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VOA Learning English presents Americas Presidents. Today we are talking about George Walker Bush. He took office in 2001 as the 43rd president. He has a similar name to another president -- his father, George Herbert Walker Bush. To simplify things,
austerity, n 节俭(严格节约,经济紧缩);简朴;艰苦 【例】wartime austerity 战时节俭 【记】au读:诶哟,sterity=sterility(n 不毛之地)-需要节俭 【反】ostentation(n 卖弄,摆阔)
Broadcast: Feb 12,2003 More than 111,000 military reservists around the United States have been plucked out of their civilian lives and called-up to active duty, in support of the U.S. military's 2)
Palestinian fishermen prepare their boat ahead of the expected arrival of a flotilla of hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists trying to sail into the Gaza Strip, in Gaza city, 28 May 2010 A confrontation is looming between the Israeli navy and intern
Gaza Residents Hope Israeli Blockade Will End After Cease-fire The cease-fire between Israel and Hamas-led Gaza has allowed Palestinian fisherman to return to the sea for the first time in more than a week. The catch is small. Israel limits how far G
Jean Thackeray can't forget her brief encounter with a German prisoner-of-war in Utah Time now for StoryCorps, this project has been traveling around the country recording everyday Americans talking about their lives. Today, a story from World War I
Two New Films Examine Trauma of War 两部电影诊查战争伤痛 War, it has often been said, is hell. Less often noted are the ways that hell can continue for soldiers and civilians long after the
Turkish ship Mavi Marmara taking part in the 'Freedom Flotilla' heading towards the Gaza Strip (file photo 28 May 2010) Israel has published its first internal investigation of the deadly raid on an aid flotilla heading to the Palestinian-ruled Gaza
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Monday's raid on ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists brought international criticism of Israel. The ships loaded with aid tried to break a three-year-old Israeli blockade of Gaza. The raid in internati
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 22 January 2008 Israel has allowed a one-day delivery of food and fuel to the Gaza Strip, partially lifting a nearly week-long blockade of the territory. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem bureau. Israeli official
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 07 September 2006 Watch Blockade Lifted report Israel lifted its blockade of Lebanon's airports late Thursday, but in a last-minute decision, decided to wait at least 48 hours before lifting its naval blockade on Lebanese por
AS IT IS 2016-05-29 Confronting the Enemy After Wartime Can Help, and Hurt A new study finds public discussion of a violent civil conflict can harm some victims who have tried to forget the pain they experienced. In a civil war, a man may sometimes f
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 26 June 2007 In eastern India, a two-day strike called by Maoist rebels to protest a government plan to establish special industrial parks on farmland has hit public transportation. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Del
President Barack Obama meets with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, 09 Jun 2010 UN Security Council Calls for Impartial, Credible Investigation of Israeli Boat Raid The United States is consult
One of the issues that arise every year on the anniversary of Japan's unconditional surrender is whether a formal apology will be issued. Like past years, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to adhere to the road of peace and not repeat the
France honours de Gaulle 法国对戴高乐将军表示敬意 President Chirac: Not complacent about World War ll 希拉克:不对二战胜利自鸣得意 President Chirac has opened a new museum dedicated to World War II to mark the 60th anniversary
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 06 September 2006 Israel says it will lift its blockade of Lebanon's air and seaports on Thursday. It is a boost to the fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic militant group Hezbollah. A Lebanese soldier paints c
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has expressed his personal apologies for Japan's wartime crimes during a trip to China. Hatoyama made the remarks during a personal visit to the Nanjing Massacre Museum in the eastern Chinese city of Nanj
模仿文本: Today we go back to 1946 when, after the end of the Second World War, tens of thousands of British and European women set off for a new life with their wartime husbands all over the world. 译文: 今天我们要追溯到1946年,那
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