今天要学的一个词组是:opt for。 Opt for就是选择。比如,美国国务卿赖斯在紧张处理中东事务后: ...opted ...for a piano recital featuring classical pieces for her performance..., 意思是她选择举行钢琴独奏会

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

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

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(129) / 评论(0) 分类 法律英语 Legal Lad

By Paula Wolfson Washington 07 July 2006 President Bush says the seven missile launches this week by North Korea provide an opportunity for the world to come together to deal with Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. The president says he is optimistic di

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(142) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(七月)

By Bill Rodgers Washington. D.C. 29 March 2006 watch Civil War report A grieving widow touches her husband's coffin as it is carried to a cemetery The continuing sectarian violence in Iraq has raised

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By Scott Stearns White House 21 March 2006 President Bush President Bush says there is more fighting ahead in Iraq, but he is confident U.S. troops will be victorious. Mr. Bush held a White House news

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Growing Number of Runners Opt to Run in Bare Feet Michele Musacchio runs without shoes whenever she can. She started running in her bare feet nine months ago because she was looking for a way to exercise without joint pain. My hips had been hurting,

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Libyans Optimistic on Democracy, Challenges Loom In the first blush of enthusiasm after the nine-month struggle to oust Moammar Gadhafi, many Libyans are optimistic that the country will be able to move toward democracy with little payback for the ir

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For years, the U.S. funeral industry was considered recession proof but today, even the bereaved are scaling back and paying more attention to cost. Many families are forgoing traditional burials for less expensive cremations. It's a change that's ha

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: To Texas now where the shock waves from President Trump's zero tolerance border policy reach beyond the crisis around reuniting thousands of children with their parents. U.S.-born children whose parents are here in the U.S. w

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今天要学的一个词组是:opt for。 Opt for就是选择。比如,美国国务卿赖斯在紧张处理中东事务后: ...opted ...for a piano recital featuring classical pieces for her performance..., 意思是她选择举行钢琴独奏会

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Hi! This is Stever Robbins, host of the Get-it-Done Guys Quick and Dirty Tips to Work Less and Do More. Grammar Girl is working on her book this week and since I do a lot of public speaking, she asked me to talk about how to use similes and metaphors

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By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington, D.C. 07 March 2006 watch IAEA report A defiant Iran warned the International Atomic Energy Agency that it would press ahead with uranium enrichment if the agency push

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By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 12 January 2007 watch Organ Donor report Human tissue for transplant being delivered to a hospital The traffic in human organs for transplantation is a volatile issue in the medical community and among desperately ill

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今天我们要学的词是,limited。 Limited, 是有限的意思。拉美裔移民在维吉尼亚州的王子威廉姆斯县罢工一天,The one-day work boycott appeared to have a limited effect on businesses in the county. 但似乎并没有对

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Iraq's electoral commission has announced the preliminary results of last weekend's provincial elections, amid some accusations of irregularities and voting fraud. The Iraqi army and security forces, however, say that they will maintain order despit

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(二月)

今天我们要学的词是timing。 Timing, 时机。中文里说,赶得早不如赶得巧。英文里说, Timing is everything. 时机决定一切。The timing of his marriage proposal was perfect, 他求婚的时机恰到好处。 目前就业市场

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Call this the freezing out of frozen food - you know, TV dinners, which were a novelty when they first showed up in national supermarkets back in the 1950s. (SOUNDBITE OF AD) UNIDENTIFIED VOICE ACTOR: It's the first and only three

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今天要学的一个词组是:opt for。 Opt for就是选择。比如,美国国务卿赖斯在紧张处理中东事务后: ...opted ...for a piano recital featuring classical pieces for her performance..., 意思是她选择举行钢琴独奏会

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 学个词

今天我们要学的词是optimistic。 Optimistic乐观的。美国第二季度国内生产总值公布后,President Barack Obama said he is 'guardedly optimistic' about the direction of the U.S. economy, 美国总统奥巴马表示,他对美国经

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