今天我们要学的词是double standard。Double standard, 双重标准。美国国会众议院议长佩洛西指责共和党人在医疗保健改革的辩论中使用双重标准, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Republicans of having a double

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Hi there! I'm Virginia Cha at the CNN Center in Atlanta with a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Voters in four states going to the polls today, balloting. That could end or extend the Democratic race for the presidential nomination. And it

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Lexington 莱克星顿 How to win 99.6% of the vote 如何赢得99.6%的选票 Too many members of Congress are running unopposed 许多国会议员没有竞争对手 DAYS before he seeks re-election to Congress for an eighth time, Representative Mik

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GWEN IFILL: I want to talk to folks here with us a little bit about what Cantor's defeat and Brat's victory tells us about the future for Republican Party leadership. Joining us are Tom Davis, a former Republican congressman from Virginia and past ch

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - Election of 1876: One of the Closest in American History By Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, August 11, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Spec

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Anxiety(焦虑渴望) is filling the air in Washington D.C., as the clock ticks closer to a federal government shutdown with no budget approval. Lawmakers continued the debate Friday, leaving tourists in the nation's capital wondering whether it will

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With a little more than a month until a deadline to raise the nation's debt limit, President Barack Obama met on Monday with the top U.S. Senate Democratic and Republican leaders to try to narrow differences in long-running talks on reducing governme

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Hello everyone. I'm Asieh Namdar at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Voters in four more states are choosing the person they want to be their party's presidential nominee. Both parties are caucusin

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 商业报道2008年(二)月

今天我们要学的词是high-end。 High-end, 是高档的意思。 My brother is very much into high-end audio equipments, 我哥哥对高档音响设备特别喜欢。 Local residents welcome the opening of the high-end retail stores, 当地居民

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

TAMPA, Florida U.S. Republicans meeting in Tampa, Florida, plan to get down to business Tuesday after their national nominating convention was delayed a day by the effects of Tropical Storm Isaac. The Republican National Convention will finally kick

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WASHINGTON, March 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday used the moment of a naturalization ceremony at the White House to push Congress to put forward the immigration reform legislation. The president, who has just come back from a Mi

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今天我们要学的词是bombshell。 Bombshell, 炸弹,指出人意料的消息。 The news came as a bombshell, 这个消息简直出人意料。 In a bombshell announcement, the movie star revealed that he is gay, 这个电影明星出人意料地

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney received a boost in his bid for the Republican Party nomination with a solid win Tuesday in the Florida primary race. In a victory speech Romney criticized President Barack Obama and blamed him for the economic

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WHITE HOUSE The Obama administration is welcoming Republican lawmakers decision not to withhold an extension of the nations borrowing limit. Republicans had threatened to allow the United States to default on its obligations if government spending we

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President Barack Obama says Congress can find a bipartisan solution to prevent an August 2 government default. But White House officials are highly critical of Fridays changes in Republican legislation to raise the borrowing limit. White House Press

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Romney gets moderate boost from GOP Convention: poll WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney gained a moderate boost from the GOP National Convention last week, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. Foll

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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump dismissed his campaign manager last Monday as the New York billionaire developer was bogged down in controversies. 上周一,共和党总统假定提名人、身家数十亿的纽约地产开发

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Republican White House container Mitt Romney says difference over religion should not divide conservatives. Romney's comments come a day after a backer of rival Texas governor Rick Perry suggested Romney's Mormon faith was cult-like at the same meeti

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2011(十月)

1. The Republicans have regained control of the House of Representatives and made significant gains in the US Senate. It was the biggest party turnover in more than 70 years. And likely Speaker of the House John Boehner called it a repudiation of Was

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AS IT IS 2016-06-28 Mass Killings Bring New Demands for Gun Control in America When U.S. Congressional Democrats demanded votes on gun control measures last week, Republican leaders turned off the cameras. The action is strangely similar to what cong

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