Remarks by the President on the Sequester

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. (Applause.) Please have a seat. Well, welcome to the White House. As I said in my State of the Union address last week, our top priority must be to do everything we can to grow the economy and create good, middle-class jobs. That’s our top priority. That's our North Star. That drives every decision we make. And it has to drive every decision that Congress and everybody in Washington makes over the next several years. And that’s why it’s so troubling that just 10 days from now, Congress might...

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Daily English Expression: take it with a grain of salt

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Daily english expression: when it comes to

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Học tiếng anh với Barack Obama: Now Is The Time to Take Action Against Gun Violence

Hi, everybody. This week, I announced a series of concrete steps we should take to protect our children and our communities from gun violence. These proposals grew out of meetings Vice President Biden and his task force held over the last month with more than 200 different groups – from parents and teachers; to law enforcement and sportsmen; to religious leaders and mental health professionals. And in the weeks ahead, I will do everything in my power to make them a reality. Because while we may not be able to prevent every senseless...

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CNN Student News 15/01/2012

UNIDENTIFIED CHILDREN: From (inaudible) Lake Dallas, Texas is proud to announce that CNN STUDENT NEWS starts right now. Take it away, Carl. (END VIDEO CLIP) CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: What you`re looking at right here, pictures from the nation of Mali. These are police officers on patrol in the capital city. They are getting support from France, and other countries including the U.S are considering getting involved, too. That is because Malian government forces are fighting against rebels. The rebels are radical Islamic militants....

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Daily English expression: my head's off to you

Hello everybody and welcome back to E-cubed. Today we have a very nice expression. Actually, it's a very old expression but we still use it today. The expression is: "My hat's off to you".... what does this mean? this means "congratulation", "wow, that's amazing, i'm happy for you", "i'm proud of you", that's great. that's the expression. A long time ago in the 1920, 1930 in America, everybody weared a hat. That's a type of hat. but we weared a hat so if we wanted to show respect to some body, we'll take our head off. Even nawaday, in America,...

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TED talk video: Angela Patton: A father-daughter dance ... in prison

I was sitting with my girls and Joy said: “Dang, I wish I’d get off my back. My daddy, he calls me all the time”. “lucky for you he calls at all”said Jasmine. “I haven’t heard from my dad in years”. At this moment, I knew the girls needed a way to connect with their father. At Camp Diva, my non-profit organization, we have these type of conversations all the time. As a way to help girls in africa descent. Prepare for their passage into womanhood. These girls needed a way to invited their father into their lives, on their own terms. So...

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Học Tiếng anh với Barack Obama: Ending the War in Afghanistan and Rebuilding America

TRANSCRIPT: Hi, everybody.  This week, I welcomed President Hamid Karzai to the White House to discuss the way ahead in Afghanistan.  And today, I want to update you on how we will end this war, bring our troops home, and continue the work of rebuilding America. Over the past four years, thanks to our brave men and women in uniform, we’ve dealt devastating blows to al Qaeda.  We’ve pushed the Taliban out of their strongholds.   And our core objective – the reason we went to war in the first place – is now...

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CNN Student news 14/01/2013

Transcript:   CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: For month, the National Hockey League season has been on ice. Now, teams are ready to get back on the ice. Details of the deal are coming up. My name is Carl Azuz. And we welcome you to the brand new week of CNN STUDENT NEWS. The first story we are talking about today is in Northern Ireland. Protests have been going on there for about a week now. The ones yesterday in the northern Irish capital of Belfast. They started out peacefully, but some of them turn violent later on. There...

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Daily English expression: brouhaha

Hello everybody, welcome back to "e-cubed". yesterday we had a cool word: hoopla. And somebody asked: is it the same as brouhaha. No, houpla and brouhaha are different. if you do not understand what hoopla means, watch yesterday's video. Today, we gonna focus on brouhaha. Brouhaha is an intersting word but actually it's scary. It means a big fight. But not between too people, between many people.5, 10, 50, 100 people fighting each others. That's "brouhaha". It's scary. Listen to the dialog.  -did you stay 'til the end of the game.  -No,...

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