The Obama administration is making some changes after finding out that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is far bigger than initially thought. Up to 19,000 barrels of crude have spilled each day in the last month, surpassing the Exxon Valdez disast

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

The top US commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, is in hot water with the White House for some derogatory comments he made during an interview for a magazine article. The remarks were controversial enough to have him summoned to the W

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ISLAMABAD: As a verbal duel between Pakistan and India heats up in the backdrop of escalation of violence in the disputed region of Kashmir, Islamabad on Tuesday renewed its proposal for a bilateral agreement for a moratorium on testing of nuclear de

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(26) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Small amount of oil has hit the beaches, the tip of iceberg, so to say, but the beaches are just one part of the economic equation. CNN's Reynolds Wolf live in Pass Christian, Mississippi this morning. Reynolds? I'll tell you, just moments ago we wer

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发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 单词解析速记

In a move praised by gay-rights advocates, a federal judge in California has issued an injunction to keep the Obama administration from enforcing the Dont Ask, Dont Tell policy, which bars gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. NPRs C

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年NPR美国国家公共电台10月

A rescue plan to cap a blown-out well deep in the Gulf of Mexico is stalled. BP is using undersea robots to free a saw that got stuck while it was cutting through a pipe on the wellhead assembly. The goal is to at least contain the oil spill. With an

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年NPR美国国家公共电台6月

BP is close to putting a new cap on the damaged well that's been spewing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf since April's rig explosion. NPR's Richard Harris tells us the new cap has valves that might be able to stop the flow. The new cap could

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年NPR美国国家公共电台7月

Middle East peace talks remain in crisis after a decision by the Palestinian leadership. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gathered leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the West Bank to discuss Israel's decision to end a 10-month mor

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(30) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(十)月

Hello, I'm Naamua Delaney at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. President Bush is calling on Congress to take immediate action that he claims will lower gas prices. The president says he wants an immediate

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 商业报道2008年(六)月

Banyan 菩提 The finitude of forests 森林禁令 A scheme to save the worlds rainforests still seems too good to be true 拯救全球热带雨林的计划仍然很难落实 AS THE heavens open, the canopy offers scant protection from the downpour,

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Connecticut will be the 17th state to abolish the death penalty and the fifth to do so in the past five years. Nor is it likely to be the last: other states are reconsidering capital punishment. Repeal bills have been proposed in a number of states,

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

背诵GRE词汇的时候,不仅要背诵下来,也要将这些词汇的意思及用法同时记忆下来。在背诵的时候,对于同类型或者意义相近的词汇,做到辨析和掌握的话,就会对GRE考试更加有利。下面就为

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By Robert Raffaele Washington 19 December 2007 The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty with the ultimate goal of abolishing the practice. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(31) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十二月)

今天我们要学的词是moratorium。 Moratorium, 是暂停的意思。 A ten-year moratorium on nuclear testing, 就是十年暂停核实验。 Rights group Amnesty International asked India, South Korea and Taiwan to establish a moratorium on th

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

1. A smooth ride to the outside world. That's what Chilean officials expect to start late Tuesday for the first of 33 trapped miners. Officials say the first trapped miner is expected to reach the surface late Tuesday. The miners have survived more t

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(十月)

今天我们要学的词是moratorium。 Moratorium, 是暂停的意思。 A ten-year moratorium on nuclear testing, 就是十年暂停核实验。 Rights group Amnesty International asked India, South Korea and Taiwan to establish a moratorium on th

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By Victoria Cavaliere New York 11 October 2007 A coalition of 60 non-governmental organizations is urging the United Nations to adopt a resolution that calls for a global moratorium on the death penalty. Victoria Cavaliere reports from VOA's New York

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We can't all be rich. Why not learn how to be a poser like the rest of us? Here are some tips and tricks sure to make you look and sound richer even if you're broke like the rest of us. Follow the suggestions below and look rich like the rest of us.

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(27) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

A two-year moratorium on the burning of forest lands in Indonesia, that was supposed to start at the beginning of the year, is still on hold. The ban is part of a one billion-dollar deal with Norway to reduce greenhouse gas emissions(排放) that som

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻