AZUZ: U.S. Senator Al Franken, a Democrat from Minnesota, announced yesterday he'd be resigning. The 66-year-old was first elected to the Senate in 2008, and he worked as a comedian before that, performing for years on Saturday Night Live. But over t

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年12月

The IOC, the International Olympic Committee, made a major announcement yesterday about the upcoming 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The Russian national team would be banned from the events. The decision followed a long investigation

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Today's first story takes us to South Africa. There have been some big question mark hanging over the nation's government, primarily what will happen to President Jacob Zuma. The 75-year-old became leader of the parliamentary republic after his polit

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Here is more fallout tonight from those thousands of pages of leaked U.S. state secrets on the WikiLeaks website. The State Apartment is now cut off one US military computer network from its database of diplomatic cables and Defense Secretary Gates c

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More than 176,000 migrants are being housed in reception centers spread across Italy, and prior to his loss in a referendum Sunday, outgoing Prime Minister Matteo Renzi threatened to veto the EU budget in a bid to force Europe to share Italy's burden

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(168) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(十二月)

The noose may be tightening around Israel's embattled prime minister in a corruption scandal, but he is pressing on. 身陷腐败丑闻的以色列总理奥尔默特的处境可能越来越艰难了,但是他仍然没有退意。 Prime Minister Ehu

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There's been a shakeup in the Trump administration. Michael Flynn has resigned as White House national security adviser after less than a month on the job. Flynn is a retired lieutenant general with the U.S. Army. As national security adviser, he was

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My coworker suddenly quit so I have to work overtime to pick up the slack. 我的同事突然辞职了,所以我必须加班来接他留下的工作。 slack可表示绳子松脱的部分,pick up the slack本指拉紧绳子松脱的部分,引伸的

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Hewlett-Packard announced that private investigators that they hired to find the source of leaks to the press broke the law as part of their research. The investigators pretended to be Hewlett-Packard board members in order to convince phone compani

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Democrats and Republicans had very different takes Wednesday following the sudden resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The former U.S. Senator from Alabama was an early supporter of President Trump and as Attorney General, Sessions worked t

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2018年11月

IN THE NEWS - Pope Benedict Says Goodbye as Leader of the Worldwide Roman Catholic Church 新闻报道 - 教皇本笃十六世正式辞职离开梵蒂冈 From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语

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Cantor Resigns House Leadership Post After Shocking Election Loss 众议员领袖康托在选举失利后辞职 CAPITOL HILL House Majority leader Eric Cantor -- the second most powerful man in the U.S. House of Representatives -- has been unexpected

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AZUZ: Investigators are trying to figure out what led to an accident yesterday that involved a large garbage truck and train carrying dozens of members of the U.S. Congress. Almost 100 Republicans, including senators, representatives and House Speake

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2018年2月

【俚语】 Retirev. 退休 【例句】 JackMawillretireaschairmanfromAlibabaGroupayearlater. 一年后,马云将从阿里巴巴集团董事长的职位上退休。 Resignv. 辞去职务 【例句】 TheAlibabaGroupsaidonMondaythatJackMawouldresi

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【俚语】 Get a free hand 有权做自己想做的任何事情 I get a free hand from my boss in hiring new staff. 我老板给我全权去做招聘新员工的事情。 Hour hand 时针 Minute hand 分针 Second hand 秒针 The hour hand is just

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