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WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Baseball Terms: This Is a Whole New BallgameBy Shelley Gollust Broadcast: Sunday, August 13, 2006 Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. Baseball is A

VOA慢速英语2010年-Agriculture Report - Scientists Recycl

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Recycling programs usually give new life to materials like paper, metal, plastic and glass. But a program in the eastern United States is recycling shellfish to help the Chesapeake Bay. Oysters are

VOA标准英语2013--Estranged Family Gets Sports Fix in 'Trouble With The Curve'

Estranged Family Gets Sports Fix in 'Trouble With The Curve' In Trouble With The Curve, Gus Lobel knows more about scouting new talent for baseball teams than anyone else in the business; but his failing eyesight and old-fashioned attitudes may end h

NPR 06-29:The Learning Curve of Gratitude学会珍惜每一天

After suffering a life-threatening illness, singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter had time to reassess her priorities. She came to believe in more fully appreciating the blessings each day brings From NPR News, this is weekend edition. I am Liane

体育美语-020 Throw a curve ball

P: Hey Yang Chen why are you playing Hail to the chief? I thought we were a sports show - are we going political? Y: Not really. You see, Patrick, the presidential election is in its final stretch - the home stretch - the final lap - just like in长跑

企业家成功的5大要素 乔布斯全都有

No one could have taught you more about starting a company than Steve Jobs, and I had the privilege and honor of working for him in the Macintosh division of Apple. 没有人能够比斯蒂夫乔布斯给你更多关于创建公司的指导了，而笔

Lesson 91 - PASS THROW A CURVE / THROW FOR A LOOP

to throw a curve to throw for a loop 美国人在打棒球时经常喜欢发曲线球，使球的方向会发生突变，这样给对方造成错觉，不能回击那个球。这和其他球类运动，

2006年VOA标准英语-Growing Market for Electronic Waste Recycl

By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 23 May 2006 watch Ewaste report Recycled computer keyboards The business of disposing electronic waste - or e-waste - is growing as computer usage increases around the wor

VOA慢速英语2014 棒球术语

Baseball Terms 棒球术语 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Baseball is Americas national sport. So it is not unusual that many popular expressions come from baseball. But first, let me explain a little about the game. E

2007年VOA标准英语-Relief Agencies Airlift Food to Victims of Cycl

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 24 April 2007 Simone Chivale, 30, walks towards a destroyed home, in the Mozambique coastal town of Vilankulo, 24 Apr 2007 Relief officials in Madagascar have begun airlifting emergency food supplies to northern Madagascar,

VOA标准英语2008年-Mobile Medical Teams Help Cyclone Victims in Bu

The International Organization for Migration says dozens of health workers are providing primary health care and other essential medical assistance to thousands of victims of Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma in early May. Lisa Schlein reports for

英文歌曲：Britt Nicole - Who You Say You Are

Yeah, yeah. You know my name. I know You wrote my story-y-y. But there are days, I can't see a happy ending. No, no. Life get's hard. Sometimes it just hurts. It's kicking me down and throwing me curves. When I feel the rain. I won't be afraid. 'Caus

英文蓝调歌曲：Britt Nicole - Who You Say You Are

You know my name. I know You wrote my story-y-y. But there are days, I can't see a happy ending. No, no. Life get's hard. Sometimes it just hurts. It's kicking me down and throwing me curves. When I feel the rain. I won't be afraid. 'Cause I know, I

VOA常速英语2007年-US Military Provides Cyclone Relief in Banglade

By Al Pessin Pentagon 27 November 2007 The U.S. military is providing hundreds of tons of relief supplies to victims of the cyclone in Bangladesh, much of it using a warship and helicopters sent to the region last week from duty in the Middle East. V

voa标准英语2008-US Communities Find Better Ways to Recycle Toxic

In the United States, the fastest growing type of trash is e-waste: computers, TVs and other electronics. Because many e-waste components are toxic, many communities are striving to recycle them more responsibly. From Boulder, Colorado, Shelley Schl

源自棒球的英语词组

棒球有美国国球之称，因此很多习语都和棒球有关就不足为奇了。看看下面这些棒球术语，你知道它们是什么意思吗？ on the ball：机灵，有见识 这个词组源于20世纪早期的美国棒球运动。如果

VOA标准英语2008年-US Diplomat Says Burma Cyclone Deaths Could Exc

By David Gollust State Department 07 May 2008 The senior U.S. diplomat in Burma said Wednesday the death toll from the cyclone that hit the southeast Asian country late last week could exceed 100,000. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meawnhile say

美国习惯用语:470 beanball; curve ball...

今天又要学两个在总统大选年里新闻界时常会用到的习惯用语，而且这两个习惯用语还是从美国人最心爱的消遣活动: 棒球赛中借用来的。 这两个习惯用语都和用牛皮制成的结结实实的棒球有

专家:恐怖袭击有章可循

Random acts of violence are, well, random. It's the unpredictable nature of terrorism, after all, that makes it so terrifying. But according to The Mathematics of Terror, an article by Andrew Curry in the latest issue of Discover magazine, acts of te

音乐咖啡厅:Remember when

Remember when-- Alan Jackson Remember when I was young and so were you And time stood still and love was all we knew You were the first, so was I We made love and then you cried Remember when 曾几何时我年轻过你亦如此 时光静止你我除爱别无所知 我之初