The Democratic National Convention in Denver has begun. Party Chief Howard Dean officially gaveled the four-day gathering to order, where the faithful are expected to rally around and nominate Barack Obama to be the party candidate for the White Hou

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 2008年NPR美国国家公共电台八月

THIS IS AMERICA - Presidential Race By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, January 12, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Pho

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 This is America

The United States and its coalition partners continue to make gains in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. 美国及其盟友继续在对抗伊拉克和叙利亚IS(伊斯兰国)的战斗中再传捷报。 Iraqi forces have

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(二月)

Good morning, happy Friday to you, from the CNN center in Atlanta, I'm Reggie Aqui. Here is what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. A political mystery finally solved, this morning multiple Democratic sources tell CNN that New York Governor David Paterson

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2009年(一)月

抱怨是种坏情绪。解决不了问题,还会影响别人的情绪,我们应该如何应对抱怨呢? Dan: Hello, I'm Dan. Alice: And I'm Alice. Dan: And this is 6 Minute English! Hmm, I'll just have some coffee. Ugh, this coffee is disgust

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 一起听英语

理查德米尔豪斯尼克松(Richard Milhous Nixon,1913年1月9日-1994年4月22日),美国著名政治家,曾于1969年-1974年担任美国第37任总统。1974年辞职,成为美国历史上第一位在任期内辞职的总统。尼克

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 历届美国总统简介

Redistricting rows 重新划分选区之争 Not so easy 并不容易 Republican hopes of snagging extra seats following last years census look doomed to disappointment 共和党人想要通过去年的人口普查数据再获得一些新席位,不大可

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

今天我们要学的词是outsider。 Outsider, 是局外人的意思。 The Board selected an outsider to fill the position of CEO, 董事会挑选了一个局外人担任首席执行官的职务。这次美国总统大选,由于民众对布什政府

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

今天我们要学的词是robocall。 Robocall指的是由计算机系统自动拨号,播放事先录制的电话留言的宣传电话。Robocall是产品促销和政治竞选的常用手段。A GOP group launched its robocall campaign against Sen

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1. Destroyed, devastated, that's the report from the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, a powerful 7.0-magnitude quake rocked the city on Tuesday, collapsing everything from simple shacks to the national palace. 2. The Red Cross estimates up to three

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(141) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(一月)

今天我们要学的词是front runner。 Front runner, 是领先者的意思。美国总统大选共和党参选人麦凯恩得到了前总统老布什的支持。Former President Bush said the GOP front-runner has the right values and experience t

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1. President Bush is again calling for a ceasefire to be honored in the former Soviet Republic. But there are reports that 100 Russian tanks are moving even deeper into Georgia. Meantime, the Pentagon says there isn't any need for US fighting forces

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1. Members of the president's deficit commission will begin weighing in on a controversial plan being presented by the panel's co-chairman today. The plan calls for cuts to social security, curtailing tax breaks and deep cuts in spending. However, it

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Hello, I'm Melissa Long here at the CNN Center in Atlanta with some of the headlines NOW IN THE NEWS at this hour this Thursday. In Beirut Lebanon, a major gun battle is going on right now between rival political factions. Shiite's supporters of Hez

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 商业报道2008年(五)月

Hillary Clinton claimed the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, which would make her the first woman to represent a major party in the race for the White House. 希拉里克林顿星期二赢得民主党总统候选人提名所需代表人票数

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

President Barack Obama and other G8 leaders wrapped up a two-day summit in the French coastal town of Deauville with harsh words for the governments in Libya, Syria and Iran but promises of billions in aid for democratic transitions in Egypt and Tuni

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WASHINGTON, March 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. presidential candidates Donald Trump, of the Republican Party, and Hillary Clinton, of the Democratic Party, won big on Super Tuesday, increasing the likelihood that they will go head to head in a knock-down, drag

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天我们要学的词是laundry list。 A laundry list意思是一长串杂乱无章的细目清单。日本反对党民主党以压倒性优势击败了统治日本政坛五十多年的自民党。The Democratic Party of Japan now begins the task

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Lexington 莱克星顿 An army without generals 无将之军 If Barack Obama is not really the leader of the Democratic Party, who is? 如果奥巴马不是民主党真正的领袖,那么谁是? THOUGH leading the Republican Party can be a trying

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

模仿文本: Well, The EU's Home Affairs commissioner has warned of staggering levels of corruption in member countries.Presenting the first EU-wide anti-corruption reports,Cecilia Malmstrom said the problem eroded trust in democratic institutions

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