音标:['praim'eidʒid] ;
adj. 成年的,中年的

Italys Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will have to stand trial on charges of paying sex for an underage prostitute. Now under Italian law, sex workers must be aged 18. The prime minister is also accused of abusing the power of his office by interve

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2011年

Norwegian police are questioning the suspected gunman who shot and killed at least 85 people at a youth summer camp hours after he allegedly set off a bomb blast that killed seven people in the capital, Oslo. Police are also investigating the possibi

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(149) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2011年7月

Margaret Thatcher (nee Margaret Roberts) was born in 1925 in England. Her father owned two local grocery stores, which is where she first developed her business sense. The young Margaret had a strict religious upbringing. She studied chemistry and th

发表于:2018-12-29 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 英语名人堂

By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 24 September 2007 Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has apologized to the Japanese public for his abrupt resignation earlier this month. As VOA's Heda Bayron reports from our Asia News Center in Hong Kong, the Liberal Democrat

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(151) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(九月)

我们知道习惯用语不仅为语言增添色彩,而且还推陈出新;它们始终反映时代的变迁。人们爱创造并应用习惯用语,而押韵的那种尤其得到人们的青睐,可能是因为那种习惯用语琅琅上口,容

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(146) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

Australian military personnel and fight jets will begin being deployed to the Middle East this week. Speaking from Arnhem Land Prime Minister Tony Abbott as usual has told the mission has clear and achievable objectives. It's to work with the Iraqi f

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2014年

The FBI has identified the masked Islamic State militant who murdered two American journalists and a British aid worker, the man who has a British accent appeared in the video showing the beheading of the three men. Now the FBI hasn't named the man o

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Leading the news this morning.Support for Kevin Rudd has fallen to a record low in the latest Newspoll(澳大利亚英语专有名词,要大写). Voter dissatisfaction with the prime minister has climbed to 54%, while Tony Abbotts dissatisfacti

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East Timor's international court action against Australia over the rights to lucrative oil and gas fields begins in the Hague later today. Now the case has been overshadowed by ASIO raids on the Canberra lawyer representing East Timor, and aslo on a

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 澳洲ABC新闻快递2013年

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 29 October 2007 The prime minister of Somalia's beleaguered interim government has resigned, following intense international pressure for the leader to step down after three controversial years in office. But as VOA corresponden

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 29 October 2007 Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. VOA'S Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem that Mr. Olmert says his cancer is treatable, and that it will have no effect on his

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

By Alex Villarreal Washington 28 December 2007 Pakistan's former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated. As Alex Villarreal reports, Bhutto will be remembered for her unwavering devotion to democracy and the people

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十二月)

By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 19 October 2007 Somalia's Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi has suggested he might be willing to step aside to avoid a divisive political struggle in parliament. His conciliatory comment came near the end of a th

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

By Steve Herman Thimpu, Bhutan 18 July 2007 Bhutan's prime minister and six other members of his cabinet are set to resign within weeks. Prime Minister Khandu Wangchuk, in a VOA interview, confirmed the decision to step down so that he and others can

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(194) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(七月)

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 16 October 2007 India's Prime Minister has told President Bush that his government is facing problems finalizing a controversial civilian nuclear-energy agreement with the United States. As Anjana Pasricha reports from Ne

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(162) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 07 November 2007 Turkey's prime minister says the Kurdistan Workers Party is an enemy that must be eliminated. He says the international community must be supportive in fighting this terrorist organization. Prime Minister

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(175) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十一月)

On Thursday morning, Australians were surprised to find they had a new Prime Minister. She is Julia Gillard, Australias first woman Prime Minister. On Wednesday, Kevin Rudd was still PM of the Australian Labour government, a position he has held for

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Tomorrow afternoon, the Minister of Finance, Bill English, will read the Budget in Parliament. The Budget tells us how much money the government expects to have next year and how the government plans to spend it. The Prime Minister has already talked

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Another New Zealand SAS soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the second one in a month. He was Lance Corporal Leon Smith, from Wellington, aged in his mid thirties. He is the 4th New Zealand soldier to die in Afghanistan. SAS means Special Air Ser

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Sir Paul Reeves died after a short illness yesterday, aged 78. He was Governor-General of New Zealand from 1985 to 1990, the first Maori Governor-General. There will be a state funeral later this week to honour him. He was an unusual choice for Gover

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