States, the Appalachian Trail. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: One o

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STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Visitors to Washington, D.C. this summer can see a powerful exhibit that tells about a dark period in American history. The exhibit at the Smit

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AS IT IS 2013-09-15 India Sentences Accused Rapists to Death 印度判决强奸犯死刑 Hello, and welcome to As It Is. I'm Kelly Jean Kelly. This week, a court in India found four men guilty in the rape and murder of a young woman last December. Th

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AS IT IS 2014-12-22 Helping Californias Homeless 帮助加州的无家可归的人 Earlier this month, California police cleared what was said to be the largest homeless encampment in the United States. About 200 homeless people were living at the ca

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Many Congolese Still Need Emergency Aid Humanitarian agencies are still trying to reach thousands of people in the eastern DRC who were displaced by the recent military offensive by M23 rebels. Many of the displaced fear they may have to flee violenc

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主餐一道:泛听练习 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

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65 世界难民日 DATE=7-9-01 TITLE=DEVELOPMENT REPORT - World Refugee Day BYLINE=Jill Moss (Start at 1'01

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英语作文 It is summer vacation and school is out. During summer vacation, most children stay home, watch TV and play with their friends. Some take part in a neighborhood sports program and some go camping. A camp is summer vacation place for childre

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NEW YORK, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- The NBA announced the cancellation of 43 pre-season games and the postpone of training camps indefinitely. The representatives for the NBA owners and players union are still at an impasse over a new collective bargainin

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The campaigns of presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and U.S. President Barack Obama are both focusing on economic issues during political stumps on Saturday. Romney's running mate, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, said Repub

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Topic1 Online Shopping Platforms Sell Fake ProductsRecently, a counterfeit manufacturer named Xiangpeng Hengye drags almost all the online retailers into the mire, including JD.com, Jumei, Amazon China, yhd.com and Gome. What is worse, according to m

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Hi again. Nice to have you with us on As It Is. I'm Kelly Jean Kelly. Today we are talking about a man named Shin Dong-hyuk. He spent the first 23 years of life inside a labor camp in North Korea. Hes the only individual born in the labor camp to esc

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United States: Computing boot-camp: Risks and rewards 美国:编程训练营:风险与回报 Should for-profit crash courses get federal funds? 盈利性速成班是否应该得到联邦基金的赞助? Liberal arts degrees and computer savvy r

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