Lesson 9 The Speech and the Vote 演讲与表决 Words: amalgamate v. 混合,合并 amass vt. 收集,积聚 amateur adj. 业余的 n. 业余爱好者 amaze vt. 使吃惊,使惊叹 ambience n. 周围环境,气氛 ambition n. 雄心,抱负 ambitious adj. 有雄心的,渴望成功的 ambival

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A drunk driver speeding along in his SUV on the 60 freeway last night killed three of four people in a sedan. The sedan had slowed to a crawl because of construction work on the 60. Four lanes were merged into two. The Department of Transportation cr

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Microsoft makes an unsolicited offer for its competitior, Yahoo, after shares of the company's stock price tanked 50% since October. I'm Mathew Karnitschnig, the Mergers Acquisitions reporter for the Wall Street Journal. This morning, Microsoft unve

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Greens Leader Bob Brown says he wants to be involved in any public debate on the proposed emissions trading scheme. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has challenged the Prime Minister to a series of debates on the bill before it's reintroduced to Parliam

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A trial is going on right now that's closely being watched by companies and legal experts around America. ATT is trying to buy Time Warner, the parent company of CNN, for more than $85 billion.Today, ATT is a large wireless company and satellite TV d

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'The rule of law doesn't really exist in china' FRIDAY Peter Humphrey was imprisoned in China on trumped-up charges.

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必背句型: A:What's wrong with the justices? 法官怎么了? B:The justices were ordered to rehear the information. 法官被命令重新审理起诉。 The judge ordered the actions to be consolidated. 法官命令将诉讼合并。 The worker

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Pfizer is the worlds largest pharmaceutical company. It was founded in New York in 1849 by Charles Pfizer and his cousin. Their business started booming after they discovered a process for making citric acid. This method was vital in producing penici

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Panasonic is a Japanese multinational corporation that produces electronics. It is Japans largest maker of electrical goods and the 89th biggest company in the world. The company was founded in 1918 by Konosuke Matsushita. It was called Matsushita De

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Reuters is a United Kingdom-based news agency that provides reports to news media worldwide. It was founded in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter, who used new submarine cables under the English Channel to wire stock prices from bourses on continental Europe

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Likely we need more evidence that mastering social media can be hard. We have seen so many people share messages or pictures with the world that they only meant for one person to see. Maybe even not that. Yeah, he's right about that, George. It's all

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1. Israeli aircraft attacked the Lebanese capital, striking Beirut seaport and an army base. These have been the deepest hits into Lebanon since Israel launched its offensive against Hezbollah. 2. The

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扑克牌是美国人的一种传统性消遣。最普遍的一种扑克牌游戏就叫poker。中文里的「扑克牌」也许就是从poker这个游戏的名字得来的。玩poker这种游戏需要有

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U.S. Judge Approves ATT's $85 Billion Merger With Time Warner ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A federal judge handed ATT a huge victory today. Judge Richard Leon approved an $85 billion bid to take over the Time Warner media conglomerate. Justice Department lawye

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The National People's Congress - that's the Chinese parliament, has adopted a cabinet reshuffle plan at a plenary meeting in Beijing to improve overall efficiency. The endorsement of the plan will bring down the number of ministries under the State C

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Sound During Sleep Fixes Learning A study in the journal Science found that sleeping after learning consolidated the acquisition of the new information, especially if sound cues related to the info were played to the sleeper. Karen Hopkin reports The

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China's economy has seen decades of rapid growth. But now, the government is pushing structural transformation, even at the cost of growth. To get a better understanding of the overall performance of Chinese enterprises under what's called the New No

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这个节目已经持续了很长时间了,在不断学习习惯用法的同时我们偶而也不妨停下来思索一下这个问题:为什么习惯用语时常让外国学生感到困惑难解呢?原因之一是习惯用语的含义跟它所包

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今天我们要学的词是Bollywood。 Bollywood, 是Bombay孟买和Hollywood好莱坞两个字拼在一起的,范指印度电影界,简称宝莱坞。在印度摄制的影片《贫民百万富翁》在星期天晚上的奥斯卡颁奖典礼上赢

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今天我们要学的词是 justified. Justified 形容词,意思是有正当理由的。Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a new documentary that the annexation of Crimea was justified. 俄罗斯总统普京在一部新纪录片中表示,兼

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