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by Mignon Fogarty This week in the United States we celebrate Veterans Day, a holiday to remember the end of World War I in 1918, but the name of the holiday brings up a common question: Do we need an apostrophe in the word Veterans? The short answer

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1. depose /dɪˈpəʊz/ -- (literally, put down) put out of office; dethrone Did the king abdicate or was he deposed? 那个国王是自己放弃了王位还是被废的? 2. impose /imˈpəuz/ -- put on as a burden, duty, tax, etc.; inflict Cleanin

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This is the second in a two-part Business English Pod series about an internal meeting to consider a proposal. As we saw in the last episode, this type of meeting can be similar to a negotiation. People with different opinions sit around the table an

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is apostrophes. When I was in second grade, I lost a spelling bee because I misspelled the word its. I put an apostrophe in when I shouldn't have, and it was a very traumatic moment in my young life. So when listeners

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is tough apostrophe issues. I said it in the last episode about apostrophes, and I'll say it again: there are some confusing situations when it comes to apostrophes. For example, Christine, from Portland, Oregon; Judy

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Hurricane Gustav, which killed at least 22 people in Haiti, is now headed south of Cuba, but forecasters believe the storm will move north into the Gulf of Mexico by early next week and threaten a coastal area that stretches from Texas to the Florid

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(八月)

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Islamabad 01 January 2008 Pakistani officials say elections will be delayed until February because it is impossible to hold next week's parliamentary vote on time. Election Commission Secretary-General Kanwar Dilshad told rep

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By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 29 August 2007 Philippine security forces are on high alert for possible attacks by communist rebels after Dutch authorities arrested their exiled leader in the city of Utrecht. VOA's Heda Bayron reports from our Asia News Ce

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Jamat ud Dawa, formerly Lashkar-e Taiba parading in a Pakistani city (file photo) Pakistan-based Lashkar-e Taiba or LET was for a long time considered a militant group fighting Indian rule of Kashmir. But after Chicago-based American David Headley pl

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Greg Flakus President Bush and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met Monday at Mr. Bush's ranch near Crawford , Texas , where they discussed Iraq and the Middle East in general. Both leaders are backin

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 21 May 2006 Aung San Suu Kyi (2002 photo) Burma's political opposition, the National League for Democracy, is hopeful of progress on democratic reform after the three-day visit o

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Yemen Opposition Rejects Gulf Proposal on Power Transfer Yemen's opposition rejected on Monday a Gulf Arab initiative for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down because the proposal appears to offer him immunity from prosecution, while Saleh himse

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Obama Proposal Could Help US-Russian Ties President Obama chose an iconic Cold War location -- the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin -- to make his new arms control proposal, offering to reduce U.S. nuclear warheads by one third. I intend to seek negotiated

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By Brian Padden Washington, DC 04 May 2006 watch Immigrantion report In the debate over illegal immigration in the United States, the Catholic Church has been a prominent voice in support of immigrant

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I had been stressing out about it for a couple of weeks. How do I ask my girlfriend to marry me? We were getting some dinner at a fast food restaurant before going to the movies. Fiona: Tell me the truth . Whats up with you lately? Doug: Me? Nothing.

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By Erik Silk Gettysburg, PA 13 July 2006 watch Gettysburg Casino report The site of one of the most famous battles in U.S. history is now the focus of another conflict -- over a casino. This is Gettysburg, in the southern part of the U.S. state of P

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How did they ever publish this book? Did they read it before they published it? Did they ever hear of Spell Check? He couldn't believe that they charged $70 for the book. He had circled all the errors with a red pen. So he couldn't return the book. H

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The parties to Zimbabwe's power sharing agreement have failed to agree on the allocation of cabinet posts. Tendai Maphosa reports for VOA from Harare that the opposition says the only option is intervention by the Southern African Development Commun

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By Heda Bayron Cebu, Philippines 09 December 2006 The postponement of the much-heralded Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit has left the people of Cebu disappointed, and in some cases, a bit poorer. Months of preparation in the maj

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OMG! Congratulations to both of you!! How did he pop the question??OMG! 祝贺你们俩啊!!他怎么求的婚啊??

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