BRIAN: What are those? BILL: Those are campaign placards for John Black. BRIAN: Who is John Black? BILL: There's an election coming up soon. I'm voting for John Black for the U.S. Senate. I'm going to put the placards out in my yard. BRIAN: Oh, I se

发表于:2018-11-28 / 阅读(229) / 评论(0) 分类 美国文化口语

'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

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(八)月

It is awesome, so today introduction from Lucas, who works seriously in CNN, you are gonna hear Lucas more a little bit, First up though. We are heading to the White House, building isa force home, and US president this week place to hold to South Ko

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1. Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Bernie Sanders are both looking for victories in Tuesday's Wisconsin presidential primary. Republican front runner Donald Trump's wife Melania made a rare campaign appearance in Milwaukee on Monday. 2. Pro-Syria go

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(143) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2016(四)月

AS IT IS 2016-03-14 Growing Violence at Donald Trump Campaign Events 川普竞选活动上暴力日益增长 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he is a uniter, but the growing violence at his campaign events has led many to question

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AS IT IS 2016-03-04 Republicans Attack Trump as 'Unfit' Candidate 共和党攻击特朗普为不合适的候选人 A prominent Republican has criticized presidential candidate and billionaire Donald Trump as unworthy of the office of president of the

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Last year, President Jiang and I asked senior Chinese and American law enforcement officials to step up our cooperation against these predators, to stop money from being laundered, to stop aliens from being cruelly smuggled, to stop currencies from b

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 名校励志英语演讲

今天我们要学的词是double standard。Double standard, 双重标准。美国国会众议院议长佩洛西指责共和党人在医疗保健改革的辩论中使用双重标准, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Republicans of having a double

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Books and Arts; Book Review;The Eisenhower presidency;O lucky man! 文艺;书评;艾森豪威尔总统;哦,幸运儿! A Republican president who was touched by fortune; 一位受到命运青睐的共和党总统; Eisenhower: In War an

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人人物系列

Lexington 莱克星顿 How to win 99.6% of the vote 如何赢得99.6%的选票 Too many members of Congress are running unopposed 许多国会议员没有竞争对手 DAYS before he seeks re-election to Congress for an eighth time, Representative Mik

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人财经系列

GWEN IFILL: I want to talk to folks here with us a little bit about what Cantor's defeat and Brat's victory tells us about the future for Republican Party leadership. Joining us are Tom Davis, a former Republican congressman from Virginia and past ch

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今天我们要学的词是high-end。 High-end, 是高档的意思。 My brother is very much into high-end audio equipments, 我哥哥对高档音响设备特别喜欢。 Local residents welcome the opening of the high-end retail stores, 当地居民

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今天我们要学的词是drop out。 Drop out是退出的意思。美国威斯康辛州前州长汤普森在上星期六爱奥华州举行的共和党总统参选人假想选举中位居第六,汤普森因此宣布退出争取共和党总统候选人

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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump dismissed his campaign manager last Monday as the New York billionaire developer was bogged down in controversies. 上周一,共和党总统假定提名人、身家数十亿的纽约地产开发

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

奥巴马警告共和党勿造新危机 WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Republicans to stop political brinkmanship on government funding and debt limit in order to avert self-inflicted wounds to the econ

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Opposition research 反对派调查 Digging dirt, digitally 电子版发奸擿伏 How to ensure that dumb things politicians say get a wide audience 怎样保证政客们把持的那些不为人知叫座连连 One of the houses the Clintons bought wh

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

U.S. President Barack Obama says after more than a decade of war in Afghanistan, it is time to focus on nation building here at home. Obama said in his weekly address that Americans must ask themselves what kind of country the troops are returning to

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

America's mid-term elections 美国中期选举 The silent centre 沉寂的中间地带 If moderates don't vote next week, extremists will thrive 如果中立人士于下周不进行选举,极端主义者将会茁壮发展 ALL political campaigns i

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GWEN IFILL: The political season heads into overdrive this week, with a candidates forum in New Hampshire tonight, and with a full-scale debate Thursday night in Cleveland. The debate, sponsored by FOX News, will feature the top 10 of the 17 major ca

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The Republican response 共和党回应 When Joni poked Barry 乔尼戳巴里脊梁骨 A polite request for the president to co-operate 客气要求总统合作 JONI ERNST did not flub her lines or commit any gaffes. So compared with Republican effor

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