NPR 2010-01-07

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein. The man accused of the deadly shooting at Washington's Holocaust Museum in June has died. 89-year-old James von Brunn died today at the federal prison in North Carolina. The self-declared white supremac

英语大赢家 下册 188.Scene 7.Topic 4飞行事故 Air Accident

Listen Read Learn Every year, some place in the world, an accident involving an airplane occurs. These accidents are painful because of great numbers of passengers that they carry. Although these are few in number, a great, many people die when even

Deadlock Continues Over Choice for Interim Iraqi President

Stephanie Ho Iraqi, American and U.N. officials are deadlocked over who should be president in the interim Iraqi government that will take over the country June 30. Meanwhile, continuing violence clai

NPR 2010-04-15

President Obama has met with the bipartisan leadership of Congress at the White House. They discussed financial re-regulation legislation. As NPRs Mara Liasson reports, the parties sound as though they are moving farther apart, not closer together on

VOA标准英语2010年-Guinea Interim Government Could Help S

Regional diplomats say Guinea's new transitional government should keep to its timetable to organize elections within six months. That could help stabilize a region still recovering from conflict in Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. The African

中国2017年国防预算逾1万亿元

According to the budget plan, China will spend 1.0443 trillion yuan in defense spending in 2017, a 7% increase from the actual spending of last year, said an unnamed official from the Ministry of Finance. 一名未透露姓名的财政部官员日前声

Shanghai overhauls fire prevention after deadly blaze

SHANGHAI, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Shanghai municipal government has ordered an overhaul of fire prevention measures across the city after a market fire left five people dead and 14 others injured on Sunday night. The government demanded a special camp

Egypt Interim Leaders Outlines Election Timetable

Egypt's Muslim brotherhood has rejected a timetable for new elections laid out by the interim President. Senior officials of the Brotherhood Essam al-Erian says the plan for a vote early next year brings the country back to square one. In a bid to ca

Iraqi Leaders Hail Signing of Interim Constitution as Histor

Iraqi Leaders Hail Signing of Interim Constitution as Historic Kerry Sheridan Iraq's interim leaders signed a new temporary constitution Friday, hailing the document as historic and one that reflects

英语口语大赢家Topic188:飞行事故 Air Accident

每年，在世界的某些地方都会发生飞行事故。 Listen Read Learn Every year, some place in the world, an accident involving an airplane occurs. These accidents are painful because of great numbers of passengers that they carry. Although these are few in n

双语有声阅读:EU overhauls aid system 欧盟将彻底改革

EU overhauls aid system 欧盟将彻底改革其援助计划 European aid too often arrives too late 欧盟援助总是姗姗来迟 The European Commission is to radically overhaul the way it runs its vast foreign aid programme after years of ineffic

VOA标准英语2010-Kyrgyz Interim Government Has Backing of

Interim Kyrgyz leader Roza Otunbayeva meets with petitioners from a rural village inside the Defense Ministry in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, which is her temporary office, 12 Apr 2010 Kyrgyzstan's interim government is trying to cut a deal with the country'

Tunisian interim government to convene first meeting Thursda

TUNIS, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Tunisian interim（临时的） government, born on Monday, is expected to convene its first meeting Thursday, amid protests against the make-up of the national unity cabinet, state TV reported Wednesday. The meeting, t

VOA标准英语2010-Kyrgyzstan Opposition Forms Interim Gover

Former foreign minister Roza Otunbayeva says Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov has resigned, parliament has been dissolved, and she will lead the new government. Jessica Golloher | Moscow 08 April 2010 Opposition leader Roza Otunbayeva gesture during a n

VOA常速英语2007年-Tensions of Interim Trade Agreements Weigh on A

By Scott Bobb Lisbon 07 December 2007 African and European leaders are in Portugal to forge a more balanced relationship between the two continents and one of the major topics of discussion is trade. But the trade talks have been soured by tensions o

China's production safety improves in past decade

BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Production safety in China has seen continuous improvement over the past decade, with decreasing numbers of both workplace accidents and deaths, an official said Tuesday. Huang Yi, spokesman for the State Administration o

《纽约时报》详解：希腊经济危机始末

How did Greece get to this point? 希腊如何落到今天这般田地？ Greece became the epicenter of Europes debt crisis after Wall Street imploded in 2008. With global financial markets still reeling, Greece announced in October 2009 that it had

希腊面临被踢出申根区威胁

The EU is warning Greece it faces suspension from the Schengen passport-free travel zone unless it overhauls its migration crisis response by mid-December, as frustration mounts over Athens reluctance to accept outside support. 欧盟警告希腊，该

Tunisia interim president, PM quit ruling party

TUNIS, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian interim president Foued Mebazaa and Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi quit Tunisia's ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally party (RCD) Tuesday, official TAP news agency reported. The move is in implementation（实

学个词Learn a Word 第1540-interim

今天我们要学的词是interim. Interim is spelled i-n-t-e-r-i-m, interim. Interim 做为形容词，意思是临时的。比如，interim government 临时政府。再比如，The two sides reached an interim agreement that will last for 30 days