THE MAKING OF A NATION - November 28, 2002: Election of 1976 By Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Richard Rael with THE MAKING OF A NATION, a VOA Special Englis

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 The Making of a Nation

The Supreme Court often looks at a major social issue over a series of cases. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, it considered the rights of gay people. At the time, voters in many states had approved laws strongly limiting gay rights. For example, p

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So I ask, if you are a health care executive: 所以我问,如果你是医疗保健主管: Do you know how many of your patients run out of food or struggle to pay the rent at the end of the month? 你知道你有多少病人缺乏食物或者月底

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No one could tell us the answer to that question, 没人能够告诉我们这个问题的答案, so we launched a new initiative and hired a polling firm to ask voters across the country: What do you need to be healthy? 于是我们采取了新行动

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'Arrogant' Donald Trump Leads Republican Pack 唐纳德特朗普领跑共和党众候选人 Billionaire businessman Donald Trump increased his lead last week ahead of the crowded Republican field for president. A new national poll, taken by Quinnipia

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AS IT IS 2016-07-31 Whats Next in Americas Unpredictable Presidential Race? No one seems to know what to expect in the 100 days before American voters elect a new president. Theres never been an election like this, said presidential historian Jeffrey

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Explanation: While the president of the United States has an exciting and important job running the country, the vice president does not have as big a role (or job) in the U.S.government. According to the U.S. Constitution, the vice president does on

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Questions from Listeners About How Americans Vote / Queen Latifah Explores a Musical World Before Rap By Broadcast: Friday, October 15, 2004 (MUSIC) DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN

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The Queen has pleaded with voters in Scotland to think carefully before breaking apart the 300-year-old union with England. 日前,英国女王表示希望苏格兰独立公投的选民们一定要认真考虑之后,再决定是否愿意与在一起

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Suprises often come in boxes. Birthday presents wrapped in colorful paper, brown paper packages mailed from a friend. No matter what kind of box it is, people like to open it up and see what's inside. In America, and in many other countries, one spec

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swing voter to come out swinging 我们要给大家介绍两个和竞选有关的俗语,它们都和swing这个字有关。Swing的意思就是摇摆。我们首先要给大家介绍的一个俗语是

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The American presidential campaign took a surprising turn this week. Hillary Clinton Senator Hillary Clinton won the Democratic vote in the first primary state, New Hampshire, on Tuesday. That was after sh

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Foreign Policy Weighs Heavy for Some US Voters Talk at a pro-Palestinian rally in downtown Manchester is not about the weather or the primary, but why President Barack Obama has not yet shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison. Hes been wanting to close G

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今天要学的一个词组是cast ballots. Cast, c a s t . ballots, b a l l o t s . cast ballots,就是投票。 美国是多种族的国家,有的政客以为 Voters can be counted on to cast ballots along racial lines. 他们以为选民肯定会按

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今天我们要学的词是single out。 Single out, 是选出,挑出的意思。 He was singled out as the person who started the fight, 据说这场架是由他挑起的。 He claimed that he was singled out for criticism because of his race, 他声

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on the fence maverick 各种语言都有一套特殊的政治词汇,美国英语也不例外。美国国会议员在通过各项法案时经常要投票表示自己的立场。但是,有些议员在

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Obama: Voters Face 'Clearest Choice in a Generation' Accepting the Democratic Party's presidential nomination Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama told voters they face the clearest choice of any time in a generation when they go to the polls this N

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CAIRO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The polling stations of Egypt's Shura Council (upper house of parliament) elections closed Sunday on the first day of the two-day vote with a low turnout rate of voters. In the first stage of the upper house elections, vote

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Obama secures majority of Latino votes: polls HOUSTON, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Latino-Americans voted for President Barack Obama over Republican candidate Mitt Romney 71 percent to 27 percent in Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, according to an analys

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LISA DESJARDINS: Joining me now to discuss the California campaign is NewsHour veteran and L.A. Times assistant managing editor for politics, Christina Bellantoni. Christina, thank you so much for joining us. CHRISTINA BELLANTONI, Assistant Managing

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