New plans to try to contain BP's massive oil spill are in place. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports the company's managing director visited the Sunday news talk shows today to explain its latest containment strategy. It's clear that no long-term solution is ye

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Early estimates show that the United States economy shrank by three-tenths of one percent from July through September. Economists had predicted a five-tenths drop. But Thursday's report from the Comm

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23In the seventh year Jehoiada showed his strength. He made a covenant with the commanders of units of a hundred: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zicri. 2They went t

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This is Scientific American's 60 Second Science, I'm Karen Hopkin, this'll just take a minute. With gas prices at an all-time high, and expected to climb higher, seems people are keenly aware of what it costs to drive from here to there. But a study

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(五)月

1. He makes time for you. 1. 老板为你腾出时间。 A lunch here, a walk-and-talk coffee run there, he gives you one-on-one time. And not just on your birthday. 这次的午餐,那次的边走边喝咖啡闲聊,他都在制造单独相处的机

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 求职英语

The U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction has criticized the State Department for its management of nearly $3 billion in contracts and grants in Iraq. In two reports, auditors cited weak and ineffective State Department oversight of

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Five years ago, the U.S. Justice Department concluded that juvenile courts in Memphis were failing to give children due process. Investigators uncovered significant racial disparities. And they reached a deal with the federal gov

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GWEN IFILL: Now adoption in America in the age of the Web. A new series of investigative reports published this week is raising serious questions about how some adoptive parents who seek help online are encountering unintended consequences. Jeffrey B

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈教育系列

A man visited his friend's house and saw that his kitchen range had a very straight chimney by the side of which was stacked a lot of firewood.The visitor said to his host,You ought to make the chimney crooked and move the firewood far away from

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

今天我们要学的词是oversight。 Oversight, 有监督的意思。美国地铁最近事故频发。Unlike airplanes and highways, the subway system is not under federal oversight, 跟飞机和高速公路不同的是,地铁不受联邦政府监

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By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 01 November 2007 U.S. oversight officials say attacks in Iraq against coalition forces in September dropped to their lowest levels since mid-2006. But they also report that efforts by the U.S. and Iraqi to rebuild the

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今天我们要学的词是oversight。 Oversight, 有监督的意思。美国地铁最近事故频发。Unlike airplanes and highways, the subway system is not under federal oversight, 跟飞机和高速公路不同的是,地铁不受联邦政府监

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SANTIAGO, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Chile's President Sebastian Pinera Monday appointed Carolina Schmidt, former head of the National Women's Service, as the new Education Minister replacing Harald Beyer. Beyer was forced to step down after congress indic

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斯诺登认为没有机会来获得公正的审判 WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Edward Snowden, a former U.S. defense contractor who revealed the U.S. secret surveillance programs, wrote on Thursday in an online chat that it is not possible for h

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上海世博英语口语100句 1. What is the full name of Expo 2010? World Exposition 2010 Shanghai China. 2010年世博会的全称是什么?中国2010年上海世博会。 2. Is that the Expo emblem? The Expo emblem looks like three people h

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Problem of the trademark's image 商标形象 Mr.Green, sit down please. 格林先生,请坐。 Thank you, Mr. Sun. Iam very sorry for coming late, 谢谢孙先生。很抱歉我来晚了, but something urgent came up at the last minute. 但我临走

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Conscripts in South Korea 韩国兵役 Blood, sweat and tears 血,汗,泪 A string of egregious abuses fuels fresh calls to reform the army 一系列虐待丑闻骇人听闻,掀起了军队改革的新呼声 EVERY Sunday, one in five families i

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What is to be done? 那应该怎么办呢? Just as American politics did not sour overnight, so the route forward is by many small steps, beginning with next week's elections. 正如美国政治不会在一夜之间恶化,前进的道路也需要很

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WASHINGTON, June 5 (www.tingvoa.com) -- U.S. officials on Tuesday was quoted as saying Abu Yahya al-Libi, al-Qaeda's number two leader, has been killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan. CNN quoted an anonymous U.S. official as saying the attack too

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Leaders 社论 Gene editing 基因编辑 The baby crisperer 婴儿保险盒 A Chinese scientist claims to have edited the genomes of two babies 中国科学家声称已成功编辑两名婴儿的基因 Humanity's power to control the four-letter code

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