新西兰英语 811 Enrol to vote

To vote in the .local body elections this year, you must enrol. If you are 18 years old or older, if you are a New Zealand citizen or a Permanent Resident, and if you have lived in New Zealand continuously for more than one year, you must enrol as a

新西兰英语 820 Local Body Elections

Local body organisations are city or district councils, local or community boards, regional councils and District Health Boards. Different areas have different local body organisations. District Health Boards are responsible for hospitals in your are

Winter Rains Bring Attention to Los Angeles River

Its time for spring-cleaning in Los Angeles. Usually that term relates to housekeeping: throwing away unwanted items, organizing closets, and washing places that have become dirty over the winter. But in this case, we are talking about the massive pr

VOA慢速英语-Agriculture Report - Locavores Like Their Food Close

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A locavore is someone who eats foods produced locally. Locavores usually define local as within one hundred sixty kilometers. This new term grew out of a reaction to the long distances that food no

【美国总统电台演说】2007-08-18

In recent months, American and Iraqi forces have struck powerful blows against al Qaeda terrorists and violent extremists in Anbar and other provinces. In recent days, our troops and Iraqi allies launched a new offensive called Phantom Strike. In th

2006年VOA标准英语-Texas Town Votes to Restrict Access for Illegal

By Greg Flakus Houston 14 November 2006 Demonstrators protest immigration restrictions in Farmer's Branch, Texas Angry protests have erupted in the Dallas, Texas, suburb of Farmers Branch after the local city council on Monday voted to make English

英语听力：VOA双语新闻—美国城市小区咨询委员会为居民谋利

When the District of Columbia swore in its newly-elected mayor and council in January, about 300 ordinary Washingtonians also took an oath as representatives of local citizens groups called Advisory Neighborhood Commissions - or ANCs. Each ANC is mad

我国央地财政事权和支出责任划分改革即将开启

The State Council clarified the fiscal powers of central and local governments in a guideline issued on Wednesday. 国务院周三发布指导意见，明确了中央和地方政府的财政事权。 It was the latest move in an effort to reform mone

新西兰英语 358 New Auckland City

The new Auckland City came into existence today with early morning celebrations. Celebrations continued when the new mayor, Len Brown, and 20 councillors were sworn in this evening. The new council will meet tomorrow morning at 9am, ready for busines

新西兰英语 124 New Auckland Super-City

Auckland has 1.4 million people and eight councils. Cities the same size in other parts of the world have only one council. A Royal Commission of three people has had the job of deciding what to do about Aucklands seven local councils and one regiona

瑞士国会议员再次拒绝美国的税收法案

瑞士国会议员再次拒绝美国的税收法案 GENEVA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Switzerland's National Council (lower house) rejected on Wednesday a draft law that would have allowed Swiss banks to cooperate with the United States and hand over confi

Obama Speaks to Jobs Council

President Obama on Thursday presided over the first meeting of his new Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. During a more than hour long session（会议,开庭）, Mr. Obama told its members they have an important mission to help build American's co

新西兰英语 129 Auckland Super-City Changes

Just two weeks ago, the Royal Commission recommended that Auckland should have one City Council for the whole of Auckland instead of eight smaller councils. See March 27th 2009. Today the government agreed that there should be just one council of 20

VOA常速英语2007-UN Security Council Says Terrorists, Drugs Still

By Mona Ghuneim New York 15 October 2007 The United Nations Security Council says terrorism and the drug trade in Afghanistan continue to undermine peace and stability. From VOA's New York Bureau, Mona Ghuneim reports. Head of the U.N. mission in Afg

美语听力 English Cafe 363

Topics: Cigarette advertising and cigarette icons; how local government works; to assist in versus to assist with; calf versus cub; to hold forth Words: cigarette to sponsor slogan catchy icon rugged detrimental explicit county mayor city council jur

经济学人:威尔士政治 独立日(1)

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新西兰英语 347 Election results

The most interesting result of the local body elections was the election of the Auckland mayor, Len Brown. He won with 221,000 votes while John Banks got 161,000. Len Brown had been the mayor of Manukau in South Auckland. Now eight councils have beco

US Calls Arctic Council Meeting 'Historic'

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to join fellow foreign ministers from the eight-nation Arctic Council on Thursday in Greenland's capital, Nuuk, for a meeting on polar region issues, including the receding Arctic ice cap. The meeti

新西兰英语 343 Local Body Elections

Who are those faces that we see in bill boards all around our town or city? These are people who want to represent you on the council, or community board, or hospital board. Every three years, we have a chance to vote for the people we want on these

新西兰英语 435 Christchurch City Council wants ideas

Christchurch City Council held a forum this weekend to ask for ideas about re-building the city after the 6.3 earthquake February 22nd. The forum was held in a large indoor stadium. Inside the entrance was some information about Christchurch city whe