United States Congress Explained In the United States, voters choose members of Congress every two years. But what is Congress? 美国的选民每两年选一次国会议员。然而国会是什么呢? Imagine that the U.S. government is a chair wi

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Unit 144: Exercise before you eat 第144单元:饭前运动 Researchers found that overweight school children ate less if they had a 10-minute recess right before lunch. 研究人员发现,过重的学童如果在午餐前玩耍十分钟的话会吃得

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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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AS IT IS 2015-05-31 Lawmakers Debate How to Deal with Free Trade's Results 议员辩论如何处理自由贸易的结果 The United States Senate recently passed a measure called Trade Promotion Authority. Under the bill, the Congress can only vote f

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: Im just saying that I think that somebody somewhere is looking at him right now and thinking congressman or senator or You know? C--(Nod) J: Can I ask you a personal question? C: Dont you want to get a couple more drinks in me first? J: Youre marri

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To keep an ear to the ground Up to one's ears 大约一百五十年前,美国一些开荒的人逐步地到西部的荒野去开拓。这些拓荒者从当地印第安人那里学到了一个诀窍,

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今天我们要学的词是net worth。 Net worth, 意思是净价值。The investment bank targets only high net worth individuals, 这家投资银行只针对有钱人。最新调查发现,美国国会里44%议员的净资产都在百万美元以上

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This is AP News Minute. Members of the Iranian Parliament set fire to a paper US flag and a copy of the Iran nuclear deal. They were reacting to President Trump's decision to pull the US out of the agreement. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Mo

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baloney kickback 有些人很善于说谎,或者是在形容某些事物的时候夸大其词。下面我们给大家介绍一个美国人在这方面常用的俗语:baloney。人们用baloney这个

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All set. 都搞定了 Is this your first remote? Yeah, it's my first time. 第一次远程采访吗,是的 ,第一次 Right into the camera, don't shift in your seat, 看着镜头,坐在椅子上别动 and there's no reason to speak above a con

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permitted use versus conditional use? 开放使用和限制使用的 Are we still talking about the watershed? 我们是在说流域法案吗 No. Drilling. Natural gas. 不,开采,天然气 Sir, you supported increased regulation. 先生,你之前

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Peter? 彼得 Christina. 克里斯蒂娜 Where are you? 你在哪里 I'm, uh... 我... I'm not... I'm not... I'm not doing so well. 我现在...感觉不怎么好 Where are you, Peter? 你在哪里,彼得 I'm in my car. Are you driving? 在车里,你

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Now, during the interview, 在采访过程中 he slurred his words, 他言词不清 he sounded disoriented leading many to believe 头脑混乱,让很多人认为 Christina. 克里斯蒂娜 that he had relapsed... 他旧瘾复发 Can you get me a t

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Ms. Gallagher, my name's Janine Skorsky. 盖拉格小姐,我是简宁斯克斯基 I'm a reporter at Slugline. 我是头条网的记者 I wrote the profile on Congressman... I remember. 我写了关于议员的专访... 我记得 Do you have a minut

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议会的决定是如何形成的?议会两院是通过辩论这一手段形成决定的。下议院(House of Commons)和上议院院(House of Lords)每年都花费数百小时用于辩论(debate)。大量的辩论是关于法案的,其他的仅仅是

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Pete Stauber, Republican, professional hockey player, police commander, dad of four, he flipped his Minnesota district from Democrat to Republican. 皮特是共和党人、职业曲棍球员、警察指挥官,他也是4个孩子的父亲。他之前是

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AS IT IS 2016-06-24 #NoBillNoBreak: Democrats Demand Gun Reforms 多名民主党议员呼吁严格控枪 This is What's Trending Today.... U.S. Congressional Democrats have been demanding that the House of Representatives votes on gun-control legisla

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Troubled insurance giant American International Group, or AIG, which has received more than $170 billion in U.S. taxpayer money, will pay $165 million in employee bonuses and retention pay. And while senior administration officials and lawmakers are

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The Columbian government and FARC rebels say they wish to join ceasefire to end more than five decades of conflict. The announcement follows three years of peace talks in Cuba. Candace Piette reports. The bilateral ceasefire comes after the two sides

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Hi, everybody. 嗨,大家好。 I'm here on the factory floor of a business in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, where folks are working around the clock making toys to keep up with the Christmas rush. 我现在正在宾夕法尼亚州哈特菲尔德的一个工

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