VOA常速英语2018--脱欧烂摊子不好收 deadline不等人

Britains business leaders Monday offered a stark warning on the growing cost of Brexit uncertainty. Brexit is consuming government, every politician, every civil servant and its also consuming British business. Our firms are spending hundreds of mill

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3183 high stakes

今天我们要学的词是 high-stakes. High-stakes 原意是赌注高，风险大，引申下来是指事关重大。Harvard University is fighting accusations that its admissions office racially discriminated against Asian-American students in a h

万花筒 2009-03-03&03-04 助人自杀团伙落网

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VOA常速英语2016--英国脱欧—欧洲青年所谓的“柏林墙”时刻分享到:

Brexit - A 'Berlin Wall' Moment for European Youth 英国脱欧欧洲青年所谓的柏林墙时刻分享到: BERLIN, GERMANY In 1989 Germans tore down the wall that divided Berlin and symbolized deeper global divides. 1989年,德国人拆除了分裂柏

美国国家公共电台 NPR U.K. Businesses, Officials Push For Clarity, Transitional Deal With European Union

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Britain's government is torn between those who want a clean break from the European Union and those who want to preserve as many ties as possible after Britain leaves the EU in 2019. The paralysis is worrying small-business owners

美国有线新闻 CNN 英国提前举行大选 首相梅政治豪赌

There's an important vote coming up in the United Kingdom next week. We mentioned it once before. It's an early or snap election. Though the country's general elections are scheduled to take place every five years, British Prime Minister Theresa May

美国有线新闻 CNN 英国启动脱欧进程 两年之后正式退出欧盟

We're talking about the Brexit, the British exit from the European Union. The E.U. has been around for decades. It's a political and economic partnership of 28 European Countries. Last June, Britain's voted 51.9 percent to 48.1 percent to separate fr

美国有线新闻 CNN 英国提前举行大选 为脱欧谈判奠定基础

In Britain or the U.K., general elections are scheduled to take place every five years. The last one happened in 2015, the next was initially scheduled for 2020. But yesterday, an unexpected move was made. British Prime Minister Theresa May said the

VOA常速英语2008年-Race Emerges as Complicated Issue in US Preside

By Jim Malone Washington 29 April 2008 Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama's relationship with his controversial former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, has put the spotlight on race as an issue in this year's U.S. presidential campai

ESL Podcast 502 – Storing Luggage on an Airplane

Yoshi: Can you hold my jacket while I try to get my roller bag down the aisle ? Tatiana: All right, but I have to roll my own bag down the aisle, you know. Yoshi: Fine, give it back to me. All of these overhead bins are full. Where are we supposed to

2007年VOA标准英语-Iraqi Official Says Blackwater Exit Would Cause

By Jim Randle Baghdad 23 September 2007 An Iraqi government official says throwing the Blackwater security company out of Iraq would leave a security vacuum and divert troops from battle to security duties. VOA's Jim Randle reports from Baghdad. Two

VOA常速英语2016--布鲁塞尔担心英国退欧将产生更为深远的影响

布鲁塞尔担心英国退欧将产生更为深远的影响 The Washington-based Pew Research Center interviewed 10,000 people across Europe. 华盛顿皮尤研究中心对欧洲的10,000人进行了采访。 Their answers showed that skepticism ove

VOA常速英语2016--英国脱欧影响美国总统竞选走向

Brexit Resounds in US Presidential Contest 英国脱欧影响美国总统竞选走向 WASHINGTON Britains decision to leave the European Union is resounding in Americas presidential race. Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump sees Bri

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-03-10

And thank you Virginia. The new deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce could face an early start to his election campaign with former independent Tony Windsor, said to announce he will run in the seat of New England. Mr. Windsor held that New Southwales

VOA标准英语2009年-Economists, Business Leaders Ponder When t

The world's major economies have spent trillions of dollars in government money to ease a severe global slump. That spending has led to huge budget deficits in some countries, including the United States, but it also is credited with recent signs of

VOA双语新闻：亚洲何时结束大规模政府刺激措施

The world's major economies have spent trillions of dollars in government money to ease a severe global slump. That spending has led to huge budget deficits in some countries, including the United States, but it also is credited with recent signs of

美国有线新闻 CNN 英国脱欧协议遭议会否决 国家命运充满不确定性

CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: Lawmakers in the United Kingdom have rejected a deal concerning how their country will separate from the European Union and that's are first report today on CNN 10. I'm Carl Azuz. It's good to have you with us. There were ei

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3222 disarray

今天我们要学的词是 disarray. disarray 的意思是杂乱无章，特别指原计划被打乱。 British Prime Minister Theresa May delayed a critical parliamentary vote on her government's Brexit bill, throwing her plans for the U.K.'s exit

2015年CRI Weird Certificate Calls for Improved Service for Citizens Going Abroad

A Beijing resident surnamed Chen struck a chord on the Internet when in April he posted his experience online. He was asked by a travel agency to provide a certificate to prove that his mother is his real mother, as he put his mother as the emergency

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3212 hindrance

今天我们要学的词是 hindrance. hindrance 的意思是阻力，障碍。The U.S. said it will scale back military exercises with South Korea next year, so the war games are not a hindrance to diplomacy over ending North Korea's nuclear weapons