On the day known to most Americans as tax day, the annual deadline for filing federal income tax returns, President Barack Obama defended his tax policies and promised his administration would rewrite what he called the monstrous US tax code. Weve pa

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Anti-US Protests in Japan Show Opposition to Abe's Policies 日本反美抗议频发 民众反安倍政府势力猛增 Recent anti-American protests in Japan are a sign of growing disapproval of Prime Minister Shinzo Abes military policies. Last week

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A majority of Americans now say the United States needs a third major party, according to a poll issued last Friday. 据上周五发布的一份民调显示,大多数美国人现在都认为美国需要第三个政党。 Currently, 57 percent of Am

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The World Food Program warns hundreds of thousands of people, trapped by fighting in the northeastern Sri Lankan region of Vanni, are facing a food crisis. The Sri Lankan government is pressing its military campaign against the Tamil Tiger rebels in

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Mexicans wearing period costumes re-enact the battle of Puebla, in Mexico City May 5, 2015. The battle marked the defeat of French forces by Mexican troops and local Indians in the central state of Puebla in 1862. During the re-enactment, participant

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The UK has voted by 52% to 48% to leave the European Union after 43 years in an historic referendum. 在加入欧盟43年之后,英国最终以52%对48%的投票结果宣布脱离欧盟。 London and Scotland voted strongly to stay in the EU but th

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South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn was stranded inside his car for hours last Friday, surrounded by an angry mob opposing the deployment of an advanced missile defense system in Seongju county in the country's south. 韩国总理黄教安上周五

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今天我们要学的词是Main Street。 Main Street, 在美国,不论大城市还是小城镇,通常会有一条主街叫 Main Street. 如今说起Main Street,一般泛指普通民众、工薪阶层和小企业主的利益,相对于Wall Str

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By CCTV reporter Qi Wei Wednesday is the traditional Chinese Laba Festival, celebrated on the 8th day of the last month of the Chinese lunar calendar. The event reminds people that the Spring Festival is just around the corner and is a day when eatin

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今天我们要学的词是standing。 Standing, 做为名词,有地位的意思。星期三是美国总统奥巴马就职一周年。一年前,他的民众支持率高达67%。可如今,The latest Gallup poll puts his standing at 50%, 最新盖洛

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Crowds protested in Soma over the coal explosion accident, right before Turkeys prime minister held a press conference to address the issue. Earlier our correspondent Michal Bardavid brought us the details from the ground.

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The People 民众 The people means a large number of men, women and children in the same country. 民众是指同一个国家的男女老少。 Therefore the country protects the people. 因此国家保护着它的民众。 It provides plenty of publ

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The international Paralympic committee has banned Russia from competing in next month's game in Rio because of what it called the country's state sponsored doping program. The Russian sports minister says the decision is beyond common sense. The Turk

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Turkey and the Kurds 土耳其和库尔德人 Hunger and thirst 饥饿和干渴 A hunger strike causes new tension between Turkey and its Kurds 绝食抗议引发土耳其和库尔德人间新的紧张局势 What happens if they start dying? The ques

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Thousands of protesters gathered in downtown Tokyo to call for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to resign and for a law allowing the military to fight overseas to be overturned, as an election for parliament's upper house draws near. 随着日本参议院的选

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A majority of the country thinks it's time for Donald Trump to log off, and never tweet - at least not from his personal Twitter account. 美国多数民众认为是时候让特朗普注销推特账号,别再发帖了--至少不在其私人账号上发

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Germany is asking its citizens for the first time after the Cold War to stockpile enough food and water for ten days as a precaution against possible terrorist attacks. 为预防可能发生的恐怖袭击,德国自冷战结束后首次要求民众储

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama promised Wednesday to respond to Ebola in a much more aggressive way, hours after a second nurse in Texas who tested positive for the disease earlier in the day was found to have taken a fli

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Anti-government protesters marched through downtown Seoul on Saturday, demanding South Korean President Park Geun-hye's apology for cracking down on a protest last month when farm and labor activists clashed with police. 周六,反政府示威人员在

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HARI SREENIVASAN: Let's turn our focus out West to Northern California, where rain and flooding have wreaked havoc on a once-drought-stricken region. Officials in San Jose ordered some 14,000 people to evacuate overnight. Floodwaters did stabilize to

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