ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Many teachers across the country are calling on their state pension funds to sell their stakes in gun manufacturers. The teachers say they don't want their retirement money invested in these companies. But many people, including th

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台2月

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is urging auditing authorities to be more strict when overseeing the use of public funds, and safeguard the interests of the public. He says audit authorities must wield their power righteously and they should not allow pub

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: At a Senate Education Committee hearing today, the conversation turned again and again to one question. Is it legal for schools to use federal dollars to arm teachers? NPR's Cory Turner reports. CORY TURNER, BYLINE: The feder

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[Photo: Xu Jun, Xinhua] The idea of seeing a family doctor is still a new thing for many Chinese. But that may soon be different. As a pioneering project, southwestern Sichuan province provides family doctor services to more than 32 million of its ci

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A: Good afternoon, welcome to IBJ. How can I be of service? 下午好,欢迎光临IBJ银行。我能如何为您效劳? B: I'd like to talk to somebody about the Group Account Deposit Service. 我想和有关的人谈谈集团账户存款业务。

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Executives of major U.S. banks faced tough questions Wednesday from U.S. lawmakers frustrated by the slow pace of lending by institutions that received federal bail out money. Lawmakers also vented their anger over high salaries and bonuses in the fi

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U.S. lawmakers expressed outrage in a congressional hearing on Wednesday about tens of millions of dollars in employee bonuses paid by the troubled insurance conglomerate, American International Group, or AIG. Testimony by AIG's chief executive came

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U.S. lawmakers expressed outrage in a congressional hearing on Wednesday about tens of millions of dollars in bonuses paid out by the troubled insurance conglomerate, American International Group, or AIG. Testimony by AIG's chief executive Edward Li

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More Funds Needed to Fight E. Africa Famine Music super stars such as Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Justin Bieber are encouraging their fans to donate money for the famine victims in the Horn of Africa region. They're among a list of more than 150 celebriti

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The United Nations World Food Program says it may have to ground a vital humanitarian air service to parts of Africa this month because of a severe funding shortage. The WFP says some of the poorest countries in Africa will be deprived of critical a

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公司开会前,经理Jeff说,总裁John Henderson的母亲去世了。大家问George, 遇到这种情况,中国人一般会怎样处理。 J: What do they say in China? G: A sentence with four Chinese characters that roughly means: May your p

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Last Monday, Helen Clark talked to the students at Otago University and promised that the Labour government would pay all university students an allowance in the future. It would happen over the next four years. In the past, students at university re

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By Paul Sisco Washington 05 September 2007 The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is entering an exciting new era of ocean research. A massive grant from the National Science Foundation is expected to change the way ocean science is done, and grea

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By Scott Stearns White House 26 February 2008 President Bush is pressing U.S. lawmakers to double funds for fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports Mr. Bush says his trip to Africa last week convinced him that

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今天我们要学的词是in hot water。 In hot water, 意思是有麻烦。 The teacher was in hot water for verbally abusing his students, 这个老师因为辱骂学生而惹了麻烦。 Two members of the city council found themselves in hot wa

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Kenyan government says the percentage of people contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has been cut almost in half from 14 percent of the population in 2000 to 7.1 percent in 2007 Alisha Ryu | Nairobi 01 December 2009 A Kenyan Turkana woman in

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Food Tasting Events Raise Funds for the Hungry As the weather turns cooler, events to celebrate the harvest season are held in cities and towns across the United States. Many feature food. And many benefit the hungry. On this sunny Saturday, a block

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In a congressional hearing on Wednesday, the CEO of American International Group, the troubled insurance company, will face tough questions from angry members of Congress. The appearance by AIG Chief Executive Edward Liddy comes amid continuing outra

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We now know the next sentence of the story of President Trump's drive for a border wall. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said yesterday the president will sign a border security measure that does not include funding for

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The partial government shutdown is making more people anxious every day, including those in the arts. Theaters, dance companies, symphony orchestras, nonprofit arts organizations worry about the impact on themselves and their audie

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