1. The massive custody case involving hundreds of children taken from a West Texas ranch is underway. Four hundred and sixty-three children are in foster care following allegations that members of a polygamist sect forced underage girls into marriag

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2008年(五)月

AS IT IS 2016-05-11 London Mayor Rejects Being Trumps Muslim Exception 穆斯林入境禁令伦敦市长可例外 Londons new mayor a Muslim -- has rejected Donald Trumps offer to allow him to enter the United States. Sadiq Khan was elected Londons f

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AS IT IS 2015-11-07 Star Trek, US Elections, Jon Stewarts Comeback 囧叔乔恩-斯图尔特回归 If you are a science fiction movie fan, you probably saw the last two Star Trek films. But did you know the films are based on the characters introduce

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Everyday Grammar: 3 Grammar Rules That Are Dying For VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Today we have good news for English learners. Just as words come and go in English, so do grammar rules. Today we will show you three difficult gramm

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And if we move back again, here, and we put on trails on them, like this, 我们再回到过去,给每个球画出运动的轨迹, you can see again that the speed of development is very, very different, 可以看到,发展速度的差距非常大

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MIDDLEBURY, Vermont More Americans are quenching their thirst with hard cider. In 2011, U.S. sales of the alcoholic beverage made of fermented apple juice were up 20 percent over the previous year, according to the U.S.-based Beer Institute. There we

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Heading Stateside for your own voyage of discovery? Take some inspiration from a couple of these titles. 即将去美利坚开启你的探索之旅吗?先来读读下面这几本书获得一点启发吧。 1. JACK KEROUAC, ON THE ROAD 1. 《在路上

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Business A guide to goodness Values for money. 商业 良品导购 价廉物良。 Want to know if a product is virtuous? There's an app for that. 想知道一个产品是否货真价实?有个软件能帮你。 AS HE applied sunscreen to his young

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Business. 商业。 Mobile marketing. 移动营销。 Square deal. 方寸之间的营销。 After many false starts, QR codes are finally taking off. 在沉寂多年后,QR码最终开始成功。 EREAL boxes are, by and large, poor works of literat

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Think a list of the 10 world's most photographed attractions would include the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building? 想一下世界上最上镜的10个旅游胜地会包括艾菲尔铁塔和帝国大厦吗? Think again. 再想一想。 The E

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China may be the hardest place in the world to sell cheese, but Liu Yang has been trying anyway and Western fast food may be his salvation. 中国可能是世界上最难卖奶酪的地方,但刘洋还是尝试了而西方快餐可能是他的救星。

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

People with tattoos are more likely to be aggressive and rebellious than those without, a study has found. 一项研究发现,纹身者比未纹身者更可能具有攻击性和叛逆性。 Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University looked into whethe

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Online avatars visual representations of human beings are everywhere these days. From mainstream examples, like the photos or other images Gmail users use to represent themselves, to extravagant armor-clad monsters in role-playing games, its becoming

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Most couples don't want to expand their families, if the low number applying for a second child in Beijing under today's rules is an indicator of parental thinking. 二胎政策出台后,北京申请二胎的比率之低,说明很多夫妻都不打

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今天我们要学的词是maverick。 Maverick, 大家都知道,美国全国篮球协会NBA里有个Dallas Mavericks, 达拉斯小牛队。Maverick可以指没有烙印的小牛,也可以指持不同意见的人。在这次美国总统大选中,

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BERLIN, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The art-house cinema section at the ongoing Berlinale presents an alternative to mainstream films as it pushes the audience to think rather than just entertain them, said the director of Berlinale Panorama. Since 1992, Wie

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ISTANBUL There have been more clashes in Turkey's capital, Ankara, between anti-government protesters and security forces, as civil unrest in the country continues. The prime minister condemned the protesters and called for calm. Protests are also co

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Chuck Hagel, President Barack Obama's nominee for U.S. secretary of defense, faced his Congressional critics on Thursday at the Senate confirmation hearing, trying to gain their support. We will not hesitate to use the

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China created the country's largest chip maker last week, taking a giant step forward towards Beijing's plan of becoming less reliant on foreign technology. 上周,中国境内最大的芯片制造商诞生了,这使得中国政府距离减少对国

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon appears to be on his way to winning Sunday's conservative party presidential primary. 法国前总理弗朗索瓦?菲永看来将获得星期天举行的总统大选保守党初选。 Early returns give Fi

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