James Madison was the fourth President of the United States. He was born in 1751 in Virginia, the oldest of twelve children. He studied history and government at Princeton (then called the College of New Jersey). He was well read in law, which he stu

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 历届美国总统简介

Finance and Economics;The Dodd-Frank act;Unhappy birthday to you; 财经;多德弗兰克法案;生日不快乐! A tiny Texas bank challenges Dodd-Frank; 小小德州银行挑战多德弗兰克法案; Call the State National Bank of Big Spring,

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人财经系列

MADRID, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish Congress on Tuesday voted against a proposal to allow an independence referendum in the Catalan region in the north-east of the country. The proposal, which had been presented by the Catalan Regional Parliament

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

美国立法议员们准备年终收官之战 The plight of Syrians fleeing oppression and bloodshed should resonate with Americans who just celebrated Thanksgiving according to President Barack Obama. 美国总统奥巴马表示正逃离压迫苦难及

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(351) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(一月)

美国众议院无条件通过债务上限法案 WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (Xinhua)-- U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill with no provisions attached to extend the limit on the federal government's borrowing authority. The legislation,

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(907) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

CAPITOL HILLPresident Barack Obama says the failure of the House of Representatives to pass a measure to help American workers affected by global trade pacts will directly hurt about 100,000 workers and their communities. For the sake of those worker

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

美国众议院通过清洁债务上限法案 WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (Xinhua)-- U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill with no provisions attached to extend the limit on the federal government's borrowing authority. The legislation, ap

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(205) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Finance and Economics;Wall Street deregulation; The pendulum swings; 财经;华尔街的去监管化; 逆势而变(钟摆移位); The JOBS act turns into a battle about America's capital markets. 一场由工作法案引发的关于美国资本

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人财经系列

JUDY WOODRUFF: The woman who will likely be the new face of the health care law testified today on Capitol Hill. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the president's budget director, is Mr. Obama's nominee to replace Kathleen Sebelius as secretary of health and h

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When the enemy attacked, you ran away. 敌人进攻,你临阵脱逃 That's treason. 就是叛国 Now it's time to splatter your brains everywhere. 现在你该付出代价了 Please! Please, don't kill me! 求你了,求求你,不要杀我 Shut

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拆分法 分析题目极为有效的一种手段,其基本原理就是面对一个云山雾罩的抽象的大的概念,将其一分为二或者一分为多进行分别讨论。 解析法 通过对题目主体的需求进行分析,从而找到支

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 GRE作文

Internet trolls face up to two years' jail in New Zealand under a controversial new law which bans harmful digital communications. 新西兰出台一项尚有争议的新法案,禁止有害数字信息,在网上发布挑衅文字或将入狱两年。

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Tuesday strongly criticized a proposed legislation known as Audit the Fed which is aimed to expand Congress' oversight of the central bank's monetary policy. I want to be comp

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

WASHINGTON Several dozen lawmakers led by Representatives Katherine Clark of Massachusetts and John Lewis a longtime civil rights leader disrupted the US House Wednesday by staging a sit-in on the floor of the chamber to demand that the Republican le

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For hours in the Greek Parliament, exchanges were heated. MPs from all sides, keen to have their say on the austerity measures being voted on. The speaker of the Parliament described what had been put upon Greece as a crime against humanity - a socia

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

美国众议院通过乌克兰援助法案 WASHINGTON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday approved legislation that would allow the Obama administration to give Ukraine 1 billion U.S. dollars of loan guarantees. The bill w

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Politics 英国政治 Winding down 时钟停摆 Over a year before the general election, Parliament is already clocking off 大选后一年多,议会已像时钟一样停摆 PARLIAMENT feels different from usual. The lobbies and corridors are quiet

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NICOSIA, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The Cypriot parliaments on Friday passed emergency bills aimed at clinching a bailout deal with international lenders, but left until Saturday to vote on the contentious deposit tax. The Parliament agreed to creates a so

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

TAKE a sticker, urges the woman from Ambush Firearms. We are giving away two free guns every day to people wearing them. What your correspondent would do with an semi-automatic rifle, let alone one that also comes in pink, was not obvious. Welcome to

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Obituary;David Kato; 讣告;大卫卡多; David Kato Kisule, a gay campaigner in Uganda, died on January 26th, aged 46. 乌干达同性恋者大卫卡多1月26日被害,现年46岁。 To the 935 pupils at St Herman Nkoni primary school, on the Masa

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