President Obama's taking his domestic agenda to voters in the western US. His latest stop is Reno, Nevada, where he pledged to protect consumers from price gouging in the wake of higher oil and gas costs. The Attorney General's putting together a tea

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台4月

And the oars kind of became a symbol of just in how many ways I went beyond what I thought were my limits. 这些桨也变成了我可以用多种方式来突破我自认为是极限的标志。 I suffered from tendinitis on my shoulders and saltwate

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲教育篇

BBC News with Julia Candler. A senior member of North Koreas government has warned that his country would react with a pre-emptive nuclear strike if it saw signs that the US was preparing to launch an attack. Speaking to the BBC, the Vice Foreign Min

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

Rebel Wild Rose 叛逆的野玫瑰 本文看点 罗斯?奥尼尔?格林豪是美国内战时期南部联盟的著名间谍,被称为叛逆的野玫瑰。她利用华盛顿社交名媛的身份以及个人的魅力与才智,渗入北方联邦政府的

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South African Parliament Names Ramaphosa President South Africas parliament has chosen Cyril Ramaphosa as the countrys new president. Ramaphosa was elected by the parliament without a vote in Cape Town, the legislative capital. South Africas chief ju

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Good morning from the CNN Center here in Atlanta, I'm Melissa Long. It's Wednesday. Here's a look at some of the stories happening NOW IN THE NEWS. The House takes up a credit card reform bill today. It passed 90-5 in the Senate. Now it's designed t

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The political tug-of-war(拔河) in Greece is threatening to unravel Greeces bailout arrangement with its EU and IMF partners, which could cause a ripple effect through global markets. Theyre struggling to form a coalition government, without that, n

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put the squeeze on someone对某人施加压力 The new situation is putting the squeeze on all companies engaged in this business. stand up to someone与某人大胆对抗 The soldier stood up to the officer and was place in confinement. thank one's

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GRE考试中,写作部分的要求较高,不仅对考试时间和GRE作文字数有要求,对质量的要求更是严格。下面针对不同的话题整理了一些GRE写作素材供考生们学习。 1、超越性的题目:现实与理想;眼

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 GRE作文

1. A jury has found Virginia Tech negligent for delaying a campus warning of the first shootings in a 2007 campus massacre that left 33 dead. Jurors returned the verdict in a wrongful death civil suit brought by the parents of two students who were k

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They call it Radio Free Fahad, the vigil held by friends and supporters of Syed Fahad Hashmi every two weeks outside the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. The 29-year-old Hashmi, a Pakistan-born U.S. citizen who grew up in New York, has

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叙利亚政府绑架行为助长黑市交易 Ola now lives in the Turkey city. Two years ago she was caught transporting defectors from the Syrian army to the Jordanian border. 奥拉现在住在塔基市。2年前她被叙利亚叛军抓到被带到了

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Now, what did this 92 year-old black woman do that deserved such great honor? What did she do? Well, in 1955, the days of racial segregation, she had refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. She had refused. Her simple refusal to move t

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We need to change the culture in our jails and prisons, especially for young inmates. New York state is one of only two in the U.S. that automatically arrests and tries 16- to 17-year-olds as adults. This culture of violence takes these young people

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LOS ANGELES, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Actress Lindsay Lohan began her 35 days of house arrest after turning herself in at a Lynwood detention center early Thursday morning, authorities said. The 24-year-old star went home to begin her court-ordered house a

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

With memories like these in him, and, moreover, given to a certain superstitiousness, as has been said; the courage of this Starbuck, which could, nevertheless, still flourish, must indeed have been extreme. 斯达巴克就是这样一个人,既往的

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Laurel. 劳蕾尔 Mrs. Queen! What are you...It's oliver. 奎恩夫人,你怎么... 是奥利弗 Something's happened.It's been all over the news. 他出了点事,新闻里全在播 These charges are ludicrous. 那些指控太荒唐了 I know. 我知

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Let your children see you do things for your wife, that lets them know how much you love and treasure her. 让孩子们看到你为妻子效劳,让他们感觉到你对妻子的爱和珍惜。 Make

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英文名句短语

1.不妙 something is to pay 经理感到事情有点不妙。 The manager had a hunch that something was to pay. 2.眼中钉 a thorn in someones flesh 不知为什么我成了他们的眼中钉了。我可从未错待过他们。 I wonder why I beco

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ISLAMABAD, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari says he will not seek another presidential term after his present five-year period expires in September this year, reported local media on Sunday. Zardari made the remark in an interv

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