London's transport agency has introduced a bicycle rental system throughout central London to encourage people to ride bikes rather than drive, take taxis or use other public transport. It's an effort to alleviate congestion on London's overcrowded r

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(七)月

New York Mayor Takes on Global Smoking New York is increasingly a health conscious city. There's no smoking in restaurants, in bars or even in public parks. That's all the result of the mayor's aggressive anti-tobacco health policies over the past de

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Some US Cities Resort to New Programs to Curb Youth Violence 美国一些城市采取新措施抑制青少年犯罪 NEWARK, NEW JERSEY Murder rates have risen during the first half of the year in several US cities . Many of the homicide victims have

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(十月)

Hi, I'm Anderson Cooper, welcome to the 360 podcast. New revolutions in New Jersey, bridge traffic scandal, also a neural scientist get the shock of his life when brain scan showed that he is the brain of psychopath. Let's get started. Here begin. Br

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2014年(一)月

The Canadian City of Vancouver is set to deliver a formal apology later on this month for past discrimination against residents of Chinese heritage. On April 22, Mayor Gregor Robertson will deliver the apology in Chinatown to acknowledge the wrongdoi

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今天我们要学的词是the big picture,。 The big picture, 是从全局出发考虑问题的意思。Critics say the mayor lost sight of the big picture when he authorized the development project, 批评人士说,市长批准这个开发项目的

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Sarah Palin (born 1964) is the first woman to be selected by Americas Republican Party as vice-presidential nominee. She is also governor of Alaska. Although she was little-known by most Americans, those in her party have taken her to their hearts. H

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 各国名人英文介绍

IN THE NEWS - Wilma Adds to the Damage of a Record Hurricane Season By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Saturday, October 29, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. People in the Amer

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 教育与新闻

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, we look at how times have changed for the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A writer once called it hell. Now

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(204) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(七)月

London Olympics Offers Lessons for Rio de Janeiro London Mayor Boris Johnson says this year's games have provided a boost to tourism and to the image of both London and Great Britain. In a joint news conference with Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(八月)

Alleged Corruption in Washington is a Teaching Moment for Democracies Last year, Washington D.C.'s mayor Vincent Gray made headlines, when he was arrested for protesting the city's federal district status that denies residents Congressional represent

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An 'Anti-Bloomberg' Surges to Fore in New York City Mayoral Election 在纽约市长选举前期的反彭博浪潮 NEW YORK After 12 years of Michael Bloomberg, New York City is getting ready to elect a new mayor. Front-runner Bill de Blasio, a middl

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 02 February 2008 French President Nicolas Sarkozy got married Saturday to former super model Carla Bruni, becoming the first sitting French president in more than 70 years to tie the knot. Lisa Bryant reports on the marriage from

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 16 December 2007 A former Seoul mayor who bills himself as a pro-business conservative is expected to become South Korea's next president by an overwhelming margin when voters go to the polls on Wednesday. As VOA's Kurt Achin repo

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今天我们要学的词是quarantine。 Quarantine是隔离的意思。Mayor Nagin of New Orleans and his wife have been placed under quarantine after another passenger on their flight to China showed H1N1 flu like symptoms, 新奥尔良市市长纳金

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是stump。 Stump, 意思是游说演说。President Obama stumped for New Jersey governor Jon Corzine's re-election effort, 美国总统奥巴马为新泽西州长柯赞参选连任站台。Former President Bill Clinton stump

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是undecided。 Undecided, 尚未决定的。距离美国国会中期选举只剩下一周的时间了,最新民调显示, Almost a third of the voters still remain undecided, 将近三分之一的选民至今还没有拿定

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

Chicago Protesters Look for Permanent Home Violence has flared up again in Oakland, California, where police and Occupy protesters have clashed. However, the protests around the country have been largely peaceful, including in the city of Chicago, wh

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十一月)

Topics: Cigarette advertising and cigarette icons; how local government works; to assist in versus to assist with; calf versus cub; to hold forth Words: cigarette to sponsor slogan catchy icon rugged detrimental explicit county mayor city council jur

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今天我们要学的词是 residential. Residential 形容词,意思是居住的,居民区的。美国加州洛杉矶市中心发生大火。The fire burned a tall residential building under construction. 这场大火烧毁了一栋正在建设当

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