标签：setback 相关文章
Is My Life Real Bad? Have you ever, at any one time, had the feeling that life is bad, real bad, and you wish you were in another situation? You find life make things difficult for you, work sucks, life sucks, everything seems to go wrong... Read the
四级晨读英语美文
Ayumi Hamasaki, a.k.a. Ayu, is dubbed the Empress of Japanese Pop. She is hugely popular in Japan and is one of the countrys few singers ever to become known overseas. She was born in 1978 on Japans southern island Kyushu. She moved to Tokyo when she
吉姆老爷.Lord.Jim
And Eurozone leaders are meeting in Brussels tonight to come up with a strategy to confront Europe's worsening debt crisis. But there's already been a setback with one of the scheduled meetings cancelled. The finance ministers were going to thrash ou
澳洲ABC新闻快递2011年
Mosul is the second largest city in the Middle Eastern nation of Iraq. It's also a stronghold of the ISIS terrorist group, which took over Mosul in 2014. Defeating ISIS here would be a major setback to the terrorist but it's not easy. There may be on
CNN美国有线新闻2017年3月
Two weeks after the so-called Superstorm Sandy hit the northeastern U.S. They are some signs of recovering in the region. Power has been restored for millions of people. Some bridges and tunnels have reopened. But signs of devastation and struggle ar
CNN2012年(十一)月
1. In Texas, 170 people have been arrested and charged following a shootout in Waco among val biker gangs, leaving nine bikers dead. Police say they're being charged with engaging in organized crimes for now. Those charges could be upgraded. Official
美联社新闻一分钟2015(五)月
Scandals and Mistakes Influence US Political Campaigns Just as Republicans were preparing to introduce Mitt Romney to the nation, a little known U.S. Senate candidate sparked a controversy. Congressman Todd Akin was asked if abortion should be allowe
VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Arab Summit Marks Milestones for Syria, Iraq, Arab League As Arab leaders were gathering, amateur video continued to come out of Syria showing fresh government shelling of opposition strongholds. Stopping the violence in Syria is a key agenda item fo
VOA标准英语2012年(三月)
Syrian Troops Show Strength Ahead of Peace Talks The government offensive against the former rebel stronghold Qusair comes ahead of a peace conference next month aimed at bringing both sides in the conflict to the negotiating table. Some observers be
VOA标准英语2013年(五月)
Today, that begins with whats been happening in Jerusalem. The Middle Eastern city whose population is more than eight and a half million is holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims. For decades, Israel has considered Jerusalem to be its capital. Palesti
CNN美国有线新闻2018年5月
Court rejects'stolen children' claim 澳被偷走的孩子败诉 The policy aimed to civilise Aborigines 当时的政策是为了教化土著居民 An Australian court has rejected a landmark claim for compensation by two Aborigines who claimed they
双语有声阅读
By Larry James The Israeli parliament has rejected Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's speech outlining his plans for a total withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The vote of 53-44 against Mr. Sharon's speech wa
VOA2004（下）--新闻盘点
By Al Pessin Pentagon 03 January 2008 The U.S. Defense Department says it is too soon to begin the next assessment of the troop surge and the new counterinsurgency strategy implemented in Iraq last year, and that the violence of the last two days doe
VOA标准英语2008年（一月）
Leading the News this morning: Sydney police are investigating a fatal home invasion at Badgery's Creek in the city's west. A 69-year-old man died at the scene and a woman also in her sixties suffered a severe head injury. It's believed that three as
澳洲ABC新闻快递2014年
The High Court will hear an application today to stop more than 150 asylum seekers being sent back to Sri Lanka. The court granted a temporary adjunction last night. The asylum seekers are believed to return home and refugee advocates are arguing tha
澳洲ABC新闻快递2014年
Lets check business and finance news. Europe's markets have taken a dive after news that Greece's fragile coalition government is again hanging by a thread. A junior party decided to pull its two ministers from cabinet after falling-out over the unpo
澳洲ABC新闻快递2013年
Topic 1-Profit-led private schools banned from compulsory education system The Chinese legislature has banned profit-led private schools from the nine-year compulsory education system. Some people argued that it was a setback of Chinese education pol
英语角-圆桌会议
Oh no, not again! Englands football team have crashed out of the Euro 2012 football tournament after losing another penalty shootout. The Three Lions, as England are known, were almost pipped at the post by a strong Italian team who came close to sco
英语听力精选进阶版
G20 leaders call for unity and saving euro zone G20 leaders are now sending out strong messages, calling for unity to tackle the world's economic woes following the first day's meeting in Cannes, France. Chinese President Hu Jintao has been stressing
Hourly News 每小时新闻
A court in Myanmar has sentenced two journalists from the Reuters News Agency to seven years in prison after finding them guilty of violating a state secrecy law. Reuters has condemned the verdict, which has also been criticized by the United Nations
英语听力精选进阶版