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Back when my husband first started campaigning for President, folks had all sorts of questions of me: 当我的丈夫开始竞选总统时，人们对我有各种各样的质疑： What kind of First Lady would I be? What kinds of issues would I take o

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THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Today I want to talk to you about some important policies affecting taxpayers and homeowners this holiday season. On Thursday, the United States Senate passed a bill to fi

Eighty percent of carbon emissions come from cities, 80%的碳排放来自于城市， which means cities are in a position 而这意味着城市正处于一个 to solve the carbon problem, or most of it, 解决碳排放问题的关键位置。 whether or not the states