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VOA标准英语2011--Obama Signs Compromise Debt Ceiling Bill

Obama Signs Compromise Debt Ceiling Bill President Barack Obama has signed legislation Tuesday to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, averting a potential government default only hours before the deadline. The president called the bill an important first st

双语有声阅读:Cloze: Stingers of the Sea 海中“刺”客

Cloze: Stingers of the Sea 海中刺客 ── 水母 Given impressive-sounding names like Portuguese man-of-war, jellyfish are certainly respected and feared by humans. Not exactly a fish, and lacking a spine, this creature has a single body cavity

英语语法：133 When to Use a Comma with “Too”

Grammar Girl here. Today guest-writer Bonnie Trenga is going to tell us how one little comma can change the meaning of a sentence. Should we write, He has the ball too with no comma or He has the ball, too? Well, you can write the sentence either way

英语语法：118 Comma Splice

By Mignon Fogarty I decided to write about comma splices because my friend Scott Sigler has a book coming out this week, Ancestor, published by Crown. Over three years ago, when he was publishing an earlier version of the book with a smaller publishe

英语语法：130 Serial Comma

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is the serial comma. Here's a listener: Hi, Grammar Girl. This is Patti from Houston... Patti and her friends are debating about the serial commathe comma that comes before the final conjunction in a list. Here's a se

中英翻唱:Le temps des fleurs 花样年华

Le temps des fleurs 花样年华 演唱者：Dalida 首Le temps des fleurs直接说起来就是花季，译得再正点一点有人译花样年华的。当然，似乎还有更广泛的一种译法叫逝去的美好时光，这个名字感很觉好吧，

2007年VOA标准英语-Obama, Romney to Formally Enter US Presidential

By Jim Malone Washington 09 February 2007 Two more presidential candidates, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, will formally announce their entry into the 2008 race for the White House over the next few days. VOA National corresponden

2006年VOA标准英语-Women's Commission Aims to Combat Violence

By Barbara Schoetzau New York 14 March 2006 The non-profit Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children has introduced a series of recommendations to significantly reduce incidents of violence ag

2007年VOA标准英语-Vietnam Communists Dominate Election Results

By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 29 May 2007 Communist Party candidates have been elected to more than 90 percent of the seats in Vietnam's National Assembly. The government announced the results of the May 20 election on Tuesday. Matt Steinglass reports fro

2006年VOA标准英语- Wednesday's Palestinian Elections Too Clo

By Jim Teeple Ramallah 23 January 2006 Politicians in the Palestinian territories wrapped up final day of campaigning Monday, ahead of crucial vote Wednesday to elect new legislature Politicians in th

2007年VOA标准英语-Uganda Commander in Somalia Urges Speedy Deploy

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 22 March 2007 Following a day of heavy fighting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, the Ugandan commander of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia is urging several African countries, who have pledged to contribute tr

VOA标准英语2008年-Obama Calls for End to US Combat Role in Iraq b

Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama continued his tour of the Middle East Tuesday with a stop in Jordan. The situation in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Middle East peace process topped the agenda, as we hear from Robert Berger in the Jord

VOA标准英语2010年-Iconic Cyclo Disappearing From Phnom P

Oum Sok began working as a cyclo driver when he was 18. He says the city has become very expensive over the years, making it much harder to earn a living. New York has its yellow cab. London has its red bus. But Phnom Penh has its cyclo - a three-whe

VOA标准英语2010年-US: Direct Mideast Talks Deal Very Clo

The State Department said Thursday an agreement for the start of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians is close to completion. The deal will apparently be sealed by statements from the United States and the International Middle East

VOA标准英语2011--Obama: Education Key to US Competitivene

President Obama used a visit to the U.S. West coast this week to highlight the importance of improving education standards to ensure future U.S. competitiveness. He met with leaders of American technology companies, and visited high-tech facilities a

VOA标准英语2009年-North Korea Requests Rare Meeting With UN Comma

North Korea has met for the first time in years with senior officers in the United Nations Command that monitors the heavily armed border dividing the Korean peninsula. The meeting comes days before the scheduled start of US - South Korea military d

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Administration Officials Say al-Qaida Rema

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 10 September 2007 Six years after the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, Bush administration officials say Islamic extremist groups, and al-Qaida in particular, continue to pose a threat to the United

VOA标准英语2008年-McCain Visits Colombia While Obama Encourages N

Republican presidential contender John McCain spent much of Wednesday far from the U.S. campaign trail. McCain was in Colombia where he praised the government of President Alvaro Uribe for its drug interdiction efforts, but also urged the government

Obama, Romney exchange barbs as jobs number improves

Obama, Romney exchange barbs as jobs number improves WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney intensified attacks against each other on Friday, as they reacted to a newly improved jobs numbe