VOA慢速英语2009年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - Virgin Galactic Plan

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. Today, we play jazz music by a young saxophonist, Hailey Niswanger And answer a question about the history of blue jeans ... But first, we tell about one company's pla

创新英语-Virgin Voyage to the Bottom of the Ocean

The boss of the Virgin group Richard Branson has unveiled his latest adventure project. He plans to explore the deepest parts of the ocean in a high-tech submarine. Virgin Oceanic will conduct five test dives over two years. His team plans to explore

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The Virgin Queen 女王未出嫁 by Matthew Brown Like many historical figures that keep people fascinated, Elizabeth I remains somewhat enigmatic. No one knows the whole truth about the personal aspects of Elizabeth's story. Of course, these things

美国国家公共电台 NPR Visitors Slowly Returning To Virgin Islands After Hurricanes' Destruction

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the U.S. Virgin Islands so hard. Let's travel there now with NPR's Greg Allen to see how people on the islands are doing. GREG ALLEN, BYLINE: At the beach in Magens Bay, the party is back on. (SOUNDBI

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078 The Virgin Mary's child A long time ago there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife. This couple had a daughter. However, they were so poor that they couldn't even feed their daughter. Then one day, while the woodcutter was chopping wood in the fo

voa标准英语2008-Strike Force Battles South Africa Copper Thieves

South Africa's recycling industry processes more than a million tons of scrap metal every year. This has created an opportunity for thieves. They are stealing copper wiring from city streets and selling it at local scrap yards. The city of Cape Town

VOA标准英语2011--High Prices Trigger Rise in Copper Thefts

High Prices Trigger Rise in Copper Thefts When you heard the word copper in old gangster movies, you were talking about the good guys: the police, the cops. Now, when you speak of copper and crime, youre referring to the bad guys. A combination of ci

美国国家公共电台 NPR In The U.S. Virgin Islands, Health Care Remains In A Critical State

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: It's been many months since hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the Virgin Islands, but hospitals there are still recovering. Even now, patients are being flown to the U.S. mainland for certain surgeries and specialized care, as

美国国家公共电台 NPR Actor Jaime Camil On How 'Jane The Virgin' Humanizes Its Telenovela Characters

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The plotline in CW's Jane The Virgin is just a little bit complicated. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, JANE THE VIRGIN) ANTHONY MENDEZ: (As narrator) All right, here we go. As you know, Jane was accidentally artificially insemina

2018年CRI Tongling: a copper city's now and past

The Streaming down the Yangtze team has arrived in the city of Tongling, Anhui Province. Owing to its copper deposits, it was an important center in ancient China for bronze production. The scale of the copper industry has gradually increased and it

VOA常速英语2008年-Virgin Atlantic Flies Jet Using Biofuel

By Paul Sisco Washington 28 February 2008 Air travel is growing rapidly around the world and the fuel jets burn is a major contributor of greenhouse gases. Virgin Atlantic Airlines President Richard Branson demonstrated this week that using biofuel t

【英文短篇小说】THE ABOMINABLE HISTORY OF THE MAN WITH COPPER FINGERS（2）

Varden paused, and put away a good mouthful of whisky. Well? cried several breathless voices. Well, said Varden, Im not ashamed to say I went out of that house like an old buck-rabbit that hears the man with the gun. There was a car standing just out

365个英语简短小故事-313. Copper Robbers

For the last two years, the Los Angeles area has seen an increasing number of metal thefts, reported Paul Moyer, co-anchor of the local 6 oclock news. Sometime before dawn Wednesday, thieves had stolen the copper wire out of six lamp posts. A day ear

新西兰英语 277 Air NZ and Virgin Blue

Air NZ and Virgin Blue airlines may become partners to fly across the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand. First, however, the Transport Ministers in both countries have to agree. In 2002, Air NZ and Qantas had talks about becoming partners.

英语摇滚:宛若处女 Like A Virgin－－Madonna 麦当娜

宛若处女 Like A Virgin－－Madonna 麦当娜 她美丽而反叛，她性感而独特，她开辟了一个全新的演绎时代，她每到一处演出必将成为当地的盛事，时至今日，她的穿着举止依然影响着流行文化。没错

音乐咖啡厅:Like A Virgin《宛若处女》清纯或放荡你在乎吗?

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2007年VOA标准英语-Virgin Group Founder Commits Billions of Dollar

By Kane Farabaugh New York City 19 March 2007 watch Richard Branson report Richard Branson sits on the top-ten list of the United Kingdom's richest citizens, with an estimated wealth of roughly eight billion dollars. As the company he founded -- Vir

Chile Strike Halts World's Largest Copper Producer Halts Wor

Unionized workers at Chile's Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, have begun a 24-hour strike in a dispute with the government over the future of the company. The workers walked off the job Monday over modernization（现代化） plans that

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Now this doubloon was of purest, virgin gold, raked somewhere out of the heart of gorgeous hills, 且说这块杜柏仑，是用最纯净、没有搀杂的黄金做成的，黄金是打大山底里挖出来的， whence, east and west, over golden sa

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她美丽而反叛，她性感而独特，她开辟了一个全新的演绎时代，她每到一处演出必将成为当地的盛事，时至今日，她的穿着举止依然影响着流行文化。没错，她就是Madonna(麦当娜),美国乐坛一个