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What do you know about giraffes? Well, you almost certainly know they are the tallest quadrupeds on earth, capable of growing up to 19 feet tall. You may know that this height allows these vegetarians to eat the very nutritious leaves of the acacia t

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Englands players and manager pause to remember ahead of their Armistice Day match against Scotland. Again did this spark more debate about poppies and remembrance in the oldest football rivalry. The squad trained for the final time without puppies on

VOA慢速英语2013 农业报道 - 阿富汗鸦片种植连年增加

Agriculture Report - Opium poppy growing has increased in Afghanistan 农业报道 - 阿富汗鸦片种植连年增加 From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 Afghan farmers have ano

俚语口头禅:A tall order

【句子对照】 Financing your studies may seem like a tall order, but there is plenty of help available. 为你学习提供资金的要求太苛刻了点，不过可以给你很多帮助。 【关键俚语】 a tall order 英：difficult thing to do 中：离谱的要求

美国常用英语俚语:A tall order

【句子对照】 You knucklehead! How could you have mixed the dog food with the cereal? 你这个笨蛋！你怎么会把狗食和谷类混到一块呢？ 【关键俚语】 knucklehead 英：A stupid person 中：笨蛋

英语课程计划-Armistice Day

Armistice Day is on November the 11th every year. It commemorates the end of World War I on the 11th of November 1918. It was on this day that the Allies and Germany signed a ceasefire that was the beginning of the end of the Great War. Hostilities e

VOA慢速英语2018--华盛顿以花墙纪念阵亡将士

Wall of Flowers Honors True Meaning of Memorial Day The National Mall in Washington, DC has something new for Americas Memorial Day holiday this year. For three days, visitors can see a clear wall filled with red poppies. The flowers are to honor the

VOA标准英语2010-NATO Probes Remote Afghan Valley

Tribal elders meet with U.S. troops in Afghanistan's Chowkay Valley One of the biggest challenges we have has to do with the cultural differences. The Pashtun population is challenging by nature in the way they look at life. Nearly nine years into th

UNIT 3 Body and Feelings Lesson 20: How Tall Are You?

[ti:UNIT 3 Body and Feelings Lesson 20: How Tall Are You?] [00:01.33]UNIT 3 第三单元 [00:03.41]Body and Feelings 身体和感觉 [00:06.92]Lesson 20: 第20课： [00:08.72]How Tall Are You? 你多高？ [00:11.76]1. [00:13.38]Are you short or tal

VOA标准英语2013--Afghan Opium Crop Headed for Record High

Afghan Opium Crop Headed for Record High The sun is shining in Afghanistan's Helmand province, and farmers are busy harvesting their opium poppies. This year, for the third year in a row, they are looking at a bigger opium crop. Farmer Faiz Mohammed

美国国家公共电台 NPR On The Hunt For Poppies In Mexico — America's Biggest Heroin Supplier

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And now we have an update on the fight against the heroin supply. Heroin is made from poppies. Some are grown in Mexico. And the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration recently criticized Mexico's effort to destroy them. The Mexican

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They now came upon more and more of the big scarlet poppies, and fewer and fewer of the other flowers; 他们就跑到了茂盛的深红色罂粟花丛中，别的花儿愈来愈少了； and soon they found themselves in the midst of a great meadow

新西兰英语 23 ANZAC Day (April 25th)

This is ANZAC day, a day that New Zealanders and Australians remember all those soldiers who died in wars in the last century. ANZAC means Australia New Zealand Army Corps and it was the name the Australian and New Zealand soldiers gave to their grou

英语博客(A cup of English):082 Memorial Day.

Beginners. Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May. It is to remember all the soldiers that have died in the various wars around the world, even the Civil War which started in 1861 and ended in 1865.

VOA标准英语2009年-Fields of Paper Poppies Flourish in Britai

By Jennifer Glasse London 09 November 2009 Red paper poppies are worn in recognition of Armistice Day Every year about this time, millions of people in Britain, wear red paper poppies in recognition of Armistice Day and in support of their country's

新西兰英语 376 ANZAC poppies

ANZAC poppies are made of fabric. They represent the red poppies that were flowering when so many soldiers from Australia and New Zealand were killed at Gallipoli during World War I. Listen to April 24th 2010 for more background to ANZAC day. These p

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Corporal Green! the orderly cried; 格林下士！执勤官点名叫着。 Here! was the answer, loud and clear, from the lips of a soldier standing near; 到！声音清晰响亮，一位士兵，旁边大声回答。 And here! was the word the next

英语博客：Memorial Day.

图片1 Beginners. Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May. It is to remember all the soldiers that have died in the various wars around the world, even the Civil War which started in 1861 and ended

英文诗歌 One Inch Tall

One Inch Tall If you were only one inch tall , you'd ride a worm to school. The teardrop of a crying and would be your swimming pool. A crumb of cake would be a feast And last you seven days at least , A flea would be a frightening beast If you were

听播客学英语 57 Tall stories

Today we discover the word tall, and we learn about tall stories. I guess you know what tall means in your own language if you dont, stop listening now and look the word up in a dictionary. Here are some examples of the way we use tall. We can talk a