This is AP News Minute. Democrats have won a majority in the House of Representatives in the midterm elections. Republicans held on to the Senate. The White House called it a victory for President Trump. Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz was reelecte

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(142) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2018(十一)月

This is AP News Minute. Leaders and activists are gathering at sites across the country to celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.. Vice president-elect Mike Pence was seen visiting the MLK Jr. memorial in D.C. after a wreath laying where chan

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This is AP News Minute. Hurricane Lane is expected to move dangerously close to Hawaii from Thursday through Saturday.The storm has been heading north towards Hawaii. The White House says President Trump did nothing wrong in connection with his forme

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White House Protester Dies After Longest Vigil 美国反战禁核抗议人士康妮去世在白宫前示威35年 You probably saw Concepcion Picciotto if you visited the White House over the past 35 years or so. She lived in a camp, in Lafayette Park

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U.S. President Barack Obama is shifting his economic focus to the middle class. His State of the Union address Wednesday will detail a series of initiatives to help middle-income families. 美国总统奥巴马正将他的经济政策重点转向帮助

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2010年1月

President Barack Obama is going through a rite of political passage this week - he is marking his first 100 days in office. The significance of the 100 days marker goes back to the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, who assumed power at the height of

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年4月

For this is also a time around the world when some of the fundamental ideals of liberal democracies are under attack 这也是世界各地自由民主的基础概念受到攻击, and when notions of objectively and of a free press and of facts and

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THE PRESIDENT: Good to see you all. Welcome. Go Tigers! (Applause.) Sit down. Please sit down. Thanks for coming. So I met some of these men in 2004 -- they feel pretty comfortable they were going to be back here. Some of them weren't so sure I was g

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President Bush Attends White House Summit on International Development THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, all. Madam President. Madam President I could not think of anybody better to give me dancing lessons than you. (Laughter.) We love you. I love your spir

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This is AP News Minute. Police in Ohio are urging residents in surrounding states to be on alert, for a man who they say shot and killed an elderly passer-by, and then posted a gruesome video of the killing on Facebook. Police and the FBI in Clevelan

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(125) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2017(四)月

This is AP News Minute. The Senate appears headed for a showdown over President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee. Democrats have secured the votes for a filibuster to block the nomination of Neil Gorsuch, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel

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Background: 背景:一对美国夫妇在没有受到邀请的情况下,不但混入了白宫而且还受到了总统奥巴马的接见。此后,美国特情局决定将加强对在白宫内举行官方活动的安防检查。特情局已经发表

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Now that he's been office for more than a year, U.S. President Donald Trump is set to give his first State of the Union Address on Tuesday night. The speech he gave last year is known as an annual message. One big subject he's expected to focus on is

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2018年2月

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,掌握大意。 2、继续听,特

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Clinton Not Stopping in North Korea 克林顿不出访朝鲜 President Clinton will not be stopping in North Korea at the end of his upcoming trip to Asia, a White House spokesman said today. However, he may still visit the communist country before l

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Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso will meet Tuesday with President Barrack Obama. He will be the first foreign leader to visit the White House since the new administration took office last month. 日本首相麻生太郎星期二将会见美国总统奥巴

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2009年2月

今天我们要学的词是squabble。 Squabble, 是争吵的意思。美国民主党总统参选人希拉里.克林顿参议员和巴拉克.奥巴马参议员在星期一晚上的辩论中就彼此的人品争吵不休, Senator Hilary Clinton and Se

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U.S. President Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism advisor says a threat from an al-Qaida affiliate led to the closure of the American embassy in Yemen. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports this same group has been linked to the attempted Christmas Day bombi

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A former White House spokesman says Americans have lost trust in U.S. President George Bush, because he is refusing to reveal his administration's involvement in leaking the identity of a previously-covert CIA operative. The Bush administration dismi

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今天我们要学的词是 press briefing. Press briefing 新闻发布会。President Trump indicated that he is considering cancelling the daily White House press briefing. 美国总统川普表示,他考虑取消白宫每天举行的例行新闻发

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