The Poetry Archive

Amber: Hello, I'm Amber, and in the programme today we hear about The Poetry Archive - a brilliant new website to stretch your listening skills! The site was launched at the end of last year at the British Library in London. At www.poetryarchive.co.

VOA慢速英语2012 Chinese Patriotism Classes Fuel Protest in Hong Kong

Chinese Patriotism Classes Fuel Protest in Hong Kong This is the VOA Special English Education Report. Thousands of protesters -- including teachers, students, parents and pro-democracy activists -- marched in Hong Kong last Sunday. They were protest

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【话匣子英语】嗓子疼

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Why Is It So Difficult To Spot A Plane In The Air? How many times have you heard a jet plane going over, looked up to see it, but not been able to find it even though you were looking toward where the sound was coming from? Well, this moment of scien

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In the 17th century, the French scientist Pierre Gassendi knew that light traveled faster than sound. When a gun fired far away, he could see the flash of gunshot long before he heard the report. Gassendi tried to measure the speed of sound by clocki

THE MAKING OF A NATION - Andrew Johnson: The Story of Americ

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Actor Michael Stuhlbarg On His Approach To Playing Real-Life Characters

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: When we say someone's having a breakout year in Hollywood, we're often talking about an ingenue in their 20s starring in a sequel to some big-budget franchise. Well, Michael Stuhlbarg is having a breakout year in Hollywood, and he

美国国家公共电台 NPR Actor Om Puri Had Roles In More Than 300 Movies During His Life

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now let's talk about one of the most celebrated chapters in American history, the space race of the 1950s and '60s. The stories of Alan Shepard and John Glenn are well-known, but what about the stories of all the people who worke

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: The history of jazz in the 20th century is pretty well-documented, but what about its development in the 21st century? Well, writer Nate Chinen says the music has come a long way since he began covering it in the mid-'90s. He's a

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英语听力文摘 English Digest 367、用“耳朵”治口吃

Stutter ing Ear 用耳朵治口吃 Remember that kid in your grade school class who stutter ed ? Well, he was in good companya whopping three million people in the United States alone are affected by this problem. 还记得小学时班上那个说话结

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Selective Memory Erasure 选择性记忆删除 Ya?l: Have any unpleasant memories, Don? Don: Sure. Who doesn't? Y: What would you say to having them permanently erased from your brain? D: Without losing other memories? Y: Right. Scientists did just t

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Gun Silencers 所谓消声手枪也不可能是完全无声，只是将声音尽量降低。手枪的消声方法有很多. 手枪的声音主要来自子弹出膛，空气冲出枪口是巨大的压力对外面的空气引起的冲击震动.消声器是

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