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n. 小产( abortion的复数形式 ); 小产胎儿; (计划)等中止或夭折; <生>败育
n. termination of pregnancy
n. failure of a plan

Consumers are spending more apparently because they have to. The Commerce Department reports a 0.4% jump last month as people shelled out more money to buy food and fill up their gas tanks. Take[Taking] those two categories out of the mixing, consume

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

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发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

The Senate has defeated an effort to add a stronger abortion ban to its health care overhaul. NPR's Julie Rovner has more. By a 54-45 vote, Senators who support abortion rights turned back the efforts of those who oppose abortion to include in the bi

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台12月

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发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We'd like to get an update now on a story from some years ago, a story that has abortion providers around the country on edge. A woman convicted decades ago of attempting to murder a doctor who performed abortions was released fr

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发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

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发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

In Egypt today, thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters protested against the military ouster of President Mohammed Morsi. But this time, there was no violence. Crowds massed in several cities after Friday prayers, waving flags and chanting slogan

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(205) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

AMERICAN MOSAIC - Baseball Hits the Road for the World Baseball Classic; Finals Are in CaliforniaBy Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Friday, March 17, 2006 (MUSIC) HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA S

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Doctor: Casual sex harmful to students Casual sex among middle school students may be contributing to growing sterility problems among young women in Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Prov

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the 12-nation Pacific Rim trade deal on Monday as he started his first full week in office. At the White House, Trump called it a great thing for the American worker - what we just did. 美国总统

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

1.Talk Travel, Not Movies 1.谈旅游,别谈电影 In a study by Richard Wiseman, less than 9% of couples that talked movies wanted a second date vs 18% of couples that talked about travel. 在理查德怀斯曼做的一项研究中,想要第二次

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

AS IT IS 2016-06-28 Supreme Court Rejects Texas Abortion Law 最高法院驳回德克萨斯州堕胎法 The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Texas went too far in regulating a womans ability to end a pregnancy. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote the opinion

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发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(244) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

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