Law enforcement officials confirmed reports that two men were detained after flying from Chicago to Amsterdam. Officials tell NPR the men do not appear to have ties to al-Qaeda or its affiliates, but they are continuing to check those connections. On

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年NPR美国国家公共电台8月

Measles Kills 35 Children in Europe; Outbreak in Minnesota Not Over Thirty-five European children have died from measles in the past 12 months in what the World Health Organization calls an unacceptable tragedy. The deaths could have been prevented b

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(148) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(7月)

华盛顿关门的巨大经济成本 WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate is expected to work on an emergency funding bill this weekend to keep the government operating after its spending authority runs out October 1. The bill would still require approval from

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(十)月

President Obama speaking at the White House today said healthcare legislation will clear Congress this year and the President said in light of new concerns about the cost of a healthcare overhaul, some decisions about cost cutting should be turned o

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台7月

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nancy Lyons. NATO is denying it was trying to kill the Gaddafi family after reports that some members died in an air strike. Teri Schultz reports in the politically charged incident. NATO issued an unusual early morni

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

UN Experts in Iraq to Study Early Elections Kirk Troy A United Nations fact-finding team arrived in Iraq Saturday to decide if the country would be ready for general elections this summer. As the U.N.

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(上)--各类新闻

The head of JP Morgan Chase is doing a lot of apologizing today, saying he and other bank executives have a lot of egg on our face. CEO Jimie Dimon is under scrutiny by federal regulators and customers after he announced that the bank which managed t

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(196) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

I. Impasse of Thoughts I can't see you, I can't hear you Do you still exist? I can't feel you, I can't touch you, Do you exist? The Phantom Agony I can't taste you, I can't think of you, Do we exist at all? II. Between hope and despair The future doe

发表于:2019-01-10 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 英文摇滚歌曲

AS IT IS 2015-08-11 Opposition Blocks Indias Economic Reform Laws 反对派阻拦印度经济改革法律 In India, government efforts to reform the economy have slowed. The reason: the political opposition is blocking the passage of legislation thro

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(八)月

5. The two sides have agreed on the date of negotiations. 双方商定了谈判日期。 还能这样说: The two sides have set the date of the negotiations. The two parties have fixed the negotiating date. 6. How does the negotiations go? 谈判进

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 情景会话口袋书人际篇

Anxiety(焦虑渴望) is filling the air in Washington D.C., as the clock ticks closer to a federal government shutdown with no budget approval. Lawmakers continued the debate Friday, leaving tourists in the nation's capital wondering whether it will

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

WHITE HOUSE A gun violence task force, created by President Barack Obama and headed by Vice President Joe Biden, held its first meeting Thursday to begin to seek solutions to gun violence in the wake of the massacre of children and adults at an eleme

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

ROME, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Talks between Italy's center-left party head Pier Luigi Bersani and center-right counterpart Silvio Berlusconi about the candidate for the next president and other issues will continue after their first meeting held on Tuesd

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

NEW YORK, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- The NBA announced the cancellation of 43 pre-season games and the postpone of training camps indefinitely. The representatives for the NBA owners and players union are still at an impasse over a new collective bargainin

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

GAZA, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian political powers had on Sunday differed over the decision of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee that was made on Saturday which called for holding parliamentary(国会的议会的) an

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

1. Republicans meet again with President Barack Obama looking for an agreement on the Nation's borrowing limit. Earlier Monday House Speaker John Boehner said he agrees with the president that the debt limit need to be raised, but the Republicans wou

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(135) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2011(七月)

1. General David Petraeus has formally assumed command of the 130,000-strong international force in Afghanistan. Petraeus said it was important to demonstrate that al-Qaeda and its allies will not to be allowed to again establish sanctuaries in Afgha

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(183) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(七月)

Airbus Warns It Could Leave in Event of 'No-Deal' Brexit The chief of Airbus on Thursday warned that the aviation company could move its United Kingdom operations out of Britain. The move might happen if the country leaves the European Union without

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 2019年VOA慢速英语(一)月

The White House says it remains confident that congressional leaders can come together and work out a way to raise the U.S. debt ceiling before an August 2 deadline. A top aide to President Obama spoke as Republicans controlling the House of Represen

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

ROME, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Saturday won election for a second mandate in a move to solve Italy's political impasse. Napolitano, 87, achieved the 504 votes needed to win a simple majority of the 1,007 total in p

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻