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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(85) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

The Supreme Court itself has already endorsed limits after 24 weeks, the point at which a fetus is considered to be viable outside the womb, putting it squarely alongside public opinion. 最高法院本身已赞同怀孕24周后禁止堕胎,因为此

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(53) / 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(63) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台12月

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. President Obama's commencement address at Notre Dame University today was punctuated by the shouts of some hecklers who strongly disagreed with his support for abortion rights. And since this is Notre D

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No new security procedures are anticipated at US airports as a result of the discovery of an al-Qaeda plot to blow up an airliner. NPRs Craig Windham reports so-called advanced explosive devices are now being examined by FBI experts. The device is sa

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White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan has given the most extensive justification so far for the USs use of unmanned drone strikes against suspected terrorists. The strikes have been controversial because they can even target US citizens w

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Pakistani officials are assuring the US government they'll do everything in their power to help investigate the case of the American accused of parking a car bomb in New York City. Faisal Shahzad became an American citizen last year. He's originally

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, CBS EVENING NEWS WITH WALTER CRONKITE) WALTER CRONKITE: Good evening. Tonight - the subject of abortion. The illegal termination of pregnancy has reached epidemic proportions in this country. The conflict between the law and re

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(99) / 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

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台11月

Indias sex ratio is getting worse. The trend can be reversed. 印度的性别比例扭曲越加严重,这个趋势能够逆转 THE news from Indias 2011 census is almost all heartening. Literacy is up; life expectancy is up;family size is stabilisi

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

JUDY WOODRUFF: After decades of global condemnation over the practices, China today announced the easing ofone controversial government policy and the abolishment of another. Jeffrey Brown explains. JEFFREY BROWN: The announcement heralded the bigges

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(54) / 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(201) / 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

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年慢速英语(三)月

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(78) / 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(100) / 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(39) / 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

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(323) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(七)月

Sex selection 性别选择 Cat got your tongue? 哑巴啦? Aug 6th 2011 | from the print edition Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men. By Mara Hvistendahl. Public Affairs; 314 pages; $26.99 and

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10 Worst States To Be a Woman State Republicans have introduced nearly 1,000 laws restricting women's reproductive health access. Here are 10 of the worst states to be a woman between puberty and menopause. In a time of war and record unemployment, t

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(241) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

JANUARY is a busy month in capitals across America. New laws are implemented; Congress and legislatures reconvene, hoping to pass more. If ones political party is in the minority, this is a terrifying prospect. For opponents of abortion, the outlook

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