AZUZ: This is expected to be a momentous week for the U.S. Senate. The Constitution gives it the power to confirm or deny the president's Supreme Court nominees and President Donald Trump has nominated Federal Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill a vacancy on

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年4月

Unit 27 Evaluation by Students It used to be that if what students had to say about their professors was unprintable, it remained that way. No longer. Formal evaluations of teachers by students, something that would have been viewed as the height of

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U.S. President George Bush is promoting his freedom agenda, and urging his successor to do the same. As VOA White House correspondent Paula Wolfson reports, Mr. Bush used a speech at the headquarters of the government's foreign aid agency to talk ab

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(七月)

By Al Pessin Pentagon 15 December 2006 President Bush and other dignitaries gathered at the Pentagon Friday to say farewell to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who will leave office on Monday. The president and others praised the often-controversi

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By Brian Wagner Miami 11 January 2008 The top Republican presidential candidates sparred over immigration, the economy and national security in a debate broadcast by Fox News Television. VOA's Brian Wagner reports the debate comes ahead of the latest

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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 23 April 2006 The Zimbabwe government is making it possible for some white farmers to legally remain on their land, and for others to return home, after they were evicted du

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Egypt's Copts Mourn Pope Shenouda, Wary of Future Pope Shenouda Coptic mourners lined for hours outside Cairo's main cathedral to pay their last respects to the only patriarch most had ever known. Pope Shenouda's 40-year tenure as patriarch of the Co

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Soviet Collapse Altered Ongoing World Power Balance The collapse of the Soviet Union 20 years ago changed the worlds geopolitical balance. When the Soviet Union fell, it ended the tenure of a superpower with the resources of more than a dozen countri

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Grammy-winning guitarist Norman Brown is a big believer in broadening his horizons. Brown delivers a mix of old and new, including a special dedication to the troops serving in Iraq, on his latest album, Sending My Love. Norman Brown hasn't lost his

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Musharraf: From Powerful Ruler to Prisoner 穆沙拉夫-从执政者到阶下囚 WASHINGTON Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf is facing trial for treason for imposing a state of emergency in 2007 and detaining several judges. Prosecuto

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Winner of Venezuela's Presidential Vote Will Face Challenges Ahead Nicolas Maduro, the former union leader who became President Chavez's vice president in 2012, ended his campaign with a massive rally in Caracas. He has vowed to continue the socialis

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The two candidates running for an open House seat in Georgia held their first debate last night. NPR's Brian Naylor reports on the race that has become the most expensive congressional campaign in American history. BRIAN NAYLOR,

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Thailands recently elected Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has made her first official visit to Cambodia. The one-day trip marks a new start in bilateral relations, which have been poor in recent years. 泰国最近当选的总理英拉西那瓦首次

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By Al Pessin Pentagon 09 November 2006 U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has acknowledged that things have not gone well recently in Iraq. Wednesday, President Bush announced Rumsfeld would leave the administration in the wake of the Republican

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 04 February 2008 Embattled French bank Societe Generale faces new worries with a trial opening Monday in Paris over a vast money laundering scandal that took place several years ago. The trial implicates staff and the bank itself

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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to name his new High Commissioner for Human Rights as early as this week. The new official will replace Louise Arbour who stepped down June 30 after serving a four-year term at the Geneva-based body. Fr

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates flew into Iraq Monday for a change of command ceremony he says marks the beginning of a new phase in the conflict- in which the United States will gradually reduce its military presence. VOA's Al Pessin is traveli

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For 17 months, until he left the job in September 2007, Tony Snow was the White House press secretary, the voice of the Bush administration. Now, he is being remembered and mourned by the president he served, and the reporters who sparred with him i

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By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 16 November 2007 A caretaker government has been installed in Pakistan to oversee parliamentary elections in January. But as VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad, political opposition parties are dismissing the new

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US Poet Laureate Captures Struggles of Working Class 美国新桂冠诗人菲利普列文 America's newest poet laureate is Detroit native Philip Levine, 83, who is known for capturing the poignancy and grit of a now-vanished industrial America, and

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