VOA慢速英语--美国11月6日举行大选

US Holds Elections on November 6 On Tuesday, November 6, Americans will choose hundreds of federal lawmakers and state officials. The election is called the midterm because it comes in the middle of the presidents four-year term. But even though the

Lesson 114 NO Pain, NO Gain

Rachel: What does John do for a living? Derek : He's a salesman. Rachel: That's a difficult way to make a living. Derek: Well, remember: No pain, no gain. 一分耕耘，一分收获 雷切尔：约翰是靠什么谋生的? 德里克：他是个推销员

AP 2010-10-24

Things are bad for Democrats. All signs are pointing to huge Republican gains across the board, from coast to coast, at all levels of government. The poll shows that Republicans are leading on just about every measurement, from handling the economy t

天天练口语：No pain, No gain.

Rachel: What does John do for a living? 雷切尔：约翰是靠什么谋生的？ Derek: Hes a salesman. 德里克：他是个推销员。 Rachel: Thats a difficult way to make a living. 雷切尔：以那种方式谋生是很困难的。 Derek: Wel

美国经典英文演讲100篇:The Great Silent Majority

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CNN 2010-05-13

Question is, who is going to live at 10 Downing Street? The UK is trying to figure that out after last week's parliamentary elections. None of the parties got a majority of seats. So now, a scramble is on. In the UK, people vote for members of parlia

VOA标准英语2008年-Pakistan Opinion Poll Says Majority Does Not Su

By Ravi Khanna Washington 11 January 2008 A recent public opinion poll in Pakistan indicates little support for Islamist militants, but also widespread mistrust of the United States. The poll was conducted last September before the assassination of f

VOA标准英语2008年-Female-Majority Parliament Hopes to Lead Rwanda

Last week, Rwanda became the first nation to elect a majority of women to its legislative assembly. It has been a long road since the 1994 genocide, when many women were raped or widowed. Some in the country hope that having more mothers in parliame

VOA标准英语2008年-Zimbabwe Majority Party Boos Mugabe Parliament

President Robert Mugabe opened Zimbabwe's parliament in a ceremony marked by colonial-era symbols and defiant protest songs by the majority Movement for Democratic Change legislators, which drowned out parts of his speech. Peta Thornycroft reports f

voa标准英语2008年-Democrats Expected to Gain Seats in US Congress

Americans go to the polls Tuesday to vote for members of the U.S. Congress as well as the president. All 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives will be up for election, along with will more than one-third of the 100-member Senate. Democrat

VOA标准英语10月-Analysts: Democrats Expected to Gain Senate Seats

Americans will be voting for members of the U.S. Congress as well as the president when they go to the polls November 4. With Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama leading in national opinion polls, congressional Democrats hope political mo

VOA慢速英语20060408a

IN THE NEWS - Delay, Leaving Congress, Has 'No Fear' of Any Wrongdoing InvestigationBy Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Saturday, April 08, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This

VOA常速英语2008年-Majority of Muslims Worldwide Say Terrorism Not

By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington 03 March 2008 The Gallup World Pollrecently released details of a massive survey of more than 50,000 Muslims, reflecting the views of more than one billion Muslims in more than 35 countries. It is said to be the large

VOA常速英语2008年-New Poll Finds Majority of Israelis Support Tal

By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 27 February 2008 A new poll in Israel says a majority of Israelis would support holding talks with Hamas Islamic militants who control the Gaza Strip. VOA's Jim Teeple reports an Israeli civilian was killed by a rocket fired b

VOA常速英语2007-Ruling Party Wins Majority in Togo

By Selah Hennessy Dakar 18 October 2007 Preliminary legislative election results in Togo show the long-time ruling party winning an absolute majority out of 81 seats. But the largest opposition party, the Union of Forces for Change, vows to dispute t

LDP expected to win majority in Japan's general election

TOKYO, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Japan's main opposition party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is likely to win nearly 300 seats in the House of Representatives election held on Sunday, according to the latest poll released Thursday. The LDP, headed b

每日一词【546】to gain traction：越来越受欢迎

今天我们要学的词是to gain traction。 To gain traction, 是越来越受欢迎的意思。 The idea of becoming an entrepreneur is gaining traction among the youth in China, 在中国，越来越多的年轻人开始走自己创业的道路。

每日一词【802】gain ground：有进展

今天我们要学的词是gain ground。 To gain ground意思是有进展，也可以指越来越被大家所接受。Mild weather helped firefighters gain ground on a fire in Yosemite National Park, 温和的天气让消防队员征服优胜美地国

货币英语 13 Can You Lose When You Gain?

By Laura Adams. This episode is about the advantages and disadvantages of investing in mutual funds. Taxes on Top of Losses As we all know, many people have lost investment money due to the stock market volatility in recent weeks. Its been a tough ti

Pakistani gov't loses majority as coalition party

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani government has lost majority in the parliament as a powerful party in ruling coalition Sunday decided to sit on opposition benches. Leaders of Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) said that they will approach the Spea