President Obama today hailed new economic numbers that show the economy might be finally pulling out of recession. NPR's Mara Liasson reports. President Obama told a group of small-business owners that the news the economy grew 3.5% in the third qua

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Amid the fallout over President Trumps trip to Europe, he read a prepared statement Tuesday in an apparent attempt at damage control, saying he had great talks with NATO leaders. 特朗普总统的欧洲之行带来了一些不好的影响,其中之一

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(七月)

Number of Bicyclers Soars Along with US Gas Prices With gasoline prices prices in the United States hovering around $1 per liter, the number of bicyclers is increasing, especially in cities, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report. Sales of road bikes

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(113) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(五月)

Yes, Ned Land repeated, so long as we get out! 是的,尼德?兰重复道,只要我们能出去! I strolled for a little while from the lounge into the library. 我从客厅到图书室来回地走了一些时候。 My companions kept their sea

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In Somalia's capital, the radical Islamist al-Shabab militia amputated a hand and a foot each from four young men accused of stealing guns and mobile phones. The militia has imposed a harsh brand of Islamic law in areas of Somalia under its control.

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(121) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(六月)

Across the Sahel, more than 10 million people are affected by poor rains that have led to the collapse of agricultural and livestock production in many parts of Chad, Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso. Sixty percent of Niger's population is facing severe

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As master wishes! Conseil replied. 随您先生怎样说都好!康塞尔答。 All right, I admit it: I did wish to run this risk! 我承认,这个机会,我倒很乐意去碰一碰。 The valves were charged. More coal was swallowed by the furna

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Climate change is the great environmental challenge facing the world today. But maybe we should start calling it climates change. Because scientists whove looked to glaciers to study the history of climate on Earth have found that the Northern and S

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By Jim Malone Washington 07 August 2006 The war in Iraq is playing a central role in the re-election battle of one of the country's best-known Democrats, Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut. Lieberman faces a tough primary challenge from fellow

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China's foreign trade continues to sustain pressure in May. China's total trade volume last month stood at 1.97 trillion yuan, down 9.7 percent year on year. The fall is smaller than April's figure, which had the worst performance in six years. Impor

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The blue bike was sitting in Owens living room. It had no kickstand, so he had wedged the front tire in between two bookshelves so that the bike would stand upright. Both tires were flat. Dust covered the bike. However, no household spiders had set u

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What babies know fascinates doctors, researchers and parents. With technology that can measure brain waves and other indicators, what researchers are finding is that babies know more than we suspect. What do they know and when do they know it? Such q

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By Steve Herman Kathmandu 09 April 2008 Seventeen-and-a-half million people are eligible to go to the polls in Nepal, Thursday. They will elect members of a constituent assembly that will draft a constitution to complete the transfer from a feudal Hi

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This is AP news minute. 1. Officials say 15 people have been killed in a landslide at a massive garbage dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital. They say several dozens people are also missing. 2. The former Obama administration White House spoke

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The focus of the Global Security Summit - to answer how to secure nuclear stockpiles against terrorists A unique two-day summit expected to bring together more than 40 heads of state and government will open in Washington April 12. As VOA reports, th

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(四)月

America's banking crisis shows few signs of subsiding, despite hundreds of billions of dollars spent by the federal government to prop up struggling financial institutions and unfreeze tight credit. 美国银行业危机没有出现任何缓和的迹象

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Chinese banks extended close to 8 trillion yuan of new lending in the first half of the year, but broad money supply growth has continued a downward trend. China's Central Bank said the figures mirror their efforts of financial deleveraging, aimed at

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Rescue and recovery operations are still underway after the crash of a passenger plane in Taipei yesterday. So far, 31 people are confirmed dead, while 12 others remain missing, after a TransAsia flight crashed into the Keelung River shortly after ta

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Topics: McCarthyism and the House Committee on Un-American Activities; Famous Songs: Dixie; to overrate versus to overestimate; that versus so; the stakes are too high Words: McCarthyism Red Scare to play on demagogue hearing to blacklist to change (

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Just two days after Apple released its latest iPhone upgrade, the iPhone 6S, reporters in Shanghai did a straw poll survey of locals around the city to gauge the reaction. While certainly not scientific, the lack of enthusiasm is quite evident. Apple

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