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Dear you, Are you wearing 1)pajamas? I do not mean to begin this letter by getting personal. I was just wondering if you people leave the house anymore-something that seems to be increasingly unnecess
I can't believe that it is almost the end of January already. Where has the time gone? We have had an unusual Winter so far, weather wise. It has gone from being overcast and dull, to sunny and mild, back to freezing and snowy. You don't know what to
Lesson 50:New Year resolutions 新年的决心 Listen to the tape then answer the question below. 听录音,然后回答以下问题。 What marked the end of the writer's New Year resolutions? The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally, at le
Jenna:Why is Chinese New Year your favorite holiday? 珍娜:为什么中国农历新年是你最喜欢的节日呢? David:I love it because I can be with my family. 戴维:我喜欢农历新年是因为可以和家人团聚。 Jenna:Do you see
And now Words and Their Stories -- a weekly program from VOA Learning English. Our show explores the roots and modern uses of expressions in American English. Today we talk about the word resolution. Resolution is a word with more than one meaning. H
'They' Wins as Linguists Word of the Year From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. The competition was more youthful, more hipster, more urban, even naughtier. But in the end, they won. The pronoun they won out as Word of the Year, vo
MONACO, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Usain Bolt and Sally Pearson have been named the male and female world athletes of the year for 2011, IAAF President Lamine Diack announced on Saturday. Bolt, who won the award for the third time, and Pearson, a first-time
The Lunar New Year The Lunar New Year is a great occasion to the Chinese people. It lasts about the first four days of the year, during which people do not work except for the workers on duty. Students do not go to school, and shops are dosed. Severa
HOUSTON, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS) on Monday announced Los Angeles Galaxy's coach Bruce Arena as the winner of the 2011 MLS Coach of the Year. MLS said in a statement that in his third full season as LA head coach, Arena led
Intermediate - Chinese New Year (C0037) A: Im so excited about Chinese New Year! When do I get to visit Grandma? Grandma makes the best dumplings in the world! B: Ha ha, right. Sounds to me like youre more excited about the dumplings than seeing your
BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Beijing's major commercial outlets started the year 2013 with a business boom as shopping prevailed over travels as citizens' favorite activity during the New Year holiday. Beijing marked the coldest New Year from January
BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Dallas Mavericks is set to sign free agent forward Yi Jianlian on a one-year deal, according to an ESPN report on Sunday. The 24-year-old Chinese averaged 5.6 points and 3.9 rebounds with Washington last season. Yi's b
LONDON, June 23 (Xinhua) -- China's first Grand Slam champion Li Na said here on Saturday that she hopes to do better this year than her second round loss in last Wimbledon. The 30-year-old shocked the world by breaking through at the French Open to
Last night at an awards ceremony in Auckland, the winner of the New Zealander of the Year was announced. He is Sir Richard Taylor of Weta Workshops. He was made Sir Richard for his successful film work in 2010. Listen to Queens Birthday Honours to he
BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- World championships and World Cup men's singles winner Zhang Jike was voted as the Table Tennis Player of the Year by a leading table tennis magazine. The Table Tennis World, whose editor in chief is the former Internation
President Barack Obama announced on Friday that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of this year. The announcement came after months of negotiations with the Iraqi government on extending a U.S. troop presence there. In a video con
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China aims to rein this year's consumer price growth at around 4 percent, according to a government work report delivered by Premier Wen Jiabao at the annual parliamentary session on Monday. In projecting a CPI increase o
More Americans Planning to Spend Less on Travel This Year Travelers around the world say theyll spend more money on vacations this year than last. But its a different story in the U.S. Vacations naturally took a hit during the Great Recession, giving
BRUSSELS, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The year 2011 will be economically challenging(挑战的) and painful, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warned here Wednesday. After two years of economic recession(衰退), Barroso expects a difficul
Scattered shadows on a wall' you watch the long light fall Some impressions stay and some will fade Tattered shoes outside your door' clothes all on the floor Your life feels like the morning after all year long Every day it starts again You cannot s