S: is that your rabbit? A: yes, I just adopted her from the humane society this weekend. S: that's good for you. why did you decide to get a rabbit. A: well, i wanted to get a pet that wouldn't disturb the neighbors. at the same time, I wanted a pet

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 生活英语情景口语

阿联酋国家报:阿联酋首都阿布扎比计划建一座革命性新式监狱-----囚犯在整个服刑期间可能见不到任何一个狱警.与囚犯打交道的将只有社工,培训者,心理学家,顾问和医务人员.狱警将退居幕后

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 弗兰肯斯坦.Frankenstein

演讲简介:Sunitha Krishnan 整一生都在拯救那些被卷入性交易的妇女和儿童,而性交易现今已经成长为了一个数以亿计的市场。在这个伟大的演说里,Sunitha 讲述了三个孩子以及她自身的故事,并

发表于:2018-12-09 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:生存故事

70 employees at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch are being told by California labor authorities not to show up for work, the pop star let their workers compensation insurance lapse, and most workers

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1. A former police officer was sentenced to life in prison for killing his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn daughter. Bobby Cutts Jr. was spared the death sentence by a jury. Cutts is eligible for parole after 57 years. 2. The Humane Society is

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人道团体呼吁增加对叙利亚难民的资助 Nearly 3 million people have fled Syria since the civil war there began, and more are leaving every day. Most of them cross into neighboring Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, where they live in sprawling

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人道组织:中非共和国暴力处在前所未有程度 Humanitarian groups say the situation in the Central African Republic is worsening daily, with the violence in some areas reaching unprecedented levels. France says it is sending additional

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I was born in Chicago in 1901. 我出生在1901年的芝加哥。 He paused and glanced at me from the corner of his eyes. 他停下来,用眼角的余光瞥着我。 My face was carefully unsurprised, patient for the rest. 我的脸上是小心翼翼

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progressive adj. 进步的 elaborate adj. 详尽的 snout n. 鼻口部 testament n. 确实的证明 cone n. 圆锥体 vagan n. 极端素食主义者 humane adj. 人道的 In America, what is the relationship between people and animals? 在美国,人

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A crisis of leadership, too 也是领导力的危机 The many-headed catastrophe points to deeper-seated problems in governing Japan 棘手的灾祸背后,日本政府深层次的弊病显露出来 SINCE the lives of hundreds of thousands of ordina

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Only minutes later, another zoo visitor happened by. Spotting the two dead men, he called 911. By the time police arrived, zoo officials were already scouring the area with their dart guns. They had told the police not to shoot the animal unless it w

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1. A fourth day of massive protest is planned in Iran today. Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is urging supporters to wear black to mourn the alleged election fraud during last Friday's vote and the lives lost during this week's protests. 2. A

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Dogs Rescued From S. Korean Meat Farm Find US Homes 不再是盘中餐:韩国小狗移民美国 ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA Twenty-three dogs from a South Korea dog meat farm have arrived in shelters in the northern Virginia city of Alexandria, and are wa

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Mr. President 校长先生 Upon the recommendation of the appropriate university committee根据大学委员会的推荐 I present for the honorary degree of doctor of humane letters Mr. Marc Benioff我将授予马克贝尼奥夫人文荣誉博士学位

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Jay Leno, welcome home 杰雷诺 欢迎回家 By virtue of the power vested in me by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 我将行使马萨诸塞州 and the Board of Trustees of Emerson College 和爱默生学院校董会授予我的权力 I hereby con

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Over the years I have learned what harm can come from gossip or just talking about other people。 这些年来我已了解到犯长舌或只是谈论一下别人可造成的伤害有多大。 In my work place, gossip is a big problem, which is heigh

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

每当身边有人谈起奔三的话题,周围就弥漫着一种恐慌的气氛,把30岁说得好像洪水猛兽一样可怕。究其根源,大概是因为在中国的文化里,三十而立这个概念深入人心,而当下很多年轻人可能

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

He was a mystery wrapped in sheep's clothing and an ill-fitting Christmas sweater until its owner came forward Tuesday night to reclaim the animal from its temporary digs at the Nebraska Humane Society. He is just like my boy. I wanna dress him up. H

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2014(十二)月

This is commercial whaling. The International Whaling Commission or IWC banned the practice in 1986. Japan announced Wednesday it was leaving the IWC. We decided to resume commercial whaling from July 2019 and to withdrawal from the International Con

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2019年(一月)

A new report by a consortium of British aid agencies says the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is the worst in forty years. VOA's Jim Teeple reports the report blames Israel for the crisis, but Israeli officials say Hamas militants are to bla

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