Candy signed up for a cooking class because she wanted to improve her cooking skills. After she browsed through the list, she chose a baking class. Candy had often thought that becoming a pastry chef would be fun. However, she had always been too hes

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(141) / 评论(0) 分类 常春藤生活英语

ESL Podcast 1153 Getting Advice from Mothers-in-Law Marc: Who was that? Carla: It was your mother again. She wanted to give me another piece of unsolicited advice about housekeeping. Shes called five times this week already. Marc: Shes just trying to

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by Adam Freedman Todays topic: Nullification. Can states opt out of federal laws they dont like? And now, your daily dose of legalese: This article does not create an attorney-client relationship with any reader. In other words, although I am a lawye

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Unit 25 American Men Don’t Cry Weakness n.软弱, 弱点,嗜好 There are definite weakness in their security arrangements. My diet would be fine if only (只要...就好) I didn’t have this weakn

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Forced marriage, honor killing and female genital mutilation are just a few of the human rights abuses directed against women solely because of their gender. In the United States, a number of organizations are trying to help women who are trying to f

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(七)月

by Adam Freedman Todays topic: Is the Arizona immigration law constitutional. And now, your daily dose of legalese: This article does not create an attorney-client relationship with any reader. In other words, although I am a lawyer, Im not your lawy

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IN THE NEWS - September 14, 2002: Sharia Law in Nigeria This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program In The News. There is a dispute about a major women’s beauty competition to be held i

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US Supreme Court to Review Immigration Law Alhassanne Foungounou plays his guitar and sings of liberation on YouTube. Foungounou requested asylum in the United States when his Tuareg protest songs angered the Niger government. But Foungounou returned

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Indonesia's Constitutional Court has reversed a law that gave the attorney general's Office the power to ban books. Rights activists and authors hail the verdict as a victory for free expression, but some officials say curbs on free speech are still

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Abortion Law Vote Polarizes Ireland 爱尔兰将立法允许有限合法堕胎 After marathon debates this week in parliament, lawmakers voted 127 to 31 to allow abortions when a woman's life is in danger. The decision follows months of debate. Campa

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Let's ask Julie Rovner about the federal health law. Proposed changes to that law will be even more up for the public debate this week, as we learn just how much a Republican plan to replace Obamacare may cost. Julie's a longtime

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China's wildlife protection law was passed in 1989 with the aim of sustaining wildlife as a resource. Now academics and animal rights activists are pushing to reform the law. Mang Ping is a professor with the Central Institute of Socialist Studies in

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A revised version of the elderly people's welfare law is now in effect in China. As CRI's Su Yi reports, it forces the families of elderly people to regularly visit and care for them. The revised Law for the Protection of the Rights and Interests of

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Top Chinese lawmakers reviewed potential legal amendments to help bolster small and medium-sized companies, including potential tax breaks and easier access to financing. Panel discussions on the draft revisions were held on Tuesday in Beijing at a b

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The lower house of Russia's parliament, the Duma, passed legislation Friday limiting the ability of foreigners to invest in industrial sectors considered as strategic. This came shortly after the Russian government announced the arrest of two Russian

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Under the new amendments, those convicted of abusing a child or an elderly person can face up to 3-years in prison, a move many here in China are applauding. Laws are supposed to protect the disadvantaged. Everyone will get old, and most people can h

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Figures from China Law Society show about one-third of Chinese families have dealt with some form of domestic violence. More than 90-percent of the reported cases involve the abuse of women, children and the elderly. One-in-four Chinese women have su

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Nie Hui, a 37-year-old mother living in Beijing, started going online to buy children's products eight years ago. Now she gets everything online, from daily necessities like food, to toys and clothes. The first time was when I saw a skirt on a United

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To establish a more standard and transparent environment around charity donations in China and encourage involvement, the draft of the country's first charity law will be discussed during the Two Sessions. The country's first Charity Law-- a heated t

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Fu Ying, the spokesperson for the annual session of the legislative body, says China is drafting a fundamental Civil Code and the general rules of the draft are expected to be submitted to the top legislature in June. A two-step approach will be take

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