AS IT IS 2016-11-04 Democratic VP Candidate Was Lawyer, Mayor and Governor 民主党副总统候选人的身份是律师,市长和州长 Tim Kaine is the Democratic Partys vice-presidential nominee. He represents the eastern state of Virginia in the

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It's official. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he will be starring in Terminator 5 . The 65-year-old actor said he is very happy that the studio wanted him to star as the Terminator again. The movie will start shooting in January of next year an

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威廉杰斐逊克林顿,美国律师、政治家,美国民主党成员,曾任阿肯色州州长、全美州长联席会议主席、联合国海地事务特使、克林顿基金会主席、第42任(第52届)美国总统。[1] 1976年,克林

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今天我们要学的词组是backup。作为形容词,backup的意思是后备,替代。媒体报道说,布什总统实施新的伊拉克计划之后,一些州长在白宫询问布什和参谋长联席会议主席Peter Pace有没有后备计划

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今天我们要学的词是rave。 Rave做为动词,有热烈赞扬的意思。 Critics raved about the new book, 这本新书赢得了书评家的一致好评。Environmental groups raved about President Obama's productive first 100 days in office

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今天我们要学的词是, pursuit。 Pursuit, 是追求的意思。Pursuit of happiness, 是追求幸福,pursuit of excellence, 是追求完美。36岁的印度移民后裔博比.金达尔当选路易斯安那州州长,成为美国最年轻的

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扑克牌是美国人的一种传统性消遣。最普遍的一种扑克牌游戏就叫poker。中文里的「扑克牌」也许就是从poker这个游戏的名字得来的。玩poker这种游戏需要有

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A guard came to the prison shoe shop where Jimmy Valentine was working and took him to the prison office. There the warden handed Jimmy his pardon, which had been signed that morning by the governor.

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So always it just carried me on, those dreams. So bodybuilding gave me the confidence, movies gave me the money, and pubic service and being a governor gave me a purpose larger than myself. And that is the brief story of my dreams and a brief story o

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And from then on, I continued. My career took off, and everything that I wanted to do I accomplished. First it was to become a champion in bodybuilding. Later on I became a movie star, to do all the great movies, the Conan movies and the Terminator m

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Well, the rest is history. After Terminator 3, I became the highest paid movie star in Hollywood. And let me tell you something, it continued on. Even when I ran for governor people said, Arnold, you will never make it. You will never become governor

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今天要讲的两个习惯用语里都有一个关键的字。那就是:feather. Feather就是鸟身上的羽毛。既然羽毛跟鸟有关系,那末我们就先来讲一个和鸟有直接关系的

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Patricia Whittaker, D.N.C. Chair. 帕特里夏惠特克,民主党全国委员会主席 A rare example of someone whose head is in the game 极少数用大脑 instead of up their backside. 而不是屁股思考的人 Competence is such an exotic bir

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今天我们要学的词组是backup。作为形容词,backup的意思是后备,替代。媒体报道说,布什总统实施新的伊拉克计划之后,一些州长在白宫询问布什和参谋长联席会议主席Peter Pace有没有后备计划

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今天我们还要学几个美国总统大选中常用的习惯用语。我们曾经说过,英语词汇很多都来自体育运动。今天要学的第一个习惯用语就来自号称皇家运动的赛马: down to the wire。这里的wire指赛马跑

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今天还是要继续讲两个在大选期间新闻界常用来报道竞选运动的习惯用语。大选年间结果是选出新的总统和副总统、 产生国会内众多的新议员、州政府和市政府的领导职位,以及各级地方政府

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今天我们要学的词是whereabouts。 Whereabouts, 行踪,下落。美国南卡罗来纳州州长前一段时间忽然消失。Even his staff and family seemed to be in the dark about his whereabouts, 就连他的助手和家人好象都不知道

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今天我们要学的词是trick-or-treat。 Trick-or-treat, 是10月31号万圣节孩子们装扮成各式神仙鬼怪,挨家挨户索要糖果时说的一句话,意思是最好给糖,否则我们就要捣蛋。这些孩子就是trick-or-treat

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今天Michael 和李华在谈论著名演员阿诺·施瓦辛格在加州当选州长的新闻。在 谈话中李华会学到两个常用语: to crack somebody up 和wannabe。 (sound of TV news in

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A Different Kind of Audience 与众不同的听众 Al Smith was governor of New York States. He was a famous man. 阿尔.史密斯是纽约的州长。他是个名人。 He was born very poor on the East Side of New York City. 他出生在纽约市东部

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