39 美国音乐爱好者投票选出20世纪最佳歌曲 DATE=5/21/01 TITLE=THIS IS AMERICA #1065 - Songs of the Century BYLINE=Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: Music lovers in the United States recently vot

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(35) / 评论(0) 分类 文化聚焦

Government Agency Votes to End Net Neutrality Rule A government commission has voted to end the internet policy known as net neutrality. 美国政府一家委员会投票废除了被称之为网络中立的互联网政策。 The Federal Communication

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

Even before Election Day, records are being set in this year's presidential race. Officials are reporting record turnout in early voting with many locations extending hours to handle the numbers. NBCs Kerry Sanders has been watching the long lines in

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阿拉伯裔美国人积极参加投票 Arab-Americans make up roughly 0.5 percent of voters who will cast a ballot in the November general election in the United States. Influence is growing in Dearborn, Michigan - home to the largest Arab-American

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Despite long delays caused by new automated voting machines, millions of Filipinos have headed to the polls to choose a new president. 成百上千万选民从一大早就前往投票站参加投票。由于新的自动投票机出现故障,他们不

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The head of an African Observer Mission to Zimbabwe says voter turnout was low in Friday's presidential runoff election and that many voted out of fear. The vote count is under way in the election in which the only candidate was President Robert Muga

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ballot, ['blət] n/v 投票,抽签 【例】I balloted for him 我投他的票。 secret ballot 无记名投票 【记】ball球,lot多-好多球儿。大家见过世界杯分组抽签吗?把每个队的名字分别放在球里,再进行抽签

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Hi, everybody.The right to vote is one of the most fundamental rights of any democracy.Yet for too long, too many of our fellow citizens were denied that right, simply because of the color of their skin. 大家好!投票权是任何民主制度中最

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Harvard Faculty Votes to Censure University President 哈佛大学全体教员投票责难校长 Several months since Harvard University President Lawrence Summers made a remark he would deeply regret

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Egypts Election Commission has extended polling for the countrys presidential election by one day. According to the state-run MENA news agency, voting will now enter a third day on Wednesday. The decision followed a lower-than-expected turnout in the

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China's Foreign Ministry has commented on the debate in the Hong Kong SAR over the constitutional development plan. Spokesperson Lu Kang said at a briefing on Tuesday that the vote is a significant step in the region's long-term development. First, I

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1. How does the election work? 1. 大选是怎样运作的? Britain's parliament has 650 members. Any party that wins an outright majority of 326 or more seats can form a government. 英国国会有650名成员.任何党派只要获得不少于326个席

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AS IT IS 2015-05-14 Free Trade Deal Fails in US Senate Test Vote 美国参议院就自由贸易协议测试投票失败 A proposed 12-nation Pacific Rim trade deal has failed in its first major test in the United States Congress. The Senate voted Tue

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Americans are voting in midterm elections that could determine the fate of President Barack Obama's legislative agenda for the next two years. Republicans are expected to make significant gains in the U.S. Congress. 美国选民正在参加中期选举

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A senior military officer in Zimbabwe is quoted as calling on the country's troops to vote for President Robert Mugabe in the upcoming presidential runoff election against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. With voting due to take place in less tha

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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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In Miami, we've commissioned and artist, a young artist named Atomico, 在迈阿密,我们委托一个艺术家,年轻的艺术家阿托米卡, to create some vivid and vibrant images for a new series of I voted stickers. 去创作栩栩如生的

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Millions of voters in Nepal braved threats of violence and harsh terrain to cast ballots in a historic election to choose a 601-member national assembly that is to write a constitution. The twice-delayed election is being closely monitored by tens of

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The ballot count is underway in a crucial primary election in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Voters chose between two candidates for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination: Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. 美国宾夕法尼亚州正

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Her boyfriend Orlando Bloom recently attracted headlines when he was photographed paddle boarding in the nude during the couple's summer getaway. 近日,奥兰多?布鲁姆在和女友凯蒂?佩里夏日度假时被拍到光着身子划船,一度成

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