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突破口语之独白(2):Chinese New Year中国新年 To the Chinese people, Spring Festival is as important as Christmas to people in the West. According to the Chinese tradition, preparation for the festival starts from the beginning of the last lunar month
AS IT IS 2013-12-31 The Clock Is Ticking to 2014 - It's New Year's Eve! From VOA Learning English, welcome to As It Is for New Years Eve. Im Steve Ember. Today, calendars choosing the right one takes time and New YearsResolutions: Making ones you can
'我是老北京' I'm Paul James host of The Beijing Hour here on China Radio International. Normally when I tell people I'm old Beijing, the comment is often met with a chuckle and a healthy dose of skepticism. But when I explain that I've lived her
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull posted a video on Twitter on Feb. 18, wishing everyone a happy Chinese New Year. In the meantime, Turnbulls granddaughter Isla sends her best wishes all the way in Chinese from Singapore.
The 2018 China-EU Tourism Year is now officially underway. The European Union's Ambassador to China says the initiative aims to bridge cultural understandings by promoting lesser-known travel destinations on both sides. 00:00/03:36 The latest officia
The Nasdaq stock exchange has marked the Chinese Lunar New Year on Friday with a special bell ringing ceremony to kick off the day's trading. CRI's correspondent Qian Shanming has more from New York. To mark the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year, t
剧码: Lets Get Together Yi-jun: I'm glad you're on your ten-year reunion planning committee. Holly: Yeah, you get the TV to yourself while I spend my nights surfing the Net for missing classmates. Yi-jun: That's not why. This way I can see how yo
图片1 Happy New Year everybody! We hope your 2011 is going very well so far. Now that we have 2011 in front of us, we have lots of other holidays to look forward to. Jessie and Maura do a general overview of the statutory holidays in Canada, when t
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. The United States has had fifty states for fifty years. Alaska and Hawaii both joined the Union in nineteen fifty-nine. They were the fi
AS IT IS 2015-09-20 NASAs Astronauts Reach Halfway Point of Year in Space Right now, as you go about your business, two humans are passing above you in outer space. American astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko reached the ha
NYC's Chinatown Prepares for Chinese New Year Dancers are rehearsing a millennium-old Chinese tradition - the Lion Dance. It will be the finale of Chinatown's annual New Year parade at the end of January and is supposed to ward off evil spirits. The
Artist Carves 1,600 Eggshells a Year Carving and sculpting eggshells, with a dental drill and sanding disk, is not a job for the heavy handed. For Tina Kannapel, it's a passion. Because an egg is a continuous arch, it has a lot of natural strength, s
Worshippers light incense at the Yonghe Gong (Lama Temple) on the first day of the Chinese New Year in Beijing, China, Feb. 14, 2010 China welcomed the start of the new lunar year with traditional deafening and dazzling firework displays. Firecracker
Russia Aiming for WTO Membership by End of Year Russia has been trying to join the World Trade Organization since 1993. Now Russian officials are saying they hope to become a member by the end of this year. The 153-member World Trade Organization (WT
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And we have one more issue in education for you. For the last year, inmates in some prisons have been able to use federal Pell Grants to take college courses and earn degrees while serving time. It's an Obama-era pilot program. N
Australia has become the latest country to issue 10-year multiple entry visas for Chinese nationals. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said a few pilot programs are being carried out, and it's hoped the new visa policy will soon be extended to all eligib
Elementary - New Year Resolution (B0026) A: So, did I tell you about my New Years resolution?Ive decided to go on a diet. B: And youre going to completely transform your eating habits, right? A: Exactly! Im going to cut out all that junk I eat; no mo
Both Chinese and Korean people are celebrating the Lunar New Year. This is a three day festival for Koreans called Seollal. The Chinese New Year is the start of the Spring Festival. It finishes with the Lantern Festival 15 days later. For Chinese and
Last week, four New Zealanders won awards for this year. Each of them volunteered their time and skills to help others. It is hard to say only one thing about each of these people because they have all done so much. Sam Tutu Chapman won the Local Her
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) NOEL KING, HOST: It is Friday, and that means it's time for StoryCorps. So Times Square is one option for New Year's Eve - if you like crowds. There's also some action in Tallapoosa, Ga., home of the New Year's Eve possum drop. I