Strikes in Oklahoma and Kentucky. After teachers in West Virginia held out for a 5 percent pay raise, receiving it after a nine-day walkout in one of the poorest states in the U.S. This is a very unusual spring for us, for some of my teachers theyre

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(30) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(四月)

On the third Monday of February, Americans celebrate Presidents' Day, when Americans honor all their national leaders, past and present. The Day was originally meant to honor the First President, and arguably the country's most influential founder, G

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科特迪瓦积极备战里约奥运 It is the home stretch for three Ivorian taekwondo athletes. The Rio Summer Games are just weeks away, and Ivory Coast has won only one Olympic medal in its history. That one was 32 years ago. Track and field is s

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(七月)

Falling Gas Prices Impact US Oil Extraction 油价下跌影响美国石油开采 CHICAGO With the price of oil now less than $80 a barrel, motorists throughout the United States are benefiting from gas prices below $3 a gallon. However, the decreasin

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Talks to Resume on Winter Gas for Ukraine 争取恢复对乌天然气供应的协商继续进行 LONDON Ukrainian and Russian officials will meet again next week in an effort to settle their dispute over natural gas supplies that threatens to leave U

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Obama's IS Strategy Gets Mixed US Reaction 奥巴马打击IS战略引起各种反应 President Barack Obama's proposed strategy for an expanded U.S. military effort against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria has drawn a mixed reaction from con

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土耳其称欧洲移民协议不真诚 The European money is aimed at helping Turkey to improve conditions for the two million refugees it is hosting on its soil and keeping them in Turkey. 欧洲各国提供资金,旨在帮助土耳其改善他们收

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一位帮助穷人脱贫的母亲 NEW YORK When Albina du Boisrouvray was confronted with one of lifes mostdifficult losses the death of her only child she turned her grief into somethingpositive: she created a legacy for her son by helping people ar

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南非面临久旱食物短缺问题 Several provinces in South Africa have been declared drought disaster areas,threatening food shortages across the country. 南非一些省已公布了对整个国家食物造成威胁的旱灾地区。 We should n

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埃及旅游业又迎寒冬 The shores of this resort city are usually packed during the holiday season. But after a Russian plane that had taken off from here crashed in late October, killing all 224 people on board in an apparent terrorist attack,

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Enterprises, campaigners and politicians gathered in London on Sunday to decry the proposed brexit deal ahead of Tuesdays crucial vote in Parliament. In light of the damage of brexit will do to our environmental standards, our labor rights, our human

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Well, I wanted to report to the American people and some of the latest development related to the situation is in the Soviet Union. 在此,想向美国人民报告一下苏联形势的最新发展情况。 He presided over the end of the Cold War l

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During a two-and-a half-hour sirloin steak dinner in Buenos Aires, US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart discussed their differences on trade that had led them in past months to exchange significant retaliatory tariffs. 在布宜诺斯艾

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South Africa Marks National Womens Day 南非妇女节的来历 Friday, August 9th, is National Womens Day in South Africa. It commemorates the 1956 march by 20-thousand women against the countrys apartheid era pass laws. The laws severely restricted

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Obama Caught in Dilemma on Egypt 奥巴马在埃及问题上遭遇困境 WHITE HOUSE As the Egyptian military continues its bloody crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood and other protesters, U.S. President Barack Obama is facing a dwindling range of op

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C Isnt Average in All Schools Any More 字母不再用来表示成绩了 Theres an old, but often-played, song by the late Sam Cooke whose lyrics go, in part: 已故的山姆库克有首老歌经常有人表演,它的部分歌词是这样的: Now

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U.S. Marriage Rates Keep Declining美国结婚率杯具了 If you haven't already picked up on the trend from all the whining on Bravos Princesses: Long Island, marriage rates in America are at an all-time low. And the median age at which women do sa

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Seattles Pike Place Market stretches for four city blocks. It includes a collection of old buildings, bunches of stalls and street musicians and afters that draw both locals and visitors. The themed market wakes up each day at 5:00 a.m. Among the fir

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What do we want?! Federal workers across the country say theyve had enough. Some families who say theyve never had to depend on donations are turning to food banks for help. Even students who rely on free or reduced fee meals at school are impacted.

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Im Bill Mclaughlin, and Im the creator of plants here the United States Botanic Garden. What we are looking at today is our chocolate tree or cacao tree. The scientific name for this is Theobroma Cacao, and Theobroma is Greek, Theo- is for God and Br

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