Topics: Miranda v. Arizona; Famous Americans: Rube Goldberg; to heal versus to cure; to give up versus to give in; no way Words: to take into custody to interrogate to confess defense prosecution justice to overturn sewer comic strip escalator boxing

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Twenty years ago this week, President George H. W. Bush signed a civil rights law that Americans call the ADA. GEORGE H. W. BUSH: I now lift this pen to sign this Americans with [Disabilities] Act and sa

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(七)月

By Leah Krakinowski Recent surveys show many Americans want the nation's doors closed to immigrants. At the same time, President George W. Bush recently proposed an overhaul of the nation's immigratio

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(下)--世界经济

Certain foods may cause acne problems, as CNN's Judy Fortin reports in this Health Minute. Jessica Ravinski has battled acne for nearly a decade. Shes found that she is able to control the condition by taking medication, washing her face regularly a

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2008年

Something strange is happening in the forests around Chernobyl. More precisely, it is what is not happening that is the problem. When leaves fall and trees die there, they are not decomposing properly. Scientists visiting the dead forests noticed tha

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Jamat ud Dawa, formerly Lashkar-e Taiba parading in a Pakistani city (file photo) Pakistan-based Lashkar-e Taiba or LET was for a long time considered a militant group fighting Indian rule of Kashmir. But after Chicago-based American David Headley pl

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(三月)

France failed Tuesday to get support for a no-fly zone over Libya from the Group of Eight nations meeting in Paris. A two-day meeting of the G8 foreign ministers ended without agreement on establishing a no-fly zone against Libya, with reservations e

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AS IT IS 2015-04-07 Two Nations: Black America and White Americ a 两个国家:黑人美国和白人美国 A new report says black and white Americans continue to be divided in areas of economic opportunity, education, health and social justice. The

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时尚摄影师将镜头转向特殊人群 Where do you find beauty? Fashion Magazines? Music Videos? One American photographer is finding beauty in unexpected places. And a new documentary about his work might help change the traditional standards o

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统计显示美国黑人更易失业 Medgar Evers College, whose student body is nearly 90 percent black, is filled with hard-working students fulfilling their degree requirements. But unlike their white peers, African Americans overall are statistic

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A product guarantee 产品质保 A: Can you tell me what's included in your warranty? A:你可以告诉我什么包括在你们的保修范围吗? B: Certainly. The product has a two-year guarantee. If it breaks down during that period we offer a r

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's ask Julie Rovner about the federal health law. Proposed changes to that law will be even more up for the public debate this week, as we learn just how much a Republican plan to replace Obamacare may cost. Julie's a longtime

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台3月

Police in South Carolina have released dashcam video of the traffic stop in North Charleston that ended in the shooting death of Walter Scott. The video shows the initial calm exchange between Scott and Officer Michael Slager, then Scott running away

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古巴将参加美洲峰会 美古互动是看点 The Summit of the Americas normally receives little media attention in the United States. But this year is different because Cuba, unlike previous years, is invited to the gathering in Panama, which w

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In Ukraine they call them Chernobylites. People affected by the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in then-Soviet Ukraine. Residents evacuated after the April 26, 1986 disaster lost their homes as well as their health. And the workers sent

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The Cutty Sark Burns John: Greenwich is a well-known tourist spot in London. Its also the home of a historically important ship the Cutty Sark. Now, a terrible fire has destroyed the Cutty Sark.The Cutty Sark has been a major tourist attraction since

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

范文5. 论“上网” Type A 1) Show your understanding of the symbolic meaning of the pictures below(描述点题段). 2) Give a specific example, and. (举例说明段) 3) Give your suggestion as

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(226) / 评论(0) 分类 考研英语

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is hailing the conclusions from this year's BRICS summit. Addressing a media briefing after the conclusion of the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, Cyril Ramaphosa, who chaired this year' event, says a wide variety

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A slew of high-profile acquittals of wrongly convicted defendants made headlines in 2015. And according to the judicial reform report by the Supreme People's Court, 23 wrongful verdicts have been corrected since the reform was implemented in 2013. Wh

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July 31st, 1978 1978年7月31日 My darling McGeorge, 亲爱的麦克乔治: You said that things seemed clearer when they were written down. 你曾说过把事情写下来,他们就会变得更清楚。 Well, here with a very boring letter in wh

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