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A man who used a chainsaw to fight off an attacking mountain lion. Dustin Britton was camping in Wyoming with his wife and two toddlers. The ex-marine alone, cutting firewood about 100 feet from his campsite when he saw the beast staring at him throu

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Every state has a law mandating these buffer zones outside polling places where there can't be any campaigning at all, and these are laws the Supreme Court has long upheld. And today, the court is tackling similar, maybe even stri

VOA常速英语2008年-Few Turn Up at Many Rural Polling Stations in Z

By Peta Thornycroft Harare 29 March 2008 The polls are closing in Zimbabwe after elections to determine the future of longtime President Robert Mugabe. Peta Thornycroft reports from the capital, Harare, that voting was largely peaceful but few voters

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BAMAKO, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- The second round vote of Mali's presidential election ended at 18:00 local time on Sunday with positive evaluation in general though technical faults are noted by observers and small incidents are reported in Bamako, the c

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A: Are you planning on voting? B: Yes. Are you? A: I will be voting tomorrow. B: Whats your polling place? A: My polling place is at the park up the street. B: Oh, yeah? A: Yeah, where is yours? B: I dont know. A: How is it you dont know? B: The loca

英语情景对话：Polling Place(1)

A: Are you voting tomorrow? B: Of course. What about you? A: You know that I am. B: Where is your polling place? A: Its at the park up the street. B: Oh, is that right? A: Wheres your polling place? B: I have no idea. A: How come you dont know where

英语情景对话：Polling Place(2)

A: Are you going to vote tomorrow? B: I sure am. How about you? A: I am. B: Do you know where your polling place is? A: My polling place is up the street at the park. B: Oh, really? A: Wheres yours at? B: Im not sure. A: You should know that already.

英语情景对话：Working at the Polling Place(3)

A: Are you leaving? B: Im going to work. A: You have a job? B: Im going to work at the polling place. A: Youre working there this year? B: I work there every year. A: How are you able to work at the polling place? B: I applied for the job online. A:

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今天我们要学的词儿是Priority。 Priority是优先的意思。萨尔科齐当选法国新总统后，媒体报道说，He said the issue of climate change would be a priority for France. 意思是说萨尔科齐表示，气候变化的问题是

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ABUJA, NIGERIAMillions of Nigerians turned out to choose a new president Saturday, but technical problems with a new computerized anti-fraud system caused delays and long lines and prompted officials to extend voting into Sunday. It was unclear how w

英国人脱欧后开始“后悔”了

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Petraeus says capturing bin Laden still priority

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Capturing or killing al-Qaida mastermind Osama bin Laden（奥萨马本拉登） is still a priority for the United States, David Petraeus, the general who commands all U.S. forces in Afghanistan, was quoted as saying

VOA常速英语2007年-Polling Propels Political Process

By Jeffrey Young Washington 07 November 2007 Every presidential aspirant uses opinion polling data to shape his or her campaign in the quest for the White House. In this segment of How America Elects , VOA's Jeffrey Young looks at the vital role of p

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天我们要学的词儿是Priority。 n. (时间、顺序上的)先, 前 优先, 重点; 优先权 上席, 上位 优先配给; 优先考虑的事 次序; 轻重缓急 【数】优先级; 优先 establish an order of priority 按重要性确定...的次

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