1. Officials say a 170-billion dollar bailout bill for Greece will prevent a default next month. It will also come with close monitoring demanded by some members of the Euro Zone frustrated that the country has not always enacted powerful reforms and

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2012(二月)

President Obama told union members in Ohio today it's time to stop debating an overhaul of the nation's health care system and to get something done. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. At Labor Day picnic in Cincinnati, Mr. Obama said the long-running nat

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台9月

The GOP-led House is likely to vote against an increase in the debt ceiling today, but that's not expected to go far in the Democratic-run Senate and with the threat of a presidential veto. NPR's Andrea Seabrook is on Capitol Hill. She says the House

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President Obama is halting the deportation of as many as 800,000 undocumented immigrants under the age of 30. Let's be clear. This is not amnesty. This is not immunity. This is not a path to citizenship. It's not a permanent fix. This is a temporary

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年NPR美国国家公共电台6月

President Obama says the flap over his proposal to use Israel's pre-1967 border[s] in any future Israeli-Palestinian peace deal has gotten out of hand. Speaking to members of the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC today in Washington, the president said he

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

Amanda Knox is walking free. As heard through an interpreter on CNN just moments ago, a judge with the Italian appeals court announced the panel was throwing out the former students murder conviction. So we have overturned. So, knox, Amanda, is free.

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BBC news with Marian Marshall. Volkswagen has pleaded guilty in a American court to 3 criminal charges linked to the diesel emission scandal. The plea is part of a deal with the US Justice Department. Volkswagen has admitted between 2009 and 2015 veh

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

This is Scientific American 60 second Science, I am Christopher Intagliata, got a minute? It's no secret cigarettes can yellow your teeth. But tobacco smoke has another, unseen effect. It can wipe out the healthy bacteria in your mouth, leaving the f

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(二)月

When you picture ancient Egyptian beauties such as Queen Nefertiti or Cleopatra, theyre probably wearing dramatic black eyeliner. Ancient Egyptians believed that eye makeup had properties bestowed by the gods that protected the wearers from illness.

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(一)月

by Michael W. Flynn First, a disclaimer: Although I am an attorney, I do have feelings, and I admit that I was truly touched by the letters of support I received from you, Loyal Listeners. The past two weeks were much less painful and much more beara

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 法律英语 Legal Lad

International Vaccination A jab in time 国际 疫苗及时一针 Some Western countries have lower vaccination rates than poor parts of Africa. Anti-vaxxers are not the main culprits 与非洲贫困地区相比,部分西方国家的疫苗接种率更

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人要闻

All the while, the University of Oxford has a world reputation for its long history. 一直以来,牛津大学都以其悠久的历史而著称。 With a history of more than 800 years, the University has buildings of every British architecture per

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 走进牛津大学

意参院免贝卢斯科尼议员资格 ROME, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday was stripped of his seat in parliament for immediate effect of a Senate-ejection vote over his conviction for tax fraud, bu

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Bruce Beutler at the Scripps Research Institute in California, Jules Hoffmann at the French National Center for Sc

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(十)月

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama cancelled a planned appearance in North Carolina today when his plane had mechanical problems. But speaking in St. Louis where the plane landed, he outlined proposals for revitalizing the sagging US econo

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 2008年NPR美国国家公共电台七月

The number of US households in some stage of foreclosure took another bump-up in July. The group RealtyTrac which maintains an extensive database of foreclosure activity nationwide says foreclosure filings last month were up 7% from the previous mon

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台8月

Health Report - What Do You Know About the Common Cold? This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Do you think getting cold can give you a cold? Is it bad to drink milk when you have a cold? Can c

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(四)月

The hot desert sands seem the most unlikely place to 'take a bath' in the height of summer but locals in western Egypt believe it is the natural way to cure many medical conditions. At the hottest time of the day, sufferers of rheumatism, joint pain,

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Common Symptoms of Too Much Stress 压力太大的共同特征 What Are Your Stress Symptoms? 你表现出来的工作压力症状有哪些? We all experience stress in our daily lives from different sources: jobs, relationships, finances. And whethe

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

From VOA Learning English, this is In the News. This week, a lawyer for an Indian diplomat asked a court in the United States to dismiss immigration and employment charges against her. Devyani Khobragade served as Deputy Counsel General at Indias con

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