6月高考英语考前突破 阅读理解能力 国际时事要闻 希拉里：期待美国能迎来女总统
高考英语考前突破阅读理解能力国际时事要闻中国女航天员太空中讲课（可..
中国女航天员太空中讲课China's second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, has delivered the country's first-ever video lecture from space 中国第二位女航天员王亚平首次在太空中进行视频讲课。
Speaking to students via live video, Ms Wang used spinning tops, a ball, water and a fellow astronaut to explain physics in zero-gravity She was speaking from the Tiangong-1 space laboratory, where the Shenzhou spacecraft is currently docked,China's fifth manned space mission, Shenzhou-10, is scheduled to end around 25 or 26 JuneThe crew is also expected to attempt a manual docking later on ThursdayThis will involve getting back inside their Shenzhou capsule, unhooking from Tiangong and then flying around the lab to re-attach the capsule to the laboratory'Sixteen sunrises'Ms Yang used difference experiments to demonstrate the concepts of weight and mass in space?After showing how normal scales did not work in space, she used a special scale to measure the mass of crew commander Nie Haisheng, using Newton's second law of motion - measuring the mass of an object through force and accelerationAt another point, to show how objects move in the microgravity environment of space, she asked her colleague to help her rotate 90 degrees, and then 180 degrees, from the floor of the laboratorySpinning tops were used to create gyroscopic motion in space, and a ball attached to a string to demonstrate pendulum motionTowards the end of the class, Ms Yang made a film of water using a metal ring, explained by the increased surface tension of water in space. She then turned the film of water into a water ball by pouring more water onto it, to wide applause from students watching in ChinaAround 330 primary and secondary school students watched the lecture from a special classroom in Beijing, where they could also ask Ms Wang questions through a live video feed, state media saidIn response to a student's question, Ms Yang described what she could see in space?"The stars we see are much brighter, but they do not twinkle," she said, explaining this was due to the lack of Earth's obstructing atmosphere?"The sky we see isn't blue, but black. And every day, wecan see the sun rise 16 times because we circle the Earth every 90 minutes"An estimated 60 million students and teachers around China were also expected to watch the lecture live, the Ministry of Education said.。
5月高考英语考前突破 阅读理解能力 国际时事要闻 普京回击奥巴马的撒谎暗示
普京回击奥巴马的撒谎暗示Russian President Vladamir Putin blew off U.S. president Barack Obama's claims this morn ing that he not telling the truth about his government's relationship with pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. 'Who is he to judge? Who is he to judge, seriously? If he wants to judge people, why doesn't he get a job in court somewhere?'听闻美国总统奥巴马暗示其撒谎，俄罗斯总统普京发飙了，当天他公开回击称：“他在评判谁？如果他真想评判人的话，干嘛不去法庭里谋份差事？”Putin made the comments during an on-stage interview at t he St. Petersburg International Economic Forum as CNBC host Geoff Cutmore was telling him Obama had 'accused you, as you know, of untruths when it comes to supporting some of the separatists groups...'At that point, Putin interrupted Cutmo re to mak e fun of president Obama, which drew laughter from the audience.In a more somber（忧郁的） tone, Putin told added, 'I don't think he accused me. It's his point of v iew. And I have my point of view, when it comes to certain things,' he said.Cutm ore then tried to ask him if his country would allow Ukraine's scheduled election to take proceed peaceful ly this Sunday, to which Putin said, 'Oh come, on, really?H e's a difficult man to deal with. Where did you get this guy?'1。
(每日一读)5月高考英语考前突破 阅读理解能力 国际时事要闻 约翰·克里希望斯诺登“拿出男人的样子”
约翰·克里希望斯诺登“拿出男人的样子”US Secretary of State John Kerry has labelled intelligence leaker Edward Snowden a fugitive from justice who should "man up" and return home.美国国务卿约翰·克里将情报泄密者爱德华·斯诺登打上法外逃犯的标签，称他应该“拿出男人的样子”并返回美国。
Mr Kerry added that if Mr Snowden, 30, "believes in America, he should trust the American system of justice".His comments come in the wake of an interview with NBC in which Mr Snowden said he sought asylum in Russia because the US revoked his passport.Mr Snowden also described himself as a trained spy, not a low-level analyst."A patriot would not run away," Mr K erry sai d on Wednesday. "If Mr Snowden wants to come back to the United States... we'll have him on a flight today."Mr Kerry also called the former National Security Agency contractor "confused", addin g "this is a man who has done g reat damage to his country"."He should man up and come back to the US," Mr Kerry said.Harvesting dataIn the NBC interview, Mr Snowden claims he was trained as a spy who worked undercover overseas for the CIA and NSA.But he described himself as a technical expert who did not recruit agents."What I do is I put systems to work for the US," he said. "And I've done that at all levels from the bottom on the ground all the way to the top. Now, the government might deny these things, they might frame it in certain ways and say, 'Oh well, you know, he's - he's a low-level analyst.'"When Mr Sno wden fled the US in May 2013, he had been working as a technician for Booz Allen, a giant government contractor for the NSA.Last year, he fed a trove of secret NSA documents to news outlets including the Washington Post and the Guardian.Among other things, the leaks detailed the NSA's practice of harvesting data on millions of telephone calls made in the US and around the world, and revealed the agency had snooped on foreign leaders.The revelations have sparked a debate in the US over the appropriate role of the NSA and the extent to which it should be authorised to conduct such broad surveillance.President Barack Obama has asked C ongress to rein in the programme by barring the NSA from storing phone call data on its own and to require it to seek a court order to access telecom companies' records.Last week, the US House passed such legislation, sending it to the US Senate.。
(每日一读)高考英语考前突破 阅读理解能力 国际时事要闻 奥巴马将与欧洲领导人商讨乌克兰危机素材
奥巴马将与欧洲领导人商讨乌克兰危机US President Barack Obama has arrived in Estonia for talk s on Russia and the Ukraine crisis with Baltic leaders. 美国总统奥巴马抵达爱沙尼亚与波罗的海各国领导人商讨乌克兰危机。
He is due to hold talks in the capital Tallinn with the presidents of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Correspondents say the three states, which joined Nato in 2004, are worried about 1 Russia's intervent ion in Ukraine . Later in the week Mr Obama will attend a Nato summ it that is exp ected to back plans for a rapid- respon se force that could be dispatched within 48 hours. Nato recently announced plans to set up the force to protect Eastern Eur opean 2 members against po ssible Russian aggression . Russia reacted by saying it would alter its military doctrine to reflect "Nato 4 infrastructure getting closer to Russian borders". Meanwhile Russian news agency Rossiya Segodnya announced that one of its photojournalists Andrei Stenin, miss ing since 5 August, has been killed i n eastern 5 Ukraine. Russian officials say his remains were identified in a car that came under 6 attack while following a refugee convoy . 1 intervention n.介入，干涉，干预参考例句：? ?3The government's intervention in this dispute will not help .政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
3月高考英语考前突破 阅读理解能力 国际时事要闻 美俄
美俄就乌克兰危机举行重要会谈US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are due to hold crucial talks to try to ease tensions over the Ukraine crisis.美国国务卿约翰·克里与俄罗斯外交部长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫将举行一场重要会谈，以试图缓解乌克兰危机的局势。
The US accuses Moscow of deploying troops in Ukraine's Crimea region, describ ing it as an "act of aggression" - a claim denied by the Kremlin.Despite the sharp differences, both sides have hinted they would prefer to start a dialogue.Moscow remains in de facto control of Ukraine's southern a utonomous region.The tense stand-off continued overnight in Crimea, but there were no reports of any violence.Ear lier this week tensions escalated further over Russia's warnings that it could also move into eastern Ukraine to protect Russians and Russian-speakers there.The move has triggered wide condemnation across the globe.In other developments:Nato and Russia will hold talks in Brussels. Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen earlier said Russia continued to "violate Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity"EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will travel to K iev for talks with the new governmentRussia said it successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile on Tuesday1。
2月高考英语考前突破 阅读理解能力 社会生活 美国女义工爆料 希拉里纵容克林顿的性侵
美国女义工爆料希拉里纵容克林顿的性侵A woman who claims Bill Clinton groped her in the White House is lashing out at his wife Hillary for conducting a 'war' on the women who have accused the former president of sexually assaulting them.16日晚间，一名声称曾被美国前总统克林顿强吻和摸胸的女义工在接受电台采访时称，希拉里当年纵容丈夫克林顿对多名女子实施性侵，更抹黑这些受害者，毁掉她们的名誉。
'She enabled his behavior,' Kathleen Willey said Sunday night during a radio interview on WABC in New York, and then 'attacked all the women who just made the mistake of walking in front of him, crossing his path.'Willey claims Mrs. Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state, has orchestrated a series of inv estigations designed to discredit the many women who have claimed her husband sexual ly assaulted them.'The point is what this woman is capable of doing to other women while she's running a campaign, basically, on women's issues,' she said. 'It just doesn't make any sense.''She singl ehandedly orchestrated every one of the investigations of all these women.'She suspects Hillary Clinton of covering up 'nothing short of serious sexual harassment' in her case.And addressing claims by some Democrats that Republic an politicians are conducting a so-called 'war on women' through their social policies, Willey turned the notion on its head. first reported that Willey told WABC host Aaron Klein that Mrs. Clinton is 'addicted to power, and she saw early on that [Bill] could be a po werful candidate. He had a lot of charisma（魅力，非凡的领导力）. And she could just ride on his coattails.'Talking about the her allegations against Bill Clinton, she reiterated Sund ay that 'the president sexually assaulted me,' leading her to 'the little room where he and Monica [Lewinsky] used to meet.''I started to go for the door and he was right behind me,' she recalled, 'and things went from bad to worse there. He acted just very inappropriately. He just did. I was shocked and bewildered, and I thought to myself, "What in the world is he doing?"'Willey maintains that she was a victim, and has even claimed the Clintons had her second husband murdered on November 29, 1993, the same day the president allegedl y forced himself on her.The death was ruled a suicide, but she said Sunday that twenty years later government agencies refuse to let her see files detailing the investigation.Willey had no problem focusing her venom on Hillary, though. It's her likely presidential candidacy that's brin ging the former president's sexual flings back into the news.。
6月高考英语考前突破 阅读理解能力 国际时事要闻 奥巴马将与乌克兰总统波罗申科举行会谈
奥巴马将与乌克兰总统波罗申科举行会谈US President Barack Obama is to discuss economic support for Ukraine when he meets President-elect Petro Poroshenko in Warsaw.美国总统奥巴马将与乌克兰总统当选人佩特罗·波罗申科在华沙碰面，商讨对乌克兰进行经济援助。
Mr Obama has said he will offer US support as Kiev tries to settle a gas bill with Russian supplier Gazprom, which has threatened to cut supply.Ukraine's struggling economy has been in recession since 2012.Mr Obama is in Poland for celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the end of communism there.But his visit has taken on extra significance followi ng R ussia's annexation（合并） of the Crimean pe ninsula in March. The move has left East-West rel ations at their lowest ebb since the Cold War.Mr Obama is seeking to reassure East European allies that Washington will support them in the event of any Russian "provocation（挑衅）".On Tuesday he pledged $1bn to boost military deployments to Europe in response to Russian actions in Ukraine.Nato has also promis ed to bolster（支持） its defence capabilities.The BBC's Adam Easton in Warsaw says Mr Obama chose to come to Poland for its symbolic value.In a speech in Warsaw on Wednesday, he is expected to say that 25 years ago it faced similar problems to those facing Kiev today, but overcame them.The message is that with the West's support, Ukraine can too, our correspondent says.1。
托福阅读材料 希拉里正式宣布参加总统竞选
托福阅读材料希拉里正式宣布参加总统竞选日前希拉里正式宣布参加总统竞选，如果她竞选成功的话，将成为美国历史上首位女总统。
详细内容可以参考今天的托福阅读材料。
Hillary Clinton brought years of speculation to an end last night by officially announcing she is running to become the first woman president of the United States.美国前国务卿希拉里·克林顿(Hillary Clinton)4月12日晚正式宣布参选下届2016年美国总统，为外界持续数年的揣测画上了句号。
如果竞选成功，她将成为美国历史上首位女总统。
Her second bid for the White House comes seven years after she was defeated by an upstart Barack Obama and forced to admit she was unable to "crack the highest, hardest glass ceiling" for women in US politics.这是希拉里第二次参加总统选举。
七年前，在2008年美国总统选举中，巴拉克·奥巴马(Barack Obama)异军突起，希拉里被迫承认自己无法在美国政治领域为女性“打破那层最高、最坚固的玻璃天花板”。
Mrs Clinton has been known to the American people for decades as a First Lady who stood by her husband during the Monica Lewinsky scandal, a senator from New York and aglobe-trotting US secretary of state.数十年来，在美国民众的眼中，希拉里一直是站在丈夫身边伴他走过莱温斯基性丑闻的第一夫人，是纽约州联邦参议员，是周游各国的国务卿。
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希拉里：期待美国能迎来女总统
Hillary Rodham Clinton has told a German magazine that she will work to make sure the United States is led by a woman -- even if it's not her.
美国前国务卿希拉里在接受德国《明星》周刊采访时表示，她期待美国能迎来女性总统，即使并不是她本人，她也会为之而奋斗。
Clinton told weekly Stern that the US lags behind countries such as Germany, Ch ile and Brazil because it's never had a woman as head of state or government.
'We are way behind you in Germany on this,' she said in excerpts（节选） obtained by Reuters.
'Of course I want the U.S.A. to have a woman leader soon as well and I will do all I can for that to happen, though I don't know yet if it will be me.'
Though the former secretary of state hasn't yet announced whether she will run for president in 2016, she has been busy promoting her new book, 'Hard Choices.'
On Monday Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor dropped by Clinton's book signing at a Costco warehouse in suburban Virginia, and surprised the former secretary of state.
Clinton shouted that sh e couldn't believe it.
Sotomayor told reporters she was 'just shopping' and deci ded to get a signed copy of Clinton's new book.
The Saturday morning book event a ttracted more than 1,000 people, including Democratic Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, Costco co-founder Jim Sinegal and a few former Clinton aides and relatives.
The potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate autographed copies for nearly three hours. The former first lady kicked off her book tour this week, with stops in New York, Chicago and Philadelphia.
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