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IN THE NEWS - Mitt Romney and Bain Capital 新闻报道 - 罗姆尼在贝恩资本的经历成为奥巴马攻击目标 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 Private companies are rarely a major i

VOA标准英语2013--Classical Sounds Invade Country Music Capital

Classical Sounds Invade Country Music Capital Naxos Records is located in Franklin, Tennessee, just south of Nashville. The label has more than 7,000 recordings in its catalog, and stores more than four million CDs in the warehouse. Shrink-wrapped CD

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Grammar Girl here. Last week we talked about capitalizing words in the business world. Today we're going to talk about capitalization in general. If you recall, in English, we capitalize proper nounswords that name a specific thing or person, words s

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Grammar Girl here. In today's episode, well talk about capitalizationits overuse and its misuse in the business world. Lets talk about why capitalization of some words is a capital idea, and why uppercasing other words could be considered a capital o

英文流行歌曲：Kacey Musgraves "Follow Your Arrow"

Follow Your Arrow - Kacey Musgraves If you save yourself for marriage You're a bore If you don't save yourself for marriage You're a whore-able person If you won't have a drink Then you're a prude But they'll call you a drunk As soon as you down the

VOA标准英语2009-Somalia Fighting Forces More to Flee Capital

The United Nations refugee agency says nearly 170,000 people have now been displaced from their homes in Somalia's capital since Islamist insurgents launched a renewed offensive in early May. A Somali woman and her child sit in front of a makeshift

VOA标准英语2012--Christians Flee Their Homes in Pakistani Capital

Christians Flee Their Homes in Pakistani Capital Shaqila Bibi, a Christian, is packing up. Shes afraid Muslims in her neighborhood will attack her if she stays. We are frightened, said Bibi. They can harm us any time, set us on fire, and the landlord

VOA标准英语2012--Cape Cod Is US Northeast's Summer Capital

Indonesia Working to Soothe South China Sea Tensions Chinese patrols in waters that Vietnam and the Philippines also claim have heightened tensions in the mineral-rich South China Sea. Vietnamese protestors condemn what they call a Chinese invasion o

VOA标准英语2012--Bus Travel In Nation's Capital Inspires Song

Bus Travel In Nation's Capital Inspires Song Songwriters find inspiration in different - and sometimes unusual - places. Ren Moffatt, a Washington D.C. singer and songwriter, found it in the bus he travels to work on every day. The title of Ren Moffa

VOA标准英语2010年-Mexico's President Addresses US Congre

Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. applaud as Mexican president Felipe Calderon waves after addressing a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, May 20, 2010 Mexico's president is appealing dir

VOA标准英语2012--Ugandan Immigrant Exercises Her Skills in US Capital

Ugandan Immigrant Exercises Her Skills in US Capital She wakes up every day at 6 oclock in the morning and heads to work. Thirty minutes later she is ready for her first session at Washington Sports Club, where she works as a personal trainer. Her lo

VOA标准英语2011--Tripoli: Fighting Empties the Seaside Ca

Tripoli: Fighting Empties the Seaside Capital Driving into Tripoli is to drive into a ghost city. It looks like a set for a Hollywood apocalypse film. Instead of a bustling seaside capital of 1.5 million people, we drove Thursday past kilometer and k

VOA标准英语2013--Kacey Musgraves Debuts with 'Same Trailer, Different Park'

Kacey Musgraves Debuts with 'Same Trailer, Different Park' Last year, Musgraves earned a Top 10 Country hit with her debut single, Merry Go Round. The track sold more than half a million digital downloads over the past seven months, and brought Musgr

THIS IS AMERICA - Visiting the Capitol

By Jill Moss THIS IS AMERICA – April 15, 2002: Visiting the Capitol VOICE ONE: Historians have described the United States Capitol building as “the most recognized sign of democratic government in

英文乡村歌曲：Kacey Musgraves - My House

Who needs a house up on a hill When you can have one on four wheels And take it anywhere the wind might blow? You don't ever have to mow the yard Just hang a map and throw a dart And pray to God the engine starts and go Water and electric and a place

新西兰英语 187 Capital Gains Tax

The Labour Party, at their annual conference last weekend, said that they will discuss a capital gains tax. Many countries have a capital gains tax so if you buy a house then sell it at a profit, you pay tax on the profit. Some people buy houses as a

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If you ain't got two kids by 21, You're probably gonna die alone. Least that's what tradition told you. And it don't matter if you don't believe, Come Sunday morning, you best be there in the front row like you're supposed to. Same hurt in every hear

英文乡村歌曲：Kacey Musgraves - Silver Lining

Woke up on the wrong side of rock bottom Throw a lot of pennies in a well That done run dry Light up and smoke 'em if you have 'em But you just ain't got 'em Yeah ain't we always looking For a bluer sky If you're ever gonna find a silver lining It's

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Picked you out and picked you up Hoping that my luck would change I let the summer fill my lungs And superstition fill my brain Dandelion A million little wishes float across the sky But it's a waste of breath and it's a waste of time I know Cause ju

VOA标准英语2012--US Furniture Capital Holds Annual Showcase

US Furniture Capital Holds Annual Showcase Hundreds of U.S. towns and cities call themselves the capital of something or another. Even the world capital of this or that. Many of these titles are just for fun - a bit of promotion for the area. Tarpon