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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Carol Van Dam. President Obama accepted his Nobel Prize today, acknowledging the irony of a war president accepting a prize for peace. NPR's Mara Liasson reports. The president gave the kind of speech that no one on t
President Obama says an al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen was apparently behind the failed attempt to blow up a jetliner bounded for Detroit last week. Mr. Obama said today he thinks about the nation's security every moment of every day. NPR's Renita Jablo
CNN Students News is getting started right now.Teachers,we want to remind you,it's always a good idea for you to preview our show. One report of today's program discussed a teen suicide and sexuality.That's story's coming up in a few minutes.I'm CA.L
[00:08.20]Protests have been taking place this week in Washington [00:13.45]against the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. [00:19.10]Major actions are planned Sunday and Monday. [00:24.11]The aim is to stop the meeting of finance ministe
1. M: Oh my god! The heat is simply unbearable here. I wish weve gone to the beach instead. W: Well, with the museums and restaurants in Washington Ill be happy here no matter what the temperature. Q:What does the woman mean? A) The man should vi
21. Once in office, Jefferson extended slavery with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 ; the new land was carved into 13 states, including three slave states. 【分析】并列句。分号将两个并列的简单句隔开。在前一个分句中,once in
今天学的词组是lag。 Lag的意思是落后。911恐怖袭击之后, 美国各地纷纷做好应付恐怖袭击的准备。不过有评估报告说,最需严加防范的首都华盛顿在对付生物恐怖袭击方面准备不足,落后于许
[00:00.00]1.A:Do you like baseball? [00:00.88]A:你喜欢棒球吗? [00:01.75]B:Yes,I'm a real fan. [00:02.87]B:喜欢,我是真正的球迷。 [00:04.00]A: Would you like to go to a game? [00:05.28]A:你想不想去看一场球赛呢? [0
AMERICAN MOSAIC - 'Grandmother to the Nation' Celebrated in Traveling Art ShowBy Nancy Steinbach and Caty Weaver Broadcast: Friday, August 25, 2006 Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English.
Our story today is, The Devil and Tom Walker. It was written by Washington Irving. Here is Shep O'Neal with our story. Before we begin our story, let us go back 300 years to the late 1600s. In those years, one of the most famous men in the world was
THIS IS AMERICA - The White House By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, May 03, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Doug Jo
The Environmental Protection Agency has formally declared that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions pose a public health danger. The move opens the way for regulations on such emissions from vehicles, power plants and other sources. EPA
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. One of President Obama's top advisors says he thinks the economic downturn will end in the next few months, but Larry Summers says the US economy still faces substantial downdrafts. NPR's Scott Horsley ha
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A popular sound in the nation's capital where snow blowers are hard at work as white stuff keeps falling. Forecasters say the winter storm blanketing the Mid-Atlantic States could be the biggest in mode
President Obama is monitoring the eleventh-hour spending debate on Capitol Hill. Democrats and Republicans have yet to agree on a way to extend the payroll tax cut, which expires at year's end. Speaking in Washington this morning, the president threw
1. Federal plans say sustained person-to-person spread of bird flu or other super-influenza strain could prompt Washington to restrict travel to block a pandemic. 2. Former President Clinton, Senator
US federal security lapses found Undercover investigators managed to smuggle (偷运,走私) bomb-making materials into key US government buildings on 10 occasions last year, a congressional report (国会报告) says. The Government Accountability Off
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History Series: The Signing of the Constitution in Philadelphia Many of the delegates at the convention in 1787 did not like all parts of the new document. Several even refused to sign it. Transcript of radio broadc
THIS IS AMERICA - President Lincoln's Cottage: A Visit to a 19th Century Camp David A country home important in Abraham Lincoln's presidency, and his Emancipation Proclamation, has been restored and opened to the public. Transcript of radio broadcas