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A gem stone plucked from the earth, the sea, or riverbed, often travels across continents to cutting and polishing workshops; and those are increasingly found in India. Far away, the Belgian city of Antwerp is still king in diamond trading. In these

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(190) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(九月)

They are hacked out of the earth, cut, polished and bought and sold along the way -- to finally be shown in all their glory. Gems, these tiny bits of mineral formations from the mines of South Africa, Burma, Brazil, Colombia, Russia or Canada eventu

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8Benjamin was the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second son, Aharah the third, 2Nohah the fourth and Rapha the fifth. 3The sons of Bela were: Addar, Gera, Abihud, 4Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, 5Gera, Shephuphan and Huram. 6These were the descen

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is sentence fragments. I often imagine that listeners are writing articles and essays and books, but I was recently reminded that some people make their living writing shorter things like headlines and ad copy, and th

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Grammar Girl here. It was almost exactly a year ago when I did the first show about who versus whom. In that show I only covered the simple cases, and lately I've been getting questions that made me think I should delve deeper into the topic. So toda

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EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) Today, Shirley Griffith and Tony Riggs complete a report about America's second manned space program, Gemini. Its purpose was to bring the United States closer to its goal

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The Gem State, the Land of Lincoln and the Crossroads of America... Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. As we told you last week, every American state has a nickname. Here are some more of them. Idaho is known as the Gem Sta

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Despite falling 140 points before the market opened, because of disappointing corporate earnings, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed more than half a percent higher on Tuesday. A Wall Street economist says the mixed signals reflect an exaggerate

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Enviropreneur Seeks to Save the Environment, Empower Community enviropreneur变废为宝,拯救环境 NAIROBI Lorna Rutto, a former banker, is now an enviropreneur - turning plastic waste into furniture and fences. Rutto discusses the challenges face

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Chapter 18 - Pierre at Bazdevs house For the last two days, ever since leaving home, Pierre had been living in the empty house of his deceased benefactor, Bazdeev. This is how it happened. When he woke up on the morning after his return to Moscow and

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Chapter 27 - Pierre's plan to save Europe. Makar Alexeevich The absorption of the French by Moscow, radiating starwise as it did, only reached the quarter where Pierre was staying by the evening of the second of September. After the last two days spe

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Chapter 28 - The French officer Pierre, having decided that until he had carried out his design he would disclose neither his identity nor his knowledge of French, stood at the half-open door of the corridor, intending to conceal himself as soon as t

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Amnesty International says police in Papua New Guinea have burnt down homes and illegally evicted people living near a mine owned by the world's largest gold mining company. In a new report Amnesty International calls on the government to investigate

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英国独立音乐才女 Natalie Lungley 最新单曲《Gem》!她的嗓音又有点像阿黛尔,只是少了些沧桑感,高音不似 Lana Del Rey 那样空灵,但是有自己特色。期待她有更多的作品。 歌词: I've told you a

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Adrienne: So, Mary, my battery has almost ran out. I'm so glad you had some but they're cold. Mary: Well, I keep them in my frigerator along with several other sizes of batteries just so I have them on hand. It's a little quirky habit of mine but I a

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By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 05 June 2008 The Democratic-led U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has released a report that finds the Bush administration ignored disagreements about intelligence information in making its case for war in Iraq. Key Rep

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Panamanian investigators unloading the cargo of a seized Pyongyang ship carrying arms from Cuba under sacks of brown sugar on Tuesday found 12 engines for MiG-21 fighter jets and five military vehicles that officials said resembled missile control ce

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歌词: I've told you a thousand times I can see too much hate in your eyes So light up another one And walk away 'cause you've done wrong Lay down on the dirty ground Lay down 'cause they don't want you It's a waste of time No they don't want you

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Adrienne: So, Mary, my battery has almost ran out. I'm so glad you had some but they're cold. 埃德里安娜:玛丽,我的电池快没电了。我很高兴你有电池,不过它们太凉了。 Mary: Well, I keep them in my frigerator along wit

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Adrienne: So, Mary, my battery has almost ran out. I'm so glad you had some but they're cold. Mary: Well, I keep them in my frigerator along with several other sizes of batteries just so I have them on hand. It's a little quirky habit of mine but I a

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