President Obama says hes ready to compromise with Republicans on preventing the country from going over the so-called fiscal cliff. But he showed little sign today that he would waver from his demand that the wealthiest Americans should pay more in t

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ESL Podcast 1183 Air and Water Pollution Julia: Stop poisoning us! Stop poisoning us! Robert: Why are you picketing in front of this factory? Julia: This factory is polluting our air and water. Theyre responsible for contaminating the environment wit

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年ESL之日常生活

JEFFREY BROWN: And we head back to Chicago and the national spotlight focused on a teachers strike in the nation's third largest school system. Chicago teachers walked the picket lines for a second day as contract talks resumed. The union spokeswoman

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈教育系列

Big Ben 大本钟 Big Ben is not the name of a man. It is a name of the clock. It is in London. London is the capital city of England. The big clock has four faces. So no matter where you stand, you can read the face of the clock. The hands are about

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BBC News with Julie Candler. The US secretary of state Rex Tillerson says there will be no role for the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in the future Syria. Mr. Tillerson called the suspected use of chemical weapons on Tuesday a serious matter that req

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BBC News. Wikileaks has published thousands of confidential documents detailing what it says are top secret hacking tools used by the American Central Intelligence Agency. The alleged cyber weapons include malware that targets Android devices and iPh

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精彩对白: Merida:Legends① are lessons. They ring with(回荡着) truths. Our kingdom is young. Our stories are not yet legend. But in them, our bond was struck②. Our clans③ were once enemies. (我们的部族曾经相互为敌)B

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Talks are continuing between actors and producers. 演员们与制片人之间的会谈继续进行。 They are trying to avert a strike by the actors. 他们正设法要免除一场演员罢工。 There is less than six weeks before the June 30 cont

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1. President Bush is turning up the pressure on Pervez Musharraf. Bush is calling on the Pakistani president to hold elections and relinquish his army post as soon as possible. It's the first public comment since Musharraf imposed a state of emergen

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2007

Winners at CMA Awards It was a big night for Miranda Lambert at the 48th annual Country Music Association Awards, presented Wednesday night in Nashville, Tennessee. Lambert went into this years Country Music Association Awards race with nine nominati

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A: Will you be voting? B: Yes. Will you? A: I already have. B: How did you do that? A: I mailed in an absentee ballot. B: Why is that? A: I cant vote on Tuesday. B: Whats the reason for that? A: I have to go to work. B: You can just go to work after

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A: Are you going to vote on Tuesday? B: Of course. How about you? A: Ive already voted. B: Hows that? A: I sent in an absentee ballot. B: Why? A: I wont be able to vote on Tuesday. B: Why not? A: I have to work. B: Why dont you go to work late? A: I

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A: Did you need help with something? B: I dont know where to get my ballot. A: I can help you with that. B: How can you help me? A: I work here. B: Thats great. A: May I see your ID? B: Here it is. A: All right, here is your ballot card. B: What do I

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Nigeria's senior oil workers union is threatening a nationwide strike to protest the firing of some of its members by ExxonMobil. Members are to meet later Tuesday, following the expiration of a 21-day ultimatum issued by the union to the oil company

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迷你对话: A: The taxi drivers are on strike again. 出租车司机又罢工了。 B: What for? 为什么? A: They want the government to reduce the price of the gasoline. 他们希望政府降低汽油的价格。 B: It is really a hot potato

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.on the steps, 站在台阶上 and she looks gorgeous, 非常漂亮 but what really she's thinking, 但其实她在想 when can I go the fuck home? 我什么时候才能回家 I'm off. Already? 我要走了,这么早就走 I've done my duty, I beli

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Its only matter of an hour to go before plan stoppage by 12,000 cabin crew. BAs boss, Wily Wash has gone on the offensive, taking out full page advertisement criticizing Unite Union, and promising to keep the flight flying for customers. But the airl

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claims 要求 strike 罢工 striker 罢工者 go-slow 怠工(美作:slow-down) lockout 停工(业主为抵制工人的要求而停工) staggered strike 阶段性罢工 strike picket 罢工纠察队员

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今天我们要学的词是walk out。 To walk out, 有退场和罢工的意思。In Copenhagen, representatives from some developing countries walked out on climate negotiations on Monday, 一些发展中国家的谈判代表星期一退出了哥本哈

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A donor conference for Syria, at which $9 billion of aid is being sought, opensin London today one day after UN-sponsored talks aimed at ending the Syriancivil war broke down. Britain has announced it would provide $1.75 billion to be spent in Syria

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