[00:07.03]The National Guard is one of the organizations of the United States Army and Air Force. [00:13.90]Its members are not active duty soldiers and airmen. [00:14.01]But National Guard members can be ordered to serve with them. [00:18.63]The Nat

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Our founders understood that well and gave us a democracy strong enough to endure for centuries,flexible enough to face our common challenges and advance our common dreams in each new day. 我们的缔造者深深了解这一点,他们给予我们一

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Section 15 Flying 1We usually fly in aeroplane. 2But there are different kinds of machines for flying in. 3The general term for machines we fly in is aircraft. 4The types most people use for travel ar

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THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary\ January 20, 2017 Remarks of President Donald J. Trump As Prepared for Delivery Inaugural Address Friday, January 20, 2017 Washington, D.C. Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, Pres

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One of them had been shot here like this. Nisreen Mansour gestures, recalling the face of one of the men she shot dead. They brought one person in at a time and they said shoot him. She tells us, There were someone on either side of me and one behind

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Explanation: The United States is a land of opportunity, which means that there are a lot of things that people can achieve (or do) if they want to. But some opportunities are reserved (or set aside) only for U.S. citizens. What can citizens do that

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TAIPEI, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The mainland's securities regulatory body announced Tuesday that it is considering to allow citizens of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao to invest directly in the mainland's stock market with the renminbi. Tong Daochi, an offic

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Many parts of the United States were first territories with the plan that they would someday become states. Former territories include Oklahoma, which became a state in 1907; New Mexico and Arizona, which became states in 1912; and Hawaii and Alaska,

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The abduction follows the kidnapping of three Spanish aid workers last month. Scott Stearns | Dakra 20 December 2009 Photo: CIA World Factbook Italy's foreign ministry says it is working through all political and diplomatic channels to secure the rel

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Provide a Better Life for Senior Citizens Now we have a growing population of senior citizens. To ensure happy lives for them has become a focus of attention. Our traditional respect of the aged needs

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IN THE NEWS - Punish Illegal Immigrants? Welcome Them as Future Citizens? Congress Debates ImmigrationBy Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Saturday, April 01, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Spe

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BERLIN, July 10 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended German intelligence services and intelligence cooperation with other countries, saying that the intelligence work is essential for the security of citizens. In an interview to b

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Radicalism is a disease of the mind. You cannot see it, hear it, feel it or know it exists until it is too late, as revellers in Nice enjoying Bastille Day fireworks found out on Thursday evening. As terrorists evolve strategies to attack innocent li

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China's Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee has held a group study on the challenges posed by an ageing society. During the meeting, President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the committee, called for better care for China's ageing po

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China has dispatched three military helicopters to Nepal to help with rescue and relief missions, as it pledges to continue to support its neighbor. China has already sent 186 tonnes of relief supplies, while a 70-strong chemical defense unit is work

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本期内容: Shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday evening, British MPs face a choice that will affect the country's 66 million citizens for many years to come. They will either vote to support Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, negotiated with the

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Another hot issue is about medical insurance fees. There are proposals on making citizens pay more premiums, as well as letting retirees pay medical insurance. But CPPCC members haven't yet reached a consensus on that. Government's financial support

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Explanation: The government of the United States is a representative democracy, which means that citizens vote for people who then represent them in the government, making laws and decisions that reflect (or are the same as) what the citizens want. C

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新托福有许多自己的特点,新托福阅读的一个重要特点之一就是同义改写(主要针对动词和形容词)。同义改写对托福阅读考试有哪些影响值得我们注意呢? 首先,同义改写会影响到定位的准确与

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本期内容: The Postal Savings Bank of China priced its IPO, raising $7.4 billionat the low end of expectations but still the largest public share offering since 2014. The bank, Chinas sixth-largest with more than 40,000 branches serving one in t

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