VOA标准英语2011--Pennsylvania Man Gets Into Halloween in a Big Way

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US Presidential Candidates Woo Iowa Voters Ahead of Key Vote

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South Korean Wedding Companies Woo Rich Chinese

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VOA标准英语2011--As Caucus Nears, Republican Candidates Woo Iowa Voters

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2007年VOA标准英语-State Governor Candidates Try to Woo Voters in

By Sarah Simpson Lagos 13 April 2007 Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, is preparing to go to the polls for the first in a series of crucial elections. First up are elections on Saturday for state governors. In the commercial capital of Lagos ca

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The government of Niger is expecting a big turn out for Tuesday's referendum on changing the constitution to allow the president to run for a third term. Niger's parliament and constitutional court were both dissolved after opposing the move. Prime

美国国家公共电台 NPR Denver Failed To Land Boeing. Now It's Using Lifestyle To Woo Amazon

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Across the country, hundreds of cities are making their pitch to Amazon. City officials have until Thursday to convince Amazon to open their second headquarters in their town. At stake - potentially 50,000 jobs and $5 billion wor

美国国家公共电台 NPR Generation Z May Not Want To Own Cars. Can Automakers Woo Them In Other Ways?

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Next, we're going to meet some kids who are already shaping the economy. Generation Z is the generation after millennials. Their oldest members are just starting college. They have tons of buying power - in the billions of dollar

美国国家公共电台 NPR China And Brazil Woo Each Other With Soccer Power

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to our series on China's growing influence in the world. That influence is felt particularly strongly in Latin America, where Chinese investments are growing rapidly. It's often said that Brazil provides the food on China's d

英语博客：Woosh and splash.

One of the things that we enjoyed most about our vacation this Summer was the beach. I've always been an inland person; I love forests and mountains. However, this Summer we were in very beachy places. It was the first time that I had been on the Cos

2006年VOA标准英语-Abbas Calls Referendum in Major Challenge to Ha

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 10 June 2006 Mahmoud Abbas during a press conference at his headquarters in Ramallah, June 10, 2006 Moderate Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has called a referendum on a two-state solution, in a major challenge to the new

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By David Gollust Washington 12 January 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Thursday expressed strong U.S. support for the European move to take the issue of Iran's nuclear program to the U.N. Sec

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By Peter Fedynsky / Bill Rodgers Washington, D.C. 07 November 2006 watch Election Day report Voting is underway in the United States in a midterm election widely seen as a referendum on President Bush. The balloting will determine if Mr. Bush's Repu

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学个词Learn a Word 第578期 Referendum

今天我们要学的词是referendum。 Referendum, 是全民公决的意思。纽约市长布隆伯格希望能竞选连任第三届市长，但是目前的规定是，市长最多只能连任两届。 A recent poll showed that 89 % of voters say t

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Maybe you received a paper in your letter box about a referendum. This is telling you about a vote in August. It is not a vote for a person. It is a vote about a question and you vote by post. The question is: Should a smack as part of good parental

新西兰英语 185 Referendum on MMP

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CCTV9英语新闻：Britain changes China visa rules to woo tourists

Britain will try to encourage high-spending Chinese tourists to visit the country by introducing a two-year multiple-entry visa. The UK government said the visa rules changes are looking to cash in on the expanding wealth of China's middle classes. C

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Representatives from a total of 61 Thai hotels, travel companies, airline companies, theme parks and other recreational venues have gathered in Beijing for a consultation titled amazing Thailand. They aim to promote four tourism products to Chinese t