James Madison was the fourth President of the United States. He was born in 1751 in Virginia, the oldest of twelve children. He studied history and government at Princeton (then called the College of New Jersey). He was well read in law, which he stu

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MADRID, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish Congress on Tuesday voted against a proposal to allow an independence referendum in the Catalan region in the north-east of the country. The proposal, which had been presented by the Catalan Regional Parliament

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美国立法议员们准备年终收官之战 The plight of Syrians fleeing oppression and bloodshed should resonate with Americans who just celebrated Thanksgiving according to President Barack Obama. 美国总统奥巴马表示正逃离压迫苦难及

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美国众议院无条件通过债务上限法案 WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (Xinhua)-- U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill with no provisions attached to extend the limit on the federal government's borrowing authority. The legislation,

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CAPITOL HILLPresident Barack Obama says the failure of the House of Representatives to pass a measure to help American workers affected by global trade pacts will directly hurt about 100,000 workers and their communities. For the sake of those worker

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美国众议院通过清洁债务上限法案 WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (Xinhua)-- U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill with no provisions attached to extend the limit on the federal government's borrowing authority. The legislation, ap

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An Obama-era regulation that tightened gun checks on mentally-ill buyers has been blocked by the US Senate and could be signed into law by the White House. 奥巴马控枪法案中检查购枪者精神疾病的这一法规已于日前被美国参议院

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以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,掌握大意。 2、继续听,特

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Finance and Economics;Wall Street deregulation; The pendulum swings; 财经;华尔街的去监管化; 逆势而变(钟摆移位); The JOBS act turns into a battle about America's capital markets. 一场由工作法案引发的关于美国资本

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JUDY WOODRUFF: The woman who will likely be the new face of the health care law testified today on Capitol Hill. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the president's budget director, is Mr. Obama's nominee to replace Kathleen Sebelius as secretary of health and h

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Tell Vasquez the bill is dead. 告诉瓦斯奎兹法案没戏 That's not the first time he's pulled that stunt on me. 他不是头一次跟我来这套了 Probably should have held my tongue, 也许我不该说什么 but I just couldn't resist the ch

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When the enemy attacked, you ran away. 敌人进攻,你临阵脱逃 That's treason. 就是叛国 Now it's time to splatter your brains everywhere. 现在你该付出代价了 Please! Please, don't kill me! 求你了,求求你,不要杀我 Shut

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We have contacts there through our oil interest. 我们因为石油交易和那边有联系 I'm going to need government intervention. 我需要政府的干预 Wherever there's a government, we know people. 有政府的地方我们就有人脉 Even w

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美国参议院通过乌克兰援助法案 WASHINGTON, March 12 (Xinhua)-- The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday approved the bill that would grant loan assistance to crisis-stricken Ukraine and ratify reform measures for the Inter

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Tuesday strongly criticized a proposed legislation known as Audit the Fed which is aimed to expand Congress' oversight of the central bank's monetary policy. I want to be comp

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The senior Mr Kovac was a political opponent of Mr Meciar's. 而老科瓦克则是米契尔的政治对手。 But before charges could be brought, Mr Meciar passed an amnesty law that buried the case. 但就在警方和法官提起公讼前,米契尔

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The race for the Senate: Colorado 科罗拉多州参议院竞选 High, tolerant and Republican? 高容忍的共和党人? In a state that smiles on pot and same-sex marriage, Democrats are in trouble 在包容大麻和同性婚姻的科罗拉多州,

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Press freedom in Japan 日本新闻自由 Secrecy and lies 保密与谎言 A tough new law on secrecy has suddenly become controversial 一部事关保密的严苛新法突然间引起了争议 Oct 19th 2013 | TOKYO |From the print edition Full of le

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Obituary;David Kato; 讣告;大卫卡多; David Kato Kisule, a gay campaigner in Uganda, died on January 26th, aged 46. 乌干达同性恋者大卫卡多1月26日被害,现年46岁。 To the 935 pupils at St Herman Nkoni primary school, on the Masa

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