BBC News with Jerry Smit. The Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament in Britain says he's strongly opposed to allowing President Trump to address MPs and piers in Westminster during a state visit planned for later this year. The Speaker John Bercow

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

Hello everyone, I'm Catherine Callaway at the CNN center in Atlanta, with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. It has been months in the making, and it could reshape the future of your medical care. House Democrats unveiling their long-awaite

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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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Crime is increasing world wide. There is every reason to believe the trend will continue through the next few decades. 世界范围的犯罪正在增加。有许多理由让我们相信这种趋势在未来的几十年将会继续。 Crime rates have

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As a matter of fact, I was trying to think about my career since I left the White House, and the best example I have is a cartoon in The New Yorker a couple of years ago. This little boy is looking up at his father, and he says, Daddy, when I grow up

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「英文学习笔记」 ironic adj. 讽刺的 splinter n. 碎片 v. 撕碎 moral n. 道德 mermaid n. 美人鱼 douchbag n. 混蛋 prick n. 混蛋 Its ironic because the fairytale were actually really dark in the original versions. 很讽刺的一点是

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June the 26th is International Day in Support of Torture Victims. This day was created by the United Nations General Assembly to highlight the horrors of torture and to remember those who have been tortured. June 26 is the day the Convention against

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Burger King Apologizes for Sexist Russian World Cup Ad This is Whats Trending Today The American fast-food company Burger King has apologized for offering free hamburgers to Russian women if they got pregnant by World Cup soccer players. Burger King

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1. Five more American soldiers are charged in connection with the assault and death of a young woman in Iraq. All five are still on active duty in Iraq. Four are charged with rape and murder, one with

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1. Republican Newt Gingrich is not running for president. A spokesman for the former House Speaker says Gingrich will continue as head of American Solutions, a tax-exempt committee and a lucrative avenue for his writing, pundit and consulting work. 2

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1. Missouri Congressman Todd Akin, a conservative Republican candidate for the Senate, is feeling the backlash of a comment that women's bodies can prevent pregnancies in a legitimate rape. The Romney campaign is distancing itself from the remark. 2.

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Technology Report - A Mobile App in Delhi Aims to Protect Women 科技报道 - 一款保护女性安全的手机应用程序 This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 More than twenty thousand

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AS IT IS 2015-03-07 India Bans British Rape Documentary 印度禁止英国关于强奸的纪录片 Officials in India have blocked the showing of a British documentary about a rape that shocked the world two years ago. The film includes comments from

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AS IT IS 2016-06-07 Six Month Jail Time For Stanford Swimmer Draws Outrage 斯坦福大学前游泳运动员因强暴罪被判刑六个月 Many Americans are criticizing a six-month jail sentence given to a former Stanford University student for rapi

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AS IT IS 2016-02-17 UN: Kim Jong Un Could Be Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity A United Nations expert on human rights in North Korea has warned that the countrys dictator, Kim Jong Un, could be responsible for crimes against humanity. Marzuki Darusm

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has received the report of an international commission of inquiry into September's killing of opposition protesters in Guinea. Human rights leaders in Guinea say the international community must hold accountable tho

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A recent report by Amnesty International says women and girls living in Nairobi's more than 200 slums are at constant risk of being raped, especially after dark. Risk of 'going to the toilet' Going to the toilet at night for some girls and women livi

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Thousands Flee Latest Congo Fighting Much attention is again focused on the eastern DRC due to fighting between government forces and M23 rebels. However, the U.N. refugee agency says the situation in North Kivu Province has been growing steadily wor

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The security forces in the Yemeni capital Sanaa have opened fire with machine guns on tens of thousands of anti-government protesters, killing at least 25 people and injuring hundreds more. Witnesses said the police even used anti-aircraft weapons ag

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GUY RAZ, HOST: When most people think of memory, they think of like a hard drive and our brain that just records things and etches it into our brain. ELIZABETH LOFTUS: Yes. RAZ: And from time to time, we can recall those events with a fair amount of

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