Casting a vote for former state lawmaker and congressional candidate Rashida Tlaib wasnt about making history for Detroit voter David White It was about making a difference. Rashida represents everything that undermines those stereotypes. She doesnt

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(122) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(十一月)

A fire has broken out on a blown-out gas well in the Gulf of Mexico. Dozens of workers were evacuated safely earlier Tuesday. Former Congressman Anthony Weiner says he's staying in the race for New York City mayor. Weiner acknowleged sending x-rated

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President Barack Obama is promoting recent government action to spur job creation, while Republicans maintain focus on trying to discredit last year's health care reform law. 奥巴马总统正在推动政府最近增加就业机会的行动,而共和

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今天我们要学的词是 christen. Christen是指婴儿受洗时给他起名,作为进入基督教会的标志。Christened 就是命名。The revised free trade agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico, christened USMCA, has big i

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US Lawmakers Seek Surveillance Reform 美国国会议员寻求监测改革 U.S. senators in both parties are proposing changes in the way the National Security Agency collects information as it hunts for terrorists and other threats. Some lawmakers w

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2013年(十月)

1. The bodies of two young boys killed in last week school shootings have been taken to their resting places. They are among 20 children who were killed in their school Friday along with six adults. The gunman also killed his mother and himself. 2. T

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2012(十二月)

今天我们要学的词是freshman。 Freshman, 新生。The freshman quarterback led the team to victory, 这个大学一年级的四分位带领球队赢得了比赛的胜利。He was voted the freshman player of the year, 他被评选为年度最佳

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This is AP News Minute. North Korea is threatening to cancel Kim Jong Un's planned summit with President Trump. The country already dropped a high-level meeting with South Korea over joint US-South Korea military exercises. A federal official in sout

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2018(五)月

The 76th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther King Jr. was commemorated in the church where he preached and in the neighborhood where he grew up. 美国民权运动领袖马丁路德金诞辰76周年的纪念活动在他故乡的一个他曾经布

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 Bilingual News

A delegation of five U.S. members of Congress to Rwanda said Tuesday they were deeply impressed by both the nation's people and its political leadership, and vowed to advocate for the nation upon their return to the U.S. The members of Congress spent

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Key Lawmakers to Obama: Enhanced Strategy for Syria Needed 奥巴马:叙利亚重要的国会议员需要增强策略 WHITE HOUSE As the White House continues to make the case to U.S. lawmakers that Congress should approve military action against S

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今天我们要学的词是unseat。 Unseat, 有赶下台,或是取代的意思。 The veteran Congressman was unseated by a political newcomer in the election, 这名老资格的国会议员在选举中被一个政界新手取而代之了。 Googl

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今天我们要学的词是straw poll。 Straw poll, 是指决定民意或参选人实力的非正式投票。美国保守派政治行动大会上周末在华盛顿举行。 Texas Congressman Ron Paul won the Presidential straw poll for the second ti

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今天我们要学的词是change of heart。 Change of heart, 意思是改变主意。The bride had a last minute change of heart and chose to have a simple ceremony in Las Vegas, 新娘子最后一刻改变主意,选择在拉斯维加斯举办一个

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今天我们要学的词是befriend。 Befriend, 是如今社交网络用语,意思是加为好友。 Former Congressman Anthony Weiner resigned after he was caught sending lewd photos of himself to women he befriended on Twitter, 前联邦众议员安

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是breathing room。 Breathing room意思是喘息的机会。The troops pushed forward with the assault and did not give the enemy any breathing room, 部队继续推进攻势,不给敌人留下丝毫喘息的机会。 美国

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今天我们要学的词是disgraced。 Disgraced, 丢脸的。 Anthony Weiner, the disgraced former Congressman, checked himself into a rehab, 丢尽颜面的前联邦众议员安东尼.维纳住进了治疗中心。美国西维吉尼亚大学美式足

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是attack ad。 Attack, 是攻击,ad 是广告,把这两个词连在一起,attack ad意思就是带有攻击性的广告片。 Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts was criticized in a new attack ad for dancing aroun

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(277) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

President Obama's latest remarks on Iran, in which he said the U.S. and the world are appalled and outraged by the Iranian government's crackdown on dissent, have met with praise but also some continuing criticism from members of Congress. The situat

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年6月

主餐一道:泛听练习 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

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