Explanation: Congress is the legislative or lawmaking part of the U.S. government. Congress spends a lot of time debating or talking about different bills (or ideas for new laws). Sometimes the members of Congress cant agree on the details of a bill

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 美国精神

今天我们要学的词组是pay respects。 Pay- respects的意思是向某个人表示敬意。美国前总统福特12月26日逝世后,他的灵柩从加州运到首都华盛顿,停放在国会大厅里。美国人纷纷前往吊唁,向他表

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

Obama Asks Congress for Military Force Authorization against IS In a letter to Congress, President Obama contends that if left unchecked, ISIL will pose a threat beyond the Middle East, including the United States. But in making the symbolic request

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Indias parliament has approved a long-awaited overhaul of the countrys fragmented tax system to create a genuine single market in one of the most significant reforms to the Indian economy since liberalisation began 25 years ago. 印度国会已批准对

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Vietnams Parliament Approves New Prime Minister 越南国会通过阮春福出任新总理 Vietnamese lawmakers approved Nguyen Xuan Phuc as the countrys new prime minister Thursday. Phuc was the only candidate for the position. He was chosen at the

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(四)月

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发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

GWEN IFILL:Since the earliest days of the Web, buying goods online has often come with one often-not-quite-legal perk: no sales tax. But that may be about to change. The Senate has cleared the way for a new law that would allow states to collect taxe

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈商业系列

JEFFREY BROWN:And next: tech giant Apple on the hot seat on Capitol Hill for tax practices that saved the company billions. Margaret Warner has that story. MARGARET WARNER:Chairman Carl Levin laid out the findings of his Senate panel's investigative

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发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是take note of。 To take note of something, 意思是注意到。星期天,成千上万的人在美国首都华盛顿大草坪上集会,要求推动移民法改革。 They hoped that Congress would take note of their con

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

CAPITOL HILL U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder faced tough questions from members of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Wednesday, about the Justice Department's gathering of phone records from Associated Press reporters, and on the Int

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天我们要学的词是repeal. Repeal, 撤销,废止。在国会中期选举中, California voters rejected a call by the teachers unions to repeal a series of tax breaks for corporations, 加州选民否决了教师工会提出撤销公司减税

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

BAU调查组受到国会特别委员会的质询他们是否为了替艾米莉报仇才采取如此不计后果的行动。一张熟悉的脸孔意外出现在听证会上,帮助BAU调查组渡过难关并更加紧密地团结在一起。艾米莉的

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 犯罪心理

Campaigning to the EU referendum in Britain has been suspended after a member of parliament was killed in an attack in Northern England. The Labor MP Jo Cox was shot and stabbed outside the library where she was meeting her constituencies in West Yor

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

Congressional elections 国会选举 Immovable incumbents 在职者连任 The Republican primaries have produced fewer upsets than expected 共和党竞选并没有想象中那么让人失望 JUSTIN AMASH, a congressman, represents one of the most co

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

奥巴马呼吁国会推进移民改革 WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday called on U.S. Congress to move forward the immigration reform this year, after the once hot-button issue has been overshadowed for months

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress are both seeing a decline in support as rising frustration over the political gridlock in Washington has damaged public faith in them, according to a Wall Street Journa

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Subject: I have to keep an ear to the ground. 迷你对话 A: Baby, what about having some beef or dinner? 宝贝儿,晚上吃牛肉,如何? B: Oh, no. Mon, I am on a diet now. I have to keep my ears to the ground. 哦,不。我现在在减肥。

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 迷你对话学地道口语

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday that he has decided to take military action against Syria but will first seek authorization from Congress. After careful deliberation, I have decided that the United States

发表于:2019-03-01 / 阅读(1573) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

结婚进行时 在英语口语里能怎么说? 1 get hitched 幸福牵手 来历:hitch本意是指车辆后的拖钩, 用get hitched表示两个人从此牵在了一起。 Jack and Lily get hitched at last! 杰克和莉莉终于幸福牵手。

发表于:2019-03-02 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语