Continental Airlines says it has called off its merger talks with United Airlines and will instead remain an independent air carrier. United had hoped to reach an agreement with Continental by late this week. But Continental's board of directors dec

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 2008年NPR美国国家公共电台四月

18 Serving on a Jury GLOSSARY jury a group of people who listen to a legal case and reach an agreement onwhether someone is guilty (did the crime) or innocent (did not do the crime) * The attorney hopes to have a jury with mostly women, because he th

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年ESL之日常生活

Batman Begins Delves Into Origins of Comic Book Hero 《蝙蝠侠:侠影之谜》挖掘漫画英雄的身世 A new action-adventure film takes a fresh look at a veteran comic book character that has

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(下)--体育娱乐看台

At least dozens of people are dead after a violent storm raped through Okalahoma, Arkansus,Cansus Tuesday night. The storm came just two days after a massive tornado torn through Joplin Missouri, leaving at least 122 people dead. French Fiance Minist

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(120) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2011(五月)

1. A three-alarm fire at the Monte Carlo Casino in Las Vegas sent flames raising across the roof, filling the sky with thick black smoke. Gamblers and guests were forced to flee. There were no major injuries. 2. With riot gear on, Egyptian forces tr

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2008年(一)月

US stock markets swung between positive and negative territory dozens of times throughout the day and at the close, the main indices were lower. Traders clearly didn't take the advice of super investor Warren Buffet to buy American stocks. NPR's Joh

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 2008年NPR美国国家公共电台十月

From NPR News in Washington,I am Jack Speer. In one month to a rebuke of president Obama's limited fix for people losing their old healthcare coverage nearly one out of five democrats all pass republican legislation in the House today.NPR's David rep

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AZUZ: Seven hundred and thirty-five days in North Korea was long enough. That's a quote from U.S. citizen Kenneth Bae, who just gave his first interview since he was released from a North Korean prison in 2014. 阿祖兹:在朝鲜待735天已经够长

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The French authorities say they believe a man who tried to attack the Louvre Museum earlier on Friday was an Egyptian. Police are trying to establish if the man was acting alone. A prosecutor said the man had arrived in France last week. He is in a l

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(141) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,掌握大意。 2、继续听,特

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US President-elect Donald Trump's administration will not further probe into his former Democratic rival Hillary Clinton over her private email server use, a top aide to Trump said last Tuesday. 美国当选总统唐纳德特朗普的一位高级助理

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

July 24th, 1974. What Ive stated from the beginning to be the truth has been the truth. In Washington, the US Supreme Court weighs in on the Watergate Scandal. It says President Richard Nixon must turnover subpoenaed White House tape recordings sough

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An Iranian nuclear physicist has been killed by a remote-controlled bomb hidden in a motorcycle. Iranian prosecutor general Abbas Jaafar Dolatabadi is pointing the finger at Western intelligence agencies. A U.S. State Department spokesman called the

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The Prime Minister of Tunisia, Mohamed Ghannouchi, has named the ministers in the interim government intended to fill the vacuum left by the overthrow of President Ben Ali. Six ministers stay on in their posts, despite street protests in the capital

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本期内容: Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination at the partys convention in Cleveland, amid plaudits from family members and raucous attacks on his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. After a mock trial conducted by Chris Christie, the

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 夏说英语新闻晨读

With us now to discuss today's congressional testimonies and the ongoing investigation into Russia's interference in November's presidential election is John Carlin. He served as assistant attorney general for national security from 2014 until Octobe

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

本期内容: The Volkswagen emissions-test scandal smouldered on. German prosecutors expanded the number of employees under investigation to 17, though they have yet to find firm evidence that senior executives knew about the rigged software in di

发表于:2019-03-02 / 阅读(143) / 评论(0) 分类 夏说英语新闻晨读

本期内容: Egyptian prosecutors charged eight museum workers with the botched restoration of the burial mask of Tutankhamun. Having apparently broken the pharaohs beard through carelessness, the accused, including two museum directors, allegedly

发表于:2019-03-02 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 夏说英语新闻晨读

The families of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped inSouthern Borno state four weeks ago have reactedto the video released by the Islamist group BokoHaram. Some told the BBC that seeing the girls alivehas given them hope, although they were shocked a

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Here's a startling figure - almost 1 in 4 American adults has a criminal record. That's according to federal statistics. People charged with or convicted of even minor offenses can face consequences long after they have paid thei

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