CNN新闻听力100篇

CNN新闻听力100篇

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There has been no agreement Tuesday but there has been a commitment to come by Wednesday and try once again.The South Korea defense ministry tells CNN that the working level military talks between north and south Korea ended this Tuesday just after7p.m.local time.But they wouldn't say much more.Pre-representatives from both countries appeared am¬icable as they met at the truth village of Panmunjom on the border.The hope is if the talks are successful on Wednesday,then they will move to a higher level,potentially even ministerial level.The two defense ministries of the countries haven't actually met since2007.

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More snow in frigid temperatures.The planes in parts of the Midsouth are bracing for a powerful weather system.It's forecast for8states and could bring several feet of snow to the mountain west and up to12inches in parts of Oklahoma where there is still digging out from last week's storm.Parts of central Texas could see two to four inches of snow and sleet.The system is also expected to bring rain and snow to the deep South later in the week before deliv¬ering a wintry mix along parts of the East coast on Thursday.

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Some of you Second City students might have watched our show from home yesterday；you certainly weren't in class.Chicago shut down its schools for the first time in12years. That's what you do when a huge winter storm dumps almost two feet of snow on the city. Snow,sleet,freezing rain：All that hit30different states！Officials estimate that this mega-storm has affected one out of every three people in America.For a lot of folks,this has been a winter of our discontent.Richard Roth hit the streets of New York to gauge people's frosty frustrations.

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President Mubarak is the leader of a country that's in the middle of a political uprising. Protests against the government have been going on all across Egypt,and experts think there could be a lot more demonstrations starting today.The Muslim Brotherhood,the largest group of protesters,is speaking out against President Mubarak's government.It's telling its followers to protest in the streets after today's weekly Muslim prayers end.

In some cases,pro testers have fought with police officers.They've thrown things at the security forces.And those forces have used tear gas to try to break up the crowds.At least three protesters and one police officer have been killed this week.Social networking is playing a role in all of this,too.A lot of the protests are being organized on blogs and sites like Twitter