U.S. lawmakers returned to work on Monday, after midterm elections that shook the political landscape in favor of Republicans. Members of Congress have a lot of unfinished business to take care of in the remaining weeks of this year, including fundin

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(38) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(十一)月

Remarks by the President On Earmark Reform Room 350 Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building 11:23 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I ran for President pledging to change the way business is done in Washington and build a government that

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By Paul Sisco Washington 05 September 2007 The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is entering an exciting new era of ocean research. A massive grant from the National Science Foundation is expected to change the way ocean science is done, and grea

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今天我们要学的词是earmark。 Earmark, 一般是指经过美国国会批准的专用款项。 The Senate voted to keep thousands of earmarks in a spending bill on Tuesday, 参议院星期二投票决定保留支出议案中数千项专用开支

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Earmark(专项拨款)的来历 读新闻读出了这个单词,随即脑子里闪出一个大问号为什么ear(耳朵)+ mark(记号)=专项拨款?翻查辞源,恍然大悟,故事原来挺简单。 早在农耕时代,牲畜可是各

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