Over nearly solid Republican opposition, the Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to approve Judge Sonia Sotomayor the first Hispanic nominee to the Supreme Court. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports. The vote was 13-6 with Senator Lindsey Graham, the only

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. April 23, 2007: A moment of silence observed for each of the 32 Virginia Tech shooting victims Classes began again at Virginia Tech on Monday, one week after the shootings by a student. Seung-Hui Cho

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Good morning, Im Melissa Long here at the CNN center in Atlanta. Its a Thursday, 22nd of October. Heres a look at some of the stories making news today. The Obama administration is ordering the nations biggest bailed-out companies to severely cut pa

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乡村音乐Country Roads Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River. Life is old there, older than the trees, Younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze. Country road, take me home To the place I belong, West Virgini

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States with a highly educated populace and higher taxes on cigarettes have fewer smokers, according to a new Gallup study of poll data。 The study found that one out of five American adults smoke, a number that has held relatively steady in recent y

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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

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VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, Explorations. Join us today as we travel along the Potomac River in the eastern United States. The Potomac is one of America's most historic

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VOICE ONE: People in America, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: She lived four hundred years ago in what became the American state of Virginia. She was the first Native American to marry a white person. I'm Shi

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We answer a question about global warming /P Play music from Paul Simon /P And tell about American Indian tribes in the state of Virginia as t

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Friday was a statewide day of mourning in Virginia for the people shot to Mourners at a memorial in Blacksburg, Virginia death Monday at Virginia Tech. But other Americans also honored the thirty-two stude

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This is the VOA Special English Education Report. A family member of one of the Virginia Tech victims, student Daniel Alejandro Prez Cueva, after the dedication of a memorial A committee gave its findings last week about the Virginia Tech shootings

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VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Sarah Long with the MAKING OF A NATION, a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. Today, we tell about the first permanent English settlements in North America. (

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3. These days the Net, which has already remade such everyday pastimes as buying books and sending mail, is reshaping Donovan's vocation as well. 【分析】复合句。句子的主干是the Net... is reshaping Donovans vocation。these days 为时间

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THIS IS AMERICA - After Safest Year on Record, Coal Mining Deaths Raise ConcernsBy Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, February 13, 2006 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special Engl

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He selected Friday, August 17th, for his appearance, and spent most of that day in looking over his wardrobe, ultimately deciding in favour of a large slouched hat with a red feather, a winding-sheet frilled at the wrists and neck, and a rusty dagger

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今天我们要学的词儿是loophole。 Loophole是漏洞的意思。美国维吉尼亚理工大学发生校园枪击事件后,Virginia governor closed a loophole that allowed the VA tech shooter to obtain guns, 维吉尼亚州州长堵住了让维

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THIS IS AMERICA - Beyond Country Roads: Exploring the Wild and Wonderful of West VirginiaBy Marilyn Christiano and directed by Caty Weaver Broadcast: Monday, December 04, 2006 VOICE ONE: Welcome to TH

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THE MAKING OF A NATION #98- Abraham Lincoln, Part 3 (Attack on Fort Sumter) By Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, January 20, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special E

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今天我们要学的词是odds。 Odds, 可能性。The odds are good, 可能性很大。The odds are in our favor, 我们获胜的机会更大。If you are in your 30s, odds are you have not seriously considered your retirement planning, 如果你只

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如何备考GRE考试阅读部分呢?为了方便大家更好的背诵GRE阅读难句,下面给大家整理一些GRE阅读真题难句,供大家参考。 1. Although Gutman admits that forced separation by sale wasfrequent,he shows that the slave

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