Less than two weeks from Election Day in America. The big question is who will lead the country. And we're not just talking about the presidency. In the House of Representatives, lawmakers serve two-year terms. So, all 435 voting seats are up for ele

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2016年10月

LISTENING 2 Booking Theatre Tickets 预定剧院门票 Vocabulary 接下来听到的对话中,用到了 1~5 所列出的单字和片语,请从( A ) ~ ( F )中选出 一个 意思最接近的选项。 1. theatre (A) a building for the pres

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We are a little more than one week from Halloween, one month from Thanksgiving, two months from Christmas and exactly two weeks from a major electoral event coming this Fall, the U.S. mid-term elections. Presidential terms last four years in America.

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美国两党冲刺中期选举 特朗普奥巴马隔空交锋 In four days, Americans will be going to the polls. They'll be determining the entire make-up of the House of Representatives and about a third of the make-up of the Senate. They'll be det

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We're bringing you more details on Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections. Not all of the outcomes are known yet. Some of the races for House seats, Senate seats and state governorships are still too close to call. But looking at where things stand for the

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 21 May 2006 Anti-reservation demonstrators shout slogans during a protest rally in New Delhi An Indian government plan to raise college quotas for lower castes and disadva

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By Jim Malone Washington 27 October 2006 Candidates from both major U.S. political parties are engaged in a furious last minute push for votes in advance of the November 7 congressional midterm elections. VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone has a

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By Scott Bobb Bangkok 24 April 2006 A Thai man rests on a bench as others monitor the senate election results being displayed on a giant board outside city hall in Bangkok, April 20, 2006 In Thailand,

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By Jim Malone Washington 08 November 2006 U.S. Democrats won a major congressional victory in midterm elections Tuesday, taking control of the House of Representatives for the first time since 1994 and gaining seats in the Senate. As VOA National co

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By Deborah Tate Washington 07 November 2006 President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush walk out of the Crawford Fire Station after casting their votes Americans are casting their ballots in midterm elections that have been shaped by widespread dissati

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By Catherine Makino Tokyo 26 July 2007 Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is battling to hold onto power in elections on Sunday for the upper house of parliament. His popularity is at new lows because of political scandals and a perception he is not f

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By Dorian Jones Istanbul 22 July 2007 Turkey ruling Justice and Development Party scored a big victory in Sunday's parliamentary election, according to the state-run Anatolia news agency. With most of the votes counted, the agency said the Islamic-ro

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Congressional Democrats predict they will pick up additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate this November, increasing their majority in both chambers. VOA's Deborah Tate, reporting from the site of the Democratic National Conv

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Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey and Uganda have won non-permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council. They will serve two-year terms beginning in January. From United Nation's headquarters in New York, VOA's Margaret Besheer has more on Friday's elec

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You probably missed The New York Times photograph that showed a revealing picture of New Yorkers rides into work on commuter trains. The photographer stood behind a long series of rows, three seats to a row. In the photo, every window and aisle seat

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By Jim Malone Washington 06 November 2006 A U.S. congressional election campaign dominated by the war in Iraq is drawing to a close, with opposition Democrats expecting to make gains when the vote takes place on Tuesday. VOA national correspondent J

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Today marks two weeks since Americans went to the polls in the 2018 midterm elections and we're still getting results. Before the vote Republicans controlled the House of Representatives with 236 seats and Democrats held 193 seats. In the midterms, D

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By Jim Malone Washington 01 November 2006 With less than one week to go until Election Day, Republicans are trying to fend off a strong challenge from opposition Democrats for control of the U.S. Congress. The war in Iraq continues to dominate the U

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By Paula Wolfson Washington 07 November 2006 watch US Election Eve report A woman shows her support Republican congressional candidate Max Burns, Nov. 6, 2006 during a campaign stop in Savannah, Georgia American voters cast ballots Tuesday in congre

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Hostess: Thank you for calling Sakia Restaurant. How may I help you? Randy: Id like to make a reservation. Hostess: For which day and for what time? Randy: Its for Friday, the 24th, at 7 oclock. Hostess: How many will be in the party? Randy: There wi

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