NPR 2012-06-26

Supporters and opponents of the Arizona immigration law are claiming victory in a Supreme Court ruling today. The court said local law enforcement may not arrest illegal immigrants, and the state may not make it a crime for immigrants to work without

NPR 2009-09-27

The Obama administration reportedly plans to tell Iran's government in multinational talks next week that it has three months to open its nuclear facilities to inspectors and answer detailed questions about its disputed nuclear program. The New York

NPR 2010-09-27

US officials are meeting with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators this weekend, hoping to salvage the just resumed peace talks. One complication is that in two hours, a partial moratorium on new Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank will ex

NPR 2009-08-23

Iraqi workers today use huge cranes to put up concrete walls around the Foreign Ministry and other government buildings targeted in suicide truck bombings that killed nearly 100 people three days ago. The move to reinforce Baghdad institutions is a

SSS 2010-05-04

This is Scientific American's Sixty-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got the minute? A couple million years ago, mammoths migrated north from Africa to colonize Eurasia. Sometime around then a massive ice age kicked inand it was stay warm

NPR 2008-09-07

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. Federal regulators are reportedly said to take control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Macat least temporarilyto shore up the mortgage finance firms, which have lost a total of about 14 billion dollars over

NPR 2008-06-09

There has been no let-up in the surge in gasoline prices over the past three weeks. Prices at the pump were up 20 cents a gallon to a new high of four dollars a gallon nationally for self-service regular. Fuel price analyst Jeff Sundstrom with AAA s

NPR 2010-09-08

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley says he will not seek reelection next year. The 68-year-old Daley has been mayor since 1989 following a special election after the death of Mayor Harold Washington. Daley's father, Richard J. Daley, died at age 74 of a

NPR 2010-03-14

A series of explosions including suicide blasts is blamed in at least 27 deaths in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar today. Authorities say more than 50 people are wounded. The biggest attack was on a prison. Officials believe insurgents may have

AP 2011-09-06

1. Tropical storm Lee is drenching New Orleans and Gulf Coast. Bands of heavy rain and strong wind has already knocked out / power to thousands. Forecasters say as much as 15 even 20 inches of rain could fall before the slow moving Lee leaves the are

英文歌曲：AMiR - Oxygen

Grab my hand take one step Come with me no regrets 'Coz we'll fly higher than what you can imagine When your heart is mine, anything can happen You're my baby I know you hear this song No need to worry about us You ain't doing nothing wrong Coz latel

突破托福阅读词汇题的4点建议

Tip 1: 单词记忆 单词记忆主要就是背单词。背单词是很多同学觉得非常痛苦的事情，经常会有学生问怎么背，背了一些又马上忘了另外一些。所以关于如何去背单词，在这里有几点建议： 1、利

音乐咖啡厅:Oxygen--你是我的氧气

凭借在iTunes和MySpace的成功，来自美国加州的流行女歌手科尔比凯拉特（Colbie Caillat）的处女专辑《Coco》一经发行便得到了很多歌迷的关注。在美国上市第一周，这张《Coco》共售出5万1千张，在本周的Billboard 200专辑榜中跻身前五名. 在没有与唱片公司签订合约之前

【荆棘鸟】第二章 12

Well, I told the boys what I'd do to any Cleary who even whimpered when he was caned, and that goes for you, too, Meggie. No matter how hard she beats you, not a whimper. Did you cry today? No, Frank, she yawned, her eyelids drooping and her thumb po

【荆棘鸟】第四章 08

After the bolts of cloth Fee had ordered came on the mail, she sat down at the donated sewing machine and began to make loose dresses in light cotton for herself and Meggie, light trousers and overalls for the men, smocks for Hal, curtains for the wi

【荆棘鸟】第六章 02

大分水岭向东300英里，积雪之厚是多年未见的。但是，自前一个夏天下了一场瓢泼季雨以来，伯伦河口以西滴雨未落。基里的人们都说，天又要早了。干旱不过是推迟了一但它一定会来的，也

【荆棘鸟】第六章 16

And drenching: the administration of medicine through huge syringes rammed down the throat, to rid the sheep of intestinal parasites. For work with the sheep never, never ended; as one job finished it became time for another. They were mustered and g

夏天热成狗？让白鲸来帮你降降温

The young crowd at this aquarium had a novel way of cooling down on the hottest day of the year. 在今年最热的日子里，年轻人在这个水族馆里有了一个新奇的降温方法。 As temperatures hit 93.2F (34C) on the first day after r

翻译语序调整小窍门

英译汉的翻译方法和技巧是建立在英汉两种语言的对比之上的。这两种语言在词汇和句法方面的一些表达手段上各有其特点。语序调整主要指词序、句序两方面的调整。 首先我们谈谈词序的调

AP 2011-09-11

1. Wildfires in central Texas destroyed nearly 800 homes. But firefighters say they have it about 40% contained and expect more progress today. The Forest Service says it is responding to 19 new fires. 2. What remains of Tropical Storm Lee is drenchi