President Obama said today its clear that a systemic failure allowed an attempted attack in a passenger plane last week. A Nigerian man is suspected of carrying explosive device aboard Northwest Airlines plane Christmas day. It failed to detonate. Sp

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台12月

日本再次下滑陷入衰退,金融分析师开始思考其对全球经济的影响 Japan has slipped back into recession, leaving financial analysts to ponder over the implications for the global economy. Japan's economy unexpectedly shrank for

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. More than one billion Muslims around the world observe Ramadan, Islams holy month. Fasting during Ramadan is a requirement for believers. This means they are barred from having sex, smok

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BEIJING, March 1 (Xinhua) -- China's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector fell for a second month to 50.1 percent in February from 50.4 percent in January, according to data released Friday. The China Federation of Logistics

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HOUSTON, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- James Harden scored 31 points and dished out eight assists to lead the Houston Rockets to its 121-96 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday. It was the Rockets's 13th straight home win over the Grizzlies, who have

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More than a thousand Chinese who took the International English Language Testing System test in July and August have been told their results would be delayed or permanently withheld. The cancellation affects examinees mainly based in Changsha, Hunan

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BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese comedies have raked in the most money during the Spring Festival holiday, beating foreign rivals like the Hollywood blockbuster Cloud Atlas. Odyssey, a fantasy action comedy directed by Hong Kong comic actor Steph

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BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Defending champions the Guangdong Hongyuan handed the Beijing Ducks their second home defeat of this season with a 112-99 win in the 20th round of Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league here on Wednesday. The Beijing

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. federal government registered a budget deficit of about 69.6 billion U.S. dollars in July, bringing the total budget gap for the first 10 months of this fiscal year near the 1-trillion-dollar mark. The aggrega

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Educational psychology 教育心理学 Now you know 现在,你要知道 When should you teach children, and when should you let them explore? 什么时候应该告诫孩子,和什么时候应该让孩子自己摸索? It is one of the oldest deb

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Ailing Croatia 境况不佳的克罗地亚 A mighty mess 一团糟 Croatia is the EU's newest basket case 克罗地亚是欧盟最新的大麻烦 There is a cloud over Dubrovnik 杜布罗夫尼克上空蒙上阴云 THIS month Dubrovnik, Croatia's pic

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Speedy? Oh, were in here. Look who's back. 飞毛腿?我们在这。看看谁回来了 She was just telling me about your guys' first date-- at Russo's. 她在跟我说你们在鲁索的第一次约会 Hello, Oliver. 你好啊,奥利弗 Oh, Ollie

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经典晨读英文:Thinking about Your Life 思考生活 How many times have you heard the expression that most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do planning their lives. I would expand that expression by adding that most peo

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- In a ceremony hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday, Jacob Lew was sworn into office as the 76th U.S. Treasury Secretary, the Treasury Department said. The oath of office was administered by V

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NEW YORK, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Crude prices rose on Friday as supplies tended to be tight on new Iran sanctions and production problems in North Sea. There was news on Thursday saying that the Obama administration expanded sanctions on Iran, in an eff

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耶伦发言关键 美股牛皮微升 NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks rallied for a third consecutive day Monday ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen 's first testimony in Congress as head of the Fed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average

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WASHINGTON - Archer Brady Ellison of the United States was only 19 when he competed in his first Olympics four years ago in Beijing. Now 23, he is the world's top-ranked male recurve archer and is a favorite for the mens individual gold medal at the

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The final series of ITV's Downton Abbey has won best drama for the fourth time in five years at the 2016 National Television Awards. 英剧《唐顿庄园》最后一季获得2016年英国国家电视奖最佳剧情奖,这是该剧五年内第四次获

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Mariah Carey honored with top trophy at BMI Urban Awards LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. pop singer and songwriter Mariah Carey was honored with BMI Icon, the publishing association 's top accolade, at the annual Urban Awards held at the Saban

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Business 商业 Apple in China: App Wars 苹果在中国:应用之战 Tencent takes on Apple in China 腾讯与苹果公司在中国的角逐。 In most of the world, the success of Apple's walled garden of proprietary software has two elements. 在世

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