VOA常速英语2008年-Zimbabwe Election Commission Begins Announcing

By Peta Thornycroft Harare 31 March 2008 Zimbabwe's electoral commission has begun releasing official results from the nation's presidential and legislative elections. The announcement of the preliminary tallies, showing the ruling and main oppositio

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This post is a little different from my usual ones, but I thought you might enjoy these puzzles as much as I did. Before you begin you may want to go over the vocabulary in the list below. Also, please try these without writing anything down or looki

VOA常速英语2008年-Few Turn Up at Many Rural Polling Stations in Z

By Peta Thornycroft Harare 29 March 2008 The polls are closing in Zimbabwe after elections to determine the future of longtime President Robert Mugabe. Peta Thornycroft reports from the capital, Harare, that voting was largely peaceful but few voters

voa标准英语2008-Early Returns Show Tight Race in Ghana President

In Ghana, election officials are counting the votes from Sunday's elections and unofficial returns show that with more than one-third of the constituencies tabulated, two leading candidates are in a tight race for the presidency. Election observers

VOA标准英语2009年-President Takes Early Lead in Malawi Elect

Election officials in Malawi have begun counting the vote from Tuesday's elections. The vote is being praised by observers as orderly and marked by few irregularities. Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika is seeking a second term, 14 May 2009 Elect

TED演讲:大爱无疆 爱本无条件(4)

There are these other identities which you have to learn from a peer group. 还有一些身份认同是你从同龄人群中获得的。 And I call them horizontal identities, 我称它们为水平身份认同， because the peer group is the horizon

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里约奥运将近，准备程度就不评论了....但为了雅思考试，雅思频道还是为大家整理了下奥运会相关词汇，供同学们复习雅思使用，尤其口语考试。以下是详细内容。 Individual Sports 体育项目 g

VOA双语新闻 - 赞总统选举初步点票 反对党领先

Early returns from the presidential election in Zambia indicate opposition leader Michael Sata is ahead with 44 percent of the vote while Acting President Rupiah Banda trails with 34 percent. But observers say that with results in from nearly one-hal

VOA双语新闻 - 赞总统选举反对党以微弱优势领先

In Zambia, opposition leader Michel Sata is maintaining a slim lead over rival, Acting President Rupiah Banda, as vote tabulation continues from Thursday's presidential election. With more than three-fourths of the vote counted, Sata has 40 percent o

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So, it's Ellie. What the fuck? Are you serious? This is a den of testosterone. You can't invite a girl to a place like this! Well, ________1__________. She's not gonna talk about xbox, and I'm gonna be sitting here being like Oh, I have to fart but m

每日一词【1154】transaction：交易

今天我们要学的词是transaction。 Transaction, 交易。 The value and number of transactions in media industry mergers and acquisitions soared in 2010, 2010年传媒产业合并和收购交易的数量和交易总额都大幅攀升。 Facebo

Business Channel 2007-03-02&04

It's the worst one-day sell-off on Wall Street since after the 9/11 attacks. Stock prices plunged today across the board and around the world. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down about 416 points at the closing bell and at one point it fell un

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Mendeleyev used a slightly different approach, placing his elements into groups of seven, but employed fundamentally the same principle. Suddenly the idea seemed brilliant and wondrously perceptive. Because the properties repeated themselves periodic

VOA标准英语2008年-UNITA Concedes Defeat in Angolan Legislative El

In Angola, the opposition UNITA party has accepted defeat in the country's legislative elections, after the electoral commission said that - with nearly 80 percent of the votes counted - the ruling MPLA party was leading with more than 80 percent an

voa标准英语2008年-Zambia Opposition Leader Sata's Lead Narrows as

In Zambia, opposition leader Michel Sata is maintaining a slim lead over rival, Acting President Rupiah Banda, as vote tabulation continues from Thursday's presidential election. With more than three-fourths of the vote counted, Sata has 40 percent

China wins men's team title in gymnastics worlds

TOKYO, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- China won the men's team gold medal of the gymnastics world championships for the fifth time in a row Wednesday, holding off host Japan and the United States, which took the second and third place. China, the 2008 Beijing O

voa标准英语2008年-Zambian Opposition Candidate Leads in Early Ret

Early returns from the presidential election in Zambia indicate opposition leader Michael Sata is ahead with 44 percent of the vote while Acting President Rupiah Banda trails with 34 percent. But observers say that with results in from nearly one-ha

英语词汇学习：如何用英文表达汉字(图)

汉字是由笔画构成的。笔画是书写工具在书写面上的运动，大概有三十种不同类型，有些是基本笔画，有些是复杂笔画。笔画对学习汉字以及书法都有重要作用。下面分别说明。注意，笔画的

VOA双语新闻 - 加纳总统选举难分胜负

In Ghana, election officials are counting the votes from Sunday's elections and unofficial returns show that with more than one-third of the constituencies tabulated, two leading candidates are in a tight race for the presidency. 加纳的选举官员正

第316期:命运就在我们手中

New Words： mediocreadj.普通的; 中等的; 质量中等偏下的; horizontal adj.水平的，卧式的; 地平线的; oblique adj.斜，倾斜的; clench vt.紧握，抓紧; 钉牢; take a tumble美俚恍然大悟; Our destiny is in our own hands