1. Mitt Romney heads into next week Super Tuesday with primary wins in Arizona and Michigan. Ten states of contests next Tuesday including Georgia, Virginia and Ohio. 2. The Coast Guard says one crew member is dead, three others are missing, followin

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2012(三月)

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. John McCain and Barack Obama held their second presidential debate this week. They took questions before a group of undecided voters in the style of a town hall meeting. As expected, many questions were ab

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. This week our subject is the presidential campaign, heading into the biggest day of the nominating season: Super Tuesday. (MUSIC) VOICE

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. John McCain After Super Tuesday, Republicans have their likely nominee for president in the November election, John McCain. But for Democrats, there was nothing super about the biggest day of voting in the

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Nkurunziza Set to Win Third Term as Burundis President 恩库伦齐扎赢得第三次布隆迪总统任期 Burundi held a presidential election Tuesday. Current leader Pierre Nkurunziza was the only candidate. He is seeking a third term in office. Mo

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AS IT IS 2016-01-21 Bomb Threats Empty Schools in 7 States 美国7个州多所学校因炸弹威胁关闭 Police are investigating threats against dozens of schools this week in seven U.S. states. Searches failed to find bombs or other dangers. Threa

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U.S. ambassador killed in Libya's Benghazi TRIPOLI, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens is confirmed to have died in Tuesday's conflict in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, the pan-Arab Al Jazeera TV reported Wednesday.

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LONDON, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Arsenal centre-half Johan Djourou will be sidelined for four weeks due to a shoulder injury, the club said on Tuesday. The Swiss international has undergone(经历) exploratory surgery on his shoulder, which was dislo

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TAIPEI, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan recorded 466 new dengue fever cases on Tuesday, its highest number since May, said the island's disease control agency on Wednesday. The figure was 150 more than that of Monday, the agency

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BRUSSELS, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU)(欧盟 )and the United Nations (UN) are natural allies, UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday. Ban paid his first official visit to the European Parliament(欧洲议会) in Stra

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天再来学一个特别生动形象的习惯用语:ants in one's pants。Ants in one's pants要是直译就是蚂蚁爬到一个人的裤子里。谁都能想象这种让人坐立不安的尴尬处境。它唯妙唯肖地表现一个人紧张不安

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作为职场中的一员,我们免不了要外出办公。为了使自己的工作更有效率,我们就需要提前和对方确定好相关事宜,这时,电话就发挥了相当重要的作用。而善于使用电话的人,不仅能通过电

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作为职场中的一员,我们免不了要外出办公。为了使自己的工作更有效率,我们就需要提前和对方确定好相关事宜,这时,电话就发挥了相当重要的作用。通过电话还可以用它来解决当面不好

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian international defender Thiago Silva revealed on Tuesday that he made a pact with striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic before their joint summer move to Paris Saint-Germain. The pair completed a 62-million euro tran

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Former world No.1 Rafael Nadal will make his long-awaited return from injury at next month' s Brazil Open, tournament organizers confirmed on Tuesday. The 11-time Grand Slam winner has not played since suffering a

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If youre planning a holiday it turns out you shouldnt treat Sunday as a day of rest. 如果你打算度假,那么你就不要将星期天只当做是休息日了。 New research from the Airlines Reporting Corp (ARC) suggests that the lowest fares

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If you woke up this morning thinking the toughest day of the week had been and gone, you were wrong. Mondays may have long been thought of as miserable, but were more likely to feel down in the dumps on a Tuesday. According to researchers from the Lo

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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Tuesday it would use greater force including firearms against Chinese boats fishing illegally in its waters and summoned China's ambassador to protest against a clash between a Chinese vessel and a coast guard bo

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Apple missed analysts estimates in its June quarters of 2012 and 2013. Three years ago investors and customers were waiting nervously for the next iPhone. Two years ago the companys sales in China, its most important growth market, fell. Those were t

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HARBIN, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Carbon monoxide has been blamed for the Tuesday deaths of 12 workers in a coal mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, a local official said Thursday. Three workers entered the Yongsheng mine in Dongning County to

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