Big news, a billion dollars worth in fact in a story, that 360 has been out in front of. Toyota today announcing a massive pay out 1.1 billion dollars to settle a class action lawsuit by customers who say their Toyotas accelerated out of control. In

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2013年(一)月

Exactly three weeks ago, we reported on a memo released by Republicans on the Intelligence Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. The memo was related to how in 2016, U.S. government investigators got court approval to spy on a former adviso

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发表于:2018-12-12 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 情景英语口语100主题

This is AP News Minute. President Donald Trump left the White House early Friday afternoon for the flight to Saudi Arabia in the start of his first international trip as president. He will also visit Israel, the Vatican and Belgium. He left without a

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2017(五)月

In Vienna today, the head of the United Nations nuclear agency said talks with Iran to move most of its enriched uranium out of the country are off to a good start. From Vienna, NPR's Eric Westervelt reports. Following an afternoon of close-door tal

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(257) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台10月

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: the second part of our conversation with Erin McKean, editor-in-chief of American dictionaries for Oxford University Press. RS: We start by talking about the proper way to get to

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 词汇大师(Wordmaster)

Alabama Airlines has notified its pilots to stop topping off their fuel tanks. Alarmed, pilot Buck Rogers sent a copy of the memo to Time Magazine, which investigated the matter. It discovered that AA was reacting to a 50-percent increase in fuel pri

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 365个英语简短小故事

Part 1 The History of Memorial Day阵亡将士纪念日的历史 Memorial Day, perhaps more than any other holiday, was born of human necessity. Deep inside all of us lies a fundamental desire to make sense of life and our place in it and the world. W hat we

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(181) / 评论(0) 分类 CRI实用英语课堂

by Mignon Fogarty In this week's article, I'm going to share some of the funniest stories people have told me about errors that went out in e-mail messages and published materials. The reason I have so many funny stories to share is that a few days a

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The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Kashmir was set up in 1949 to monitor a cease-fire between India and Pakistan. The two fledgling nations had just emerged from two years of war for control over the scenic Himalayan region. But since a U.N.-backed li

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(九月)

新闻英语(journalistic English)指英文报刊上常见的各类文章,体裁多样,有新闻报道、新闻特写、广告、公报、文艺作品、述评、访谈、学术介绍和争鸣题材广泛,内容包罗万象。限于篇幅,也

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 北外翻译笔记

This is AP News Minute. President Donald Trump delivers his State of Union speech Tuesday night, to Congress and the nation. Officials say the President will highlight economic gains and appeal for bipartisan action on immigration and other domestic

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(141) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2018(二)月

AS IT IS 2015-12-17 Japan's Abe Leaves India with Key Agreements Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Indian Prime Minister Narandra Modi met and signed important agreements in New Delhi. The leaders strengthened Japanese-Indian bonds by signing tr

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

Leading the news, the New South Wales government has ordered a statewide audit of prayer groups of public schools. Authorities will issue a memo or principles today, outlining their obligations to report extremism. Last week, police confirmed the stu

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2015年

By Scott Stearns White House 04 October 2007 The Bush administration is defending itself against reports that it authorized harsher techniques to interrogate suspected terrorists than it has previously acknowledged. VOA White House Correspondent Scot

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The National Archives had a deadline yesterday. It was supposed to release all the remaining records from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. And it did post thousands of files online last night. People have b

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台10月

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: And now we're joined by NPR national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson. Hi, Carrie. CARRIE JOHNSON, BYLINE: Hi, Ari. SHAPIRO: You followed Rosenstein for years since he was the U.S. attorney in Baltimore. Is this account in char

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(128) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台9月

By Al Pessin Pentagon 14 March 2008 The U.S. Defense Department announced Friday that it has taken custody of a senior al-Qaida official, who is now being held at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(三月)

Lon: Whats this? Abigail: Its a memo about a safety inspection scheduled for next week. Lon: A safety inspection? How are we ever going to pass a safety inspection? Abigail: What do you mean? This isnt an unsafe workplace. Weve had a good record. Non

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(165) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

The United States says Russia has agreed to resume talks to ensure the two countries forces dont clash during bowing campaigns over Syria. The announcement came at the US so-viewed that it was overhauling its approach to fight Islamic State militants

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