The families have used their right to grant clemency to the jailers, who were sentenced to death in June for killing the three anti-govenment protesters. Mohammad Kamrani, Amir Javadifar and Mohsen Ruholamini were beaten to death while being held at

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(九)月

April Fools Day is on the first of April every year. It is a day when people can play tricks, practical jokes and hoaxes on each other. No one really knows the exact origin of this day. The writer Mark Twain famously said: This is the day upon which

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Pringles is a brand of potato and wheat snack produced by Procter Gamble. It is one of the worlds most-recognized and best-selling snacks. Pringles came onto the market in 1968. The name Pringle came from an employee opening a telephone directory and

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - Nation Is in Economic Trouble as President Cleveland Takes Office By Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, November 24, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a prog

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. A Western Diamondback rattlesnake in Cave Creek, Arizona Snakes bite an estimated five and a half million people worldwide each year. Experts say tens of thousands of people die from venom poisoning

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我们该怎样确定发展基金及援助基金真正被落实到最需要它们的人身上呢?来自世界银行组织的Sanjay Pradhan谈到了三个可以让国际援助产生更大影响的重点同时来抑制腐败问题。一个原则:要将

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MADRID, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Thursday sees the start of the annual Copa del Rey in Spanish Basketball, a knockout competition that promises four days of thrilling basketball. This year's Copa del Rey is held in the Palau San Jordi in Barcelona and bri

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Greg Flakus The U.S. government has granted Texas AM University $18 million to find ways to prevent terrorists from attacking the nation's food supply and possibly human health by spreading diseases t

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Today we talk more about the costs of higher education in the United States. If you missed last week's report, you can find it at voaspecialenglish.com. Foreign students who need financial aid general

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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 28 March 2008 Analysts loyal to the ruling ZANU-PF at the University of Zimbabwe's political science department have predicted that President Robert Mugabe will easily win a new term in Saturday's election. Peta Thornycroft

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Dr. Gary Smith heads the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He and other pediatricians are calling for warning labels on foods that are a high-risk for choking for children. Every week, children

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Analysts: US Anger With Pakistan Runs Precariously High South Asian analysts say U.S. frustration with Pakistan may be reaching the breaking point, especially after allegations that militants it supports launched deadly attacks on Americans in Afghan

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Release of UN War Crimes Report Could Pressure Sri Lanka While the U.N.-commissioned report has not yet been made public, Sri Lanka's External Ministry rejected it Wednesday as fundamentally flawed. The ministry issued a statement saying the report d

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Keeping up with the Joneses是一个典型的美式习语,表示“和你的富裕邻居保持同等的生活方式或质量”,这其实是一句讽刺的话,指“和左邻右舍比排场比阔气

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ECONOMICS REPORT - Strengthening the U.S. Agency that Protects Pensions By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, January 21, 2005 I'm Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Economics Report. The Bus

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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 15 February 2008 President Robert Mugabe is now officially the ZANU-PF candidate for the presidential poll on March 29. Peta Thornycroft in Harare reports for VOA, he and two others: opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and

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The website has become a resource for lawyers around the world to dig into forensic issues ... trying to overturn wrongful convictions. Matt Kelley Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative online destination

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. This Saturday night at eight thirty, all the lights will be shut off at the Tokyo Tower in Japan. The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and the Eiffel Tower in Paris are also expected to go dark. So is the

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 英语杂谈

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: What does prenup mean? That's a question from listener Muhammad Ali in Karachi, Pakistan. RS: A prenup is a prenuptial agreement, a contract between two people before they marry a

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The General Data Protection Regulation, the GDPR, has taken effect across the European Union, requiring businesses to take extra measures to protect the personal data of consumers. Experts believe that Chinese businesses operating in Europe will be a

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