The first woman who publicly accused the nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court of a sexual attack spoke at a public hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Brett Kavanaugh, the nominee, has strongly denied the charges. Christine Blasey Ford said t

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(38) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(九)月

US Holds Elections on November 6 On Tuesday, November 6, Americans will choose hundreds of federal lawmakers and state officials. The election is called the midterm because it comes in the middle of the presidents four-year term. But even though the

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Russia's initial euphoria when Trump took office is fading after Flynn's resignation and Trump's call for Russia to return Crimea to Ukraine. Russia considered Flynn key to promoting improved relations with the United States. 特朗普的上任给俄罗

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US Lawmakers Seek to Permit Religious Head Coverings in Congress For almost 200 years, the House of Representatives part of the United States Congress has barred lawmakers from wearing hats. But this year, voters in Minnesota elected Ilhan Omar to re

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US Lawmakers Begin Hearing on New Supreme Court Candidate United States lawmakers began a hearing today on a new candidate for the Supreme Court. President Donald Trump has nominated Brett Kavanaugh to replace Anthony Kennedy, who retired earlier thi

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Broadcast: Jan 30 2003 President Bush's proposal to Congress to devote $15 billion to the fight against AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean has been welcomed by lawmakers on Capitol Hill. But some are as

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Greece's debt crisis has shaken investors in the United States and worldwide. They worry that it could spread far beyond Greece. On Thursday, a day after huge protests in Athens, the Greek parliament

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AS IT IS 2016-03-12 Obama Invites Lawmakers On Cuba Trip 奥巴马邀请两党议员同访古巴 Democratic and Republican lawmakers will join President Barack Obama on his trip to Cuba later in March. Obama invited members of both the Republican Par

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At Least 12 Dead in Attack on French Newspaper 法国报社遭袭击,至少12人死亡 Now, the news, from VOA Learning English. At least 12 people were killed in an attack on the Paris offices of a French newspaper Wednesday. Witnesses say at least

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US Lawmakers Hear from Kony-LRA Victims Abducted by the LRA at age 12, Jacob Acaye put a human face on the misery and suffering perpetrated by Joseph Kony. We worry. The rebels, when they arrest us again, they will kill us. My brother tried to escape

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US Arms to Syrian Rebels Held Up As Syrian government forces make gains on the ground, the limited lethal aid U.S. President Barack Obama promised the opposition has yet to be sent - almost a month after his announcement. The issue seems to be Congre

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On a day of new insurgent attacks in Iraq, with at least 40 people killed, members of the U.S. Senate spoke out on the war on American television. They offered differing assessments of the situation on the ground. 在伊拉克,激进分子发动的新

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US Census Decides How Many Lawmakers to Send to Congress The United States Congress is supposed to represent the U.S. population. Yet the number of people who live in the country keeps changing. 美国国会应该代表着美国的人口。然而,居

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今天我们要学的词是 boycott. To boycott意思是抵制。Two prominent black lawmakers refused to attend the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum to boycott President Trump's presence. 为抵制川普的出席,两位著名非洲裔美

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206 瓦西德推迟与议会对质日期 Wahid Postpones Confrontation with Parliament Patricia Nunan Jakarta 20 Jul 2001 10:09 UTC Indonesia's president appears to be backing off plans to declare a s

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President Barack Obama waves as he walks away from the podium during his visit to Oasis Mechanical Contractors, in Lanham, Md., 05 Feb 2010, after meeting with small business leaders President Barack Obama says Friday's mixed news on U.S. unemploymen

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今天我们要学的词是breathing room。 Breathing room意思是喘息的机会。The troops pushed forward with the assault and did not give the enemy any breathing room, 部队继续推进攻势,不给敌人留下丝毫喘息的机会。 美国

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Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling for more to be done to eliminate poverty, particularly in areas which is home to the country's ethnic minorities. The comments have been made while Xi Jinping was sitting down with lawmakers from Guangxi at the

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今天我们要学的词是 split. Split is spelled s-p-l-i-t, split. Split 做为形容词,有劈开的,裂开的意思。比如,Lawmakers are split along party lines on the proposal. 对于这项提案,立法人员的态度按党派分成两个

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今天我们要学的词是skeptical。 Skeptical, 是怀疑的意思。虽然现在股市时有回升, Experts say investors should remain skeptical of temporary rallies, 但是专家建议投资者对市场的暂时回升持谨慎态度。白宫和

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