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M: Roy doesn’t stand a chance of winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
W: True, but he is doing his best to prepare, so we should support him.
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M: Roy doesn’t stand a chance of winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
W: True, but he is doing his best to prepare, so we should support him.
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White House officials have begun talks with Congress on a war spending bill in place of the one President Bush vetoed on Tuesday.
He rejected it because the Democratic-controlled Congress tried to set a date for American troops to leave Iraq. The bill would have required a withdrawal to begin by October.
The spending measure totaled one hundred twenty-four billion dollars. One hundred billion of that would have gone to pay for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The veto was only the second of Mister Bush’s presidency. The first was last year, to stop Congress from ending his restrictions on federal money for stem cell research.
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to try to save the war spending bill that the president vetoed. But, as in the case of his first veto, there was not enough support for an override.
The president met with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders after the House fa
A. Because the Democrats set a deadline to the withdrawal of American soldiers in Iraq.
B. Because the bill was proposed by Democrats, but Bush belongs to the Republican Party.
C. Because the spending was not enough.
D. Because the spending was too much.
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The case for college has been accepted without question for more than a generation. All high school graduates ought to go, says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money, become "better" people, and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t go.
But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each other’s experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school. Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out--often encouraged by college administrators.
Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves--they are spoiled and they ar
A. people used to question the value of college education
B. people used to have full confidence in higher education
C. all high school graduates went to college
D. very few high school graduates choose to go to college
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In the morning, President Bush and his wife Laura will attend a church service across from the White House. Then, they will go to the Capitol Hill for the swearing-in ceremony. Every four years, workers build a special stand outside for that purpose.
The chief justice of the United States traditionally swears in the vice president and then the president. However, Vice President Dick Cheney is to take the oath of office from Dennis Hastert, the speaker of the House of Representatives. Chief Justice William Rehnquist has thyroid cancer. But he is still planning to swear in President Bush.
Newly inaugurated presidents give a speech, officially called an inaugural address.
After the ceremony, the president and vice president and guests go inside the Capitol to have lunch. Later, they watch a parade along Pennsylvania Avenue with floats and marching bands from around the country. Pennsylvania Avenue is a wide street with the Capitol at one end an
A. introduce the process of presidential inauguration
B. introduce the new president
C. introduce how presidents are elected
D. introduce the wife of Mr. Bush
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W: Come in, please.
M: Hello, Roy. Where’s Alan I want her to type this letter for me.
W: I’m afraid she can’t, Rock. She isn’t working today.
M. Oh, why Is she ill
W: No. She’s preparing for an exam.
M: An exam Is she going to school
W: Yes, she is. She’ s learning Japanese in night school.
M: I see. Are you going to night school, too
W: No, I’m not, not this year. But I’m thinking about taking a course next year.
M: That’s a good idea. Is it expensive
W: No, not very. Anyway, it’s worth it.
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W：Do you think that Jim really fell in with Alison
M：Of course! I’ve never seen him spend so much time and energy on the same person．
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W: Did you get the job you applied for with that company
M: It was offered to someone else, but I found a better one.
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