美国国家电台 NPR 2012-10-24

Investors are lowering their earnings expectations and that's been helping to push stocks sharply lower today. Before the close, Dow was down 243 points at 13,103; NASDAQ was off 27 at 2,990; and SP 500 down 21 at 1,413; of course Apple cut some of i

Court Overturns Olympic Doping Bans

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected an International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision to bar 28 Russian athletes from Olympic competition. The IOC had ruled against the athletes for violating its anti-doping rules at the 2014 Winter Olymp

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-01-10

The eastern U.S. is taking a polar plunge this week. Today's wind chill dipped as low as negative 50 degrees across several Midwest cities. The so-called polar vortex will reach the East Coast by tomorrow. Ahead of the deep freeze, jetBlue stopping s

情景会话口袋书人际篇 第629期:仲裁(3)

9. It's better to submit the case for arbitration to a temporary arbitration court. 最好将仲裁案提交临时仲裁庭。 还能这样说： It's better that the case should be arbitrated by a temporary arbitration court. You'd better submit the

名人励志英语演讲 第25期:我们唯一害怕的是害怕本身(10)

But it may be that an unprecedented demand and need for underlay action may call for temporary departure from that normal balance of public procedure. 但现在前所未有的对紧急行动的需要要求国民暂时丢弃平常生活节奏，紧迫起

NPR 2011-05-11

President Obama was on the US-Mexican border today in an effort to create public pressure on Congress to try again to pass an immigration overhaul bill. NPR's Mara Liasson reports. President Obama promised Hispanic voters in 2008 that he would pass a

East Africa drought: DEC appeals for funds

A group of UK aid agencies has launched a joint fund-raising appeal to help more than 10 million people affected by severe drought in the Horn of Africa. Thousands of families in desperate need of food and water have trekked for days from Somalia to

微软的非法垄断行为

41 微软的非法垄断行为 DATE=7-7-01 TITLE=IN THE NEWS - Microsoft Ruling BYLINE=Paul Thompson (start at 1'5

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Appeals for Pakistani Flood Victims

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 July 2007 Pakistani villagers move out from a flooded area in Shahdad Kot district near Hyderabad, in Pakistan, 03 July 2007 The United Nations is appealing for 38 million dollars to assist hundreds of thousands of people in

VOA标准英语2008年-UN Appeals for Emergency Aid for Victims of Geo

The United Nations is appealing for more than $58.5 million to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands of people affected by the crisis in Georgia over the next six months. Aid agencies report their biggest problem remains one of access. L

VOA标准英语2008年-Court Rules In Favor of Polygamist Sect

By Mil Arcega Washington 26 May 2008 An appeals court in the U.S. state of Texas has ruled that authorities had no right to remove children from a polygamist religious sect's compound. Officials raided the compound on April 3rd and removed more than

VOA标准英语2011--US Budget Woes Put Teachers, Emergency Responders on Chopping Block

US Budget Woes Put Teachers, Emergency Responders on Chopping Block A proposal to send federal assistance to cash-strapped local governments across America has been defeated in the U.S. Senate, 50 to 50, short of the 60 votes needed for passage. The

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Serial' Subject Adnan Syed Deserves A New Trial, Appeals Court Rules

NOEL KING, HOST: OK. If you listen to the hit podcast Serial, you know the name Adnan Syed. The podcast was about his murder conviction in 2000. But an appeals court in Maryland has backed a decision that vacated his conviction, and Syed might be get

美国国家公共电台 NPR DOJ Files Brief In Appeals Court, Defending Trump's Immigration Executive Order

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Properly vetted refugees can enter the United States, at least today. That's because a judge temporarily blocked President Trump's ban on travel for refugees and people from seven countries. Today, judges from a federal appeals c

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3029 witness

今天我们要学的词是witness. Witness 目击者。British police said that 200 witnesses have been identified in their investigation into a nerve agent attack on a Russian ex-spy and his daughter. 英国警方说，他们在调查前俄罗斯间谍

PBS高端访谈:特朗普移民禁令可能交由美国最高法院

HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: One federal appeals court has weighed in on the Trump administration's immigration ban, and should another appeals court in another region of the country offer a competing view, that could set the debate

VOA标准英语2010年-Red Cross Appeals For $100 Million For

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is appealing for $100 million for Haiti. The appeal covers emergency relief and long-term recovery assistance for 300,000 people over the next three years. The International Red Cro

Five Terror Suspects Depart Britain to Face US Charges

Five Terror Suspects Depart Britain to Face US Charges Two U.S. planes carrying radical Muslim preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other suspected terrorists have departed Britain for the United States, hours after Britain's High Court cleared the w

VOA标准英语2010年-Iraqi Parliament Debate on Candidates

Parliament put off debate on appeals court verdict allowing hundreds of banned candidates with alleged ties to the Ba'ath Party to take part in national elections Edward Yeranian | Cairo 07 February 2010 An Iraqi woman holds a picture of her brother,

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2062 strike down

今天我们要学的词是 strike down. Strike down 有取消的意思，过去时是 struck down。The Supreme Court struck down a Massachusetts law that barred protests within 35 feet of abortion clinics. 美国联邦最高法院宣布麻萨诸塞州