Versatile singer and actress Eartha Kitt has died. Her role spanned the television hit Batman to the Broadway Stage, a self-proclaimed sex kitten famous for her catlike purr. Kitt won two Emmys, several Tonys and two Grammy awards in a career spanni

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 2008年NPR美国国家公共电台12月

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is raising the prospect of severe additional sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program following the disclosure of a previously secret uranium enrichment facility. Gates says that facility is the latest example o

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台9月

Words and Their Stories: State Nicknames, Part 2 词汇典故:美国各州别名 2 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 As we told you last week, every American state h

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

As North Korea and the United States increase rhetoric on Pyongyangs nuclear weapons program, long-held taboos are being broken in neighboring Japan the only country to have suffered nuclear bombardment, at the end of World War II. Analysts say the d

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From NPR News in Washington, Im Craig Windham. Veteran Democratic Congressman John Murtha of Pennsylvania has died. Murtha, who was 77, has been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. NPRs Andrea Seabrook says Murtha represented his Pennsy

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The Gem State, the Land of Lincoln and the Crossroads of America... Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. As we told you last week, every American state has a nickname. Here are some more of them. Idaho is known as the Gem Sta

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With Israeli elections just two months away, the party that is slated to win is moving further to the right. The trend is expected to have serious implications for the Middle East peace process. Israel's right-wing Likud party has chosen top hawks t

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Satoshi Amako, a professor of contemporary Chinese studies at Waseda University, is suggesting the top priority for Shinzo Abe's new cabinet is to maintain a stable political environment before the House of Councilors election next July. As such, Ama

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 英闻天下

2012 can be called a year of political change. Many countries including the United States, Russia, Japan and South Korea all held their general elections. As such, today's key words are general elections. CRI's Zheng Chenguang has more. And whether I

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When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes his visit to Pearl Harbor, just after Christmas, it will be a dovish act that masks a hawkish intent. 日本首相安倍晋三(Shinzo Abe)将访问珍珠港(Pearl Harbor),此举将是一个掩盖鹰派意

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The Japanese government has begun its ordinary parliament session, which is called the Diet. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to give his policy speech during the session. The session is scheduled to last for 150 days, until June 22nd.

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It's the silly season in India-China relations. If you've tuned into one of the more hawkish Indian television channels or are reading the views of the many experts on India and China, it might seem like the two countries are at each other's throats

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(286) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

North Korea has replaced its hard-line defense chief with a little-known army general. Although no official announcement was made, a news report from the official Korean Central News Agency named Jang Jong Nam as among the party officials attending a

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Where there was discord, Donald Trump has remarkably brought harmony. 哪里有不和谐之处,唐纳德.特朗普(Donald Trump)便引人注目地带来了和谐。 He has brought peace between the markets and Janet Yellen, as traders at last appea

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Monday, May 27: Memorial Day was sunny and warm. 5月27日,周一。这一天是美国阵亡将士纪念日,天气晴朗温暧。 The Macintosh team loyalistsDebi Coleman, Mike Murray, Susan Barnes, and Bob Belleville 麦金塔团队的黛比科尔

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The larger budget deficits entailed by tax reform, along with more public spending on infrastructure, would underpin yields on long-term Treasury bonds. 因税收改革而造成的更大的预算赤字,连同更多的基础设施公共开支一起,

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以色列批评克里插手其事务 JERUSALEM, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Israeli politicians scrambled to do damage control on Tuesday, following harsh statements attributed to Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon regarding U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

伊核谈判协议触动以色列神经 JERUSALEM, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- The interim agreement signed between the P5+1 countries and Iran drew harsh responses on Sunday from Israeli officials. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the agreemen

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

奥巴马敦促以色列总理寻求与巴勒斯坦谈判 WASHINGTON, July 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue peace talks with the Palestinians. In their phone conversation

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

America's next defence secretary 美国下任国防部长 Fit for purpose 量身定做 Ashton Carter is well-qualified to lead the Pentagon, if he is allowed to 阿什顿卡特完全够格统领五角大楼,前提是他通过提名 More hawkish tha

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