LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The nomination ballots for 84th Annual Academy Awards were mailed Tuesday to the 5,783 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the academy announced. The voters have until Jan. 13 to...
ballot, ['blət] n/v 投票，抽签 【例】I balloted for him 我投他的票。 secret ballot 无记名投票 【记】ball球，lot多－好多球儿。大家见过世界杯分组抽签吗？把每个队的名字分别放在球里，再进行抽签...
New plans to try to contain BP's massive oil spill are in place. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports the company's managing director visited the Sunday news talk shows today to explain its latest containment strategy. It's clear that no long-term solution is ye...
今天要学的一个词组是cast ballots. Cast, c a s t . ballots, b a l l o t s . cast ballots,就是投票。 美国是多种族的国家，有的政客以为 Voters can be counted on to cast ballots along racial lines. 他们以为选民肯定会按...
A conservative party critical of Russia has declared victory in the second and final round of Lithuania's parliamentary election. Stefan Bos reports for VOA from Budapest that official results show the Homeland Union received as many as 44 seats in...
