WORDS AND THEIR STORIES(25) - Apple-Pie Order

WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Apple-Pie Order By Broadcast: Sunday, October 17, 2004 Now the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Today, we tell about the expression apple-pie order. It me

美国国家公共电台 NPR 5 Questions About The Law And Trump's Immigration Order

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We are in the midst of an epic few days of the American story. President Donald Trump delivered an order on Friday stopping all refugees and visitors from some countries from entering the United States. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: That

哈利波特与魔法石37-Detention

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2006年VOA标准英语-Homeland Security Secretary Pushes Tighter Bord

By Ernest Leong Washington, DC 30 June 2006 watch Border Security report Border security remains an issue of concern for the Bush administration. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says the government is making much-needed progress. -

VOA慢速英语--离散家庭在美国法庭赢得小小的胜利

Separated Families Win Small Victory from US Court A U.S. federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop immediate deportations of immigrant families. The order, which is enforced until at least July 24, would give families time to decide

Snowden Reporter Not to Keep Silent despite Detention

American journalist Glenn Greenwald responsible for writing many of the stories about the NSA disclosed by Edward Snowden says he will now start publishing material more frequently. The comments come a day after his partner David Miranda was detained

俚语口头禅:A tall order

【句子对照】 Financing your studies may seem like a tall order, but there is plenty of help available. 为你学习提供资金的要求太苛刻了点，不过可以给你很多帮助。 【关键俚语】 a tall order 英：difficult thing to do 中：离谱的要求

英语口语大赢家Topic73:点菜Order

丹尼尔和汤姆中午放学后到餐馆吃午餐，两个小家伙要吃虾球，好像又碰上了好玩的事情，究竟是怎么回事呢？ Listen Read Learn Daniel: Tom, we are in the restaurant now！ Waiter: May I take your order? Daniel: I'd like to see the menu, please. Waiter: OK, her

North Korea Holding 4th US Citizen in Detention

North Korean media says the government is holding another United States citizen. The official Korean Central News Agency said Kim Hak Song was detained on Saturday for suspected hostile acts. Kim worked at the Pyongyang University of Science and Tech

Trump Signs Order to End Family Separation Policy

United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to end the process of separating children from families that have crossed into the country illegally. The executive order marks a major change for the president and his administ

VOA常速英语2007年-US Criticizes Vietnamese Detention of US Citize

By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 11 December 2007 Vietnam has been holding four Vietnamese-born American citizens since late November, accusing them of terrorism. The U.S. ambassador to Hanoi has criticized Vietnam's conduct in holding the U.S. citizens. Mat

美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-09-07

This is VOA News Minute. Protesters gathered outside Kentucky Detention Center in support of Tonifer Kim Davis who's deliberated ignoring the court's order to issue marriage licences to gay couple. US supreme court judge David Bunning , he said he wo

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Father, A Husband, An Immigrant: Detained And Facing Deportation

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: In the year that President Trump has been in office, immigration has defined his political platform from the first day of his campaign to this week's government shutdown. And the numbers show that he has made some dramatic ch

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump's Migrant Family Policy Now Moves To The Courts

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The controversy over the Trump administration's policy - now reversed - to separate migrant families has now shifted to the courts. On Thursday, the Department of Justice asked a federal judge in California to change limits on th

Lindsay Lohan begins house detention

LOS ANGELES, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Actress Lindsay Lohan began her 35 days of house arrest after turning herself in at a Lynwood detention center early Thursday morning, authorities said. The 24-year-old star went home to begin her court-ordered house a

中国首部反家暴法今起实施

Figures from China Law Society show about one-third of Chinese families have dealt with some form of domestic violence. More than 90-percent of the reported cases involve the abuse of women, children and the elderly. One-in-four Chinese women have su

美国习惯用语:392 put one's house in order...

我们今天要学两个习惯用语有共同的关键词：house。大家知道house是房子。我们要学的第一个习惯用语是：put one's house in order。 Put one's house in order从字面来看是整理自己的住房，但是习惯用语

China to lodge representations to Japan over nationals' detention

BEIJING, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Foreign Ministry is contacting the Japanese side to lodge representations over the detention of five Chinese nationals on the Diaoyu Islands, according to an announcement from the ministry on Wednesday. Japan

2016年CRI China's First Anti-domestic Violence Law Takes Effect

Figures from China Law Society show about one-third of Chinese families have dealt with some form of domestic violence. More than 90-percent of the reported cases involve the abuse of women, children and the elderly. One-in-four Chinese women have su

热门单词：“人身保护令”用英文怎么说？

长期以来，家庭暴力在我国一直属于较为复杂的社会问题，因为传统观念认为，家暴是私事，所谓清官难断家务事，外人不便干预。但近日，我国起草关于建立人身保护令(restraining orders)制度的