This is AP news minute. 1. The senate has rejected the republican effort to repeal parts of former president Obama's health-care law. The final vote on the so-called Skinning repeal was 51-49 early Friday, with three republicans joining the democrats

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文本: C- Christopher Tietjens V- Valentine Wannop V: An old gentleman used to sit there called Gran'fer Finn. EveryTenterden market day, he sold fleed cakes from a basket to the carts going by. Tenterden market was abolished in 1845, done in by t

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240. Paying the National Debt. 240.偿还国债 Jefferson was especially anxious to cut down the expenses of the government and to pay as much as possible of the national debt. 杰斐逊急于削减政府开支以尽可能地偿还国债, Madison

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今天我们要学的词是repeal. To repeal 意思是废止,放弃。Voters in Ireland went to the polls last Friday to decide whether to keep or repeal a constitutional amendment banning abortions in most cases. 爱尔兰选民上周五前往投票

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'Speaking Up' to Prevent Child Marriage in Bangladesh In Bangladesh, two-thirds of all girls are married before the age of 18. Getting married at an early age takes away some of their childhood. It also affects the girls right to an education. A not-

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This is AP News Minute. President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a document at the end of their summit in Singapore. Trump pledged security guarantees to North Korea, while Kim's committed to the complete denuclearization of the Kor

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And what insurgent rage had gained, In many a mortal fray maintained: 愤怒之火,在起义者心中早已点燃,维系着,以死抗争的不灭信念。 Marshaled once more at Freedom's call, 自由在召唤,队伍再度整齐, They came

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Courtney: Did you hear? Kate and Christopher are trying to annul their marriage. Ray: What?! Theyve only been married for two months! What brought this on? Courtney: I have no idea. Neither of them is underage or bigamists and they married of their o

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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

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今天我们要学的词是at odds。 At odds, 意见分歧。 Costa Rica and Nicaragua remain at odds over border disputes, 哥斯达黎加和尼加拉瓜在边界问题上继续争执不休。在是否应该取消对军人同性恋不问不说的政策

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