RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Writer Virginia Heffernan fell in love with the Internet through the strains of Pachelbel's Canon. (SOUNDBITE OF YOUTUBE VIDEO, GUITAR) MARTIN: It was January of 2006, and this video appeared on YouTube in its early days. (SOUNDB

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【英语语言学习】诚信现在还重要吗

Donald Trump: The CNN reporter, an absolutely horrible reporter, she starts off saying, 'Oh look, the room is half empty,' everybody was standing right next to me in the front of the room. Journalist: Well, make no mistake, everything you just heard

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【英语语言学习】马特达蒙在麻省理工学院的毕业典礼演讲

All right. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you, President Reif. Thank you Class of 1966. That was alarming walking along and seeing 66 and then somebody saying, Oh its their 50th I almost had a heart attack. Time flies. And mostly thank you to th

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听一分钟英文：Walking-走路

Walking is one of the best forms of exercise you can do. People don't think it is exercise, but it is. If you increase the amount you walk every day, you will be healthier. In fact, it is possible to lose weight through walking, but you have to walk

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听一分钟英文：War Crime-战争罪行

I don't think it's just the bad people who are guilty of war crimes. The world's press always pick on the dictators or leaders they have decided are bad. They then make them into monsters and say they are guilty of terrible war crimes. This is probab

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听一分钟英文：War-战争

War is the worst thing in the world. I've never experienced it. I've never seen it. I never want to. Just looking at it on television is enough. What is war? It's when leaders think they have to be strong so they attack another country and kill more

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听一分钟英文：Water-水

Few people think about how important water is. We do when we're really thirsty. I remember hiking for hours in really baking sun without anything to drink. I was dreaming about drinking cool water. And when I came to a small river, the water was deli

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听一分钟英文：Weath-财富

There's so much wealth in the world. And there's so much poverty and suffering. Thousands of billionaires live like kings and queens while billions go hungry. They show off their wealth to each other. They fill their gigantic mansions with all the tr

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听一分钟英文：Weapons-武器

Weapons are among the world's biggest killers. I'm sure weapons are deadlier than diseases in some countries. I think we could do without weapons. The world would be a better place. Every time I turn on the news, there's another gun crime, another kn

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听一分钟英文：Weather-天气

The weather means different things to different people. I come from England, so the weather is always a big topic there. People in England can't deal with the weather. A tiny bit of snow, and no one goes to work. Two days of thirty-degree temperature

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听一分钟英文：Websites-网页

Thirty years ago, no one had ever heard of the word 'website'. Today, websites are one of the most important parts of our daily life. We can't get by most days without visiting one website or another. We have to log on to a website at work or send an

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听一分钟英文：Wedding Anniversaries-结婚纪念日

You're in big trouble if you forget a wedding anniversary. Especially if it's your own. I wonder who would be in bigger trouble, the husband or the wife. Most people would expect the wife to remember her wedding anniversary and the husband to forget

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听一分钟英文：Wedding-婚礼

You can't beat a good wedding. I love going to weddings. It's a good excuse to dress up in your best clothes, meet lots of family and friends and have a party. Let's not forget, it's also the most important day in the lives of the happy couple. The w

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听一分钟英文：Genocide-种族灭绝

I really dont understand why genocide happens. Every five or ten years we hear about the latest genocide. Every time we hear about it, governments say it will never happen again. After the genocide in Rwanda, the USA and other world powers promised t

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听一分钟英文：Genetic Engineering-基因工程

I think the idea of genetic engineering is fascinating. Its also quite dangerous. Fiddling around with what makes us human might make us less human. We could end up creating a Frankensteins monster. The idea of genetic engineering has been around for

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听一分钟英文：Gardens-花园

I really like walking around gardens. Every garden is different. Even two gardens that are next to each other are different. I loved the garden our family had when I was small. I also loved starting my own garden when I bought my house. The best gard

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听一分钟英文：Gambling-赌博

Gambling is a very dangerous thing. At least thats what I think. I dont think much good comes of it. People lose their money and then get angry. Sometimes people lose everything they have. The only people who win are the companies, casinos, etc. that

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听一分钟英文：Gangs-犯罪团伙

Gangs are becoming a big problem in many countries around the world. Weve always had gangs, and theyve always created problems. Recently, things seem to be getting out of control. Gangs are taking over our streets. In many parts of South America, gan

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听一分钟英文：Gangsters-歹徒

When I was a kid, I thought gangsters were really cool. I loved watching gangster movies. Al Capone was almost like a hero to me. I always wanted the gangster in the movie to escape from the police. The movies made gangsters look like heroes. Now Im

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听一分钟英文：Gardening-园艺

Everybody should take up gardening as a hobby. We can all get back to nature. Thousands of years ago we all did a bit of gardening. Its one of the most relaxing hobbies I can think of. Its also very satisfying. I get very excited about gardening. I l

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