VOA标准英语2018--特朗普宣布关闭美国电波钟

WHITE HOUSE President Donald Trumps administration wants to shut down U.S. government radio stations that announce official time, a service in operation since World War II. WWV and WWVB in the state of Colorado and WWVH on the island of Kauai in the

VOA常速英语2018--Al-Qaida Affiliate Terrorist Designations

The Department of State has designated Muhammad al-Ghazali, Abukar Ali Adan, and Wanas al-Faqih as Specially Designated Global Terrorists. These designations impose strict sanctions on foreign individuals determined to have committed, or pose a signi

饶舌:Flo Rida - Right round

歌曲 ： Right round 艺人 ： Flo Rida Ft. Kesha 音乐星级 ： ★★★★ 所属专辑 ： R.O.O.T.S 发行年代 ： 2009 风格 ： Hip Hop 介绍： 你认为他是又一个One Hit Wonder？Flo Rida用他的新歌Right Round证明你们都错了，Nielson Soundscan的消息称，这首出自他个人

Ida Tarbell

By Paul Thompson Broadcast: October 12, 2003 (THEME) ANNCR: People in America, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history

SSS 2009-04-28

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Many of the key molecules for life have a specific direction, or handedness: DNA twists to the right, amino acids to the left. Now scientists at the Nation

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banister, ['bnistə] n （楼梯的）栏杆＝balustrade＝rail 【记】ban挡住，ister东西－挡住的东西－栏杆 【类】staircase:banister＝garden:fence楼梯需要栏杆保护＝花园需要栅栏保护

VOA慢速英语2018--US Timekeeping Stations Might Go Silent

Three radio stations in the United States mainly broadcast one thing: the official time. The three are radio stations WWV and WWVB, in the state of Colorado, and WWVH, on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. They send out signals that are used by millions

2006年VOA标准英语- Aniston, Vaugh Star in "The Break-Up"

By Alan Silverman Hollywood 03 June 2006 Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn co-star as a couple whose relationship crumbles and it's only when it seems too late that each realizes what might be lost if

SSS 2009-08-12

Youve given some thought to oxygen, carbon, uranium. But youve probably never mused about the element ytterbium, symbol Yb. A new study by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, says that ytterbium could find a rol

2007年VOA标准英语-US General: Al-Qaida Impact on Afghanistan Rise

By Al Pessin Pentagon 25 July 2007 A senior U.S. commander in Afghanistan says Pakistan-based al-Qaida is having a growing impact on the Afghan insurgency even though Pakistan's military offensive along the border has reduced the number of insurgent

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Says Al-Qaida in Iraq Threatens America

By Paula Wolfson White House 24 July 2007 President Bush is stressing the link between al-Qaida and Iraq, as he seeks to build support for his war policy. VOA White House correspondent Paula Wolfson reports Mr. Bush says terrorists in Iraq pose a dir

Details on Formula One Argentine Grand Prix are spread

BUENOS AIRES, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The route for the Formula One Argentine Grand Prix, to be held on 2013, 2014 and 2015 by the South American country in Mar del Plata city, at 400 kilometers south of Buenos Aires, was published in a local auto racin

VOA标准英语2010年-If You're Into Science, NIST Shouldn't

Next year will mark the 110th anniversary of a U.S. government agency that is unknown to most Americans. Yet its work affects their everyday lives in countless ways. Generations knew the agency as the National Bureau of Standards. When it was founded

Argentinean NBA player Scola confirms trip to China

BUENOS AIRES, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Argentina's(阿根廷) basketball player Luis Scola on Monday confirmed that he will travel to China later this week while expressing hope he will be fully recovered from a knee injury before the pre-Olympics Mar del

【英文短篇小说】The End of the Whole Mess（2）

'Bees don't sting unless they have to, because it kills them,' Bobby said matter-of-factly. 'You remember that time in North Conway, when you said we kept killing each other because of original sin?' 'Yes. Hold still.' 'Well, if there is such a thing

2006年VOA标准英语-Senate Report Rules Out al-Qaida Link with Sadd

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 08 September 2006 A report by a Senate committee says there is no evidence former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had any relationship with the al-Qaida terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi or his associates before the U.

'Credible Evidence' Shows al-Qaida Planning

Laurie Kassman Top U.S. officials say the terrorist group al-Qaida is poised to hit the United States sometime during the next several months. U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft says authorities are

Jennifer Aniston当选男性杂志GQ年度女人

GQ magazine is marking the 10th anniversary with its annual Man of the Year issue. And this year, there are three separate covers, one featuring actor Vince Vaughn, another with popular recording arti

Al-Qaida Names Egyptian Zawahri as New Leader

A Jihadist website has announced that Ayman al-Zawahri, Osama bin Laden's deputy, is the new leader of al-Qaida, as had been expected since the killing of bin Laden in May. A web posting Thursday said Zawahri has assumed responsibility for the group,

英文摇滚歌曲：Delain - Tell Me Mechanist

Tell me, Mechanist, is it true? Does none of it bother you? Once upon a time Upon a time behind us The mechanist inclined Clockworks of time define us Who you are, who you are; Merely springs that tick The time of things away The cry from the beast i