It's Friday morning, which is when we hear from StoryCorps. This oral history project is collecting stories of Americans across the country. And today we'll learn a little of the story of Roberta, Mona, Mary and Leota Keys. They are sisters, quadrup

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年NPR美国国家公共电台

Time again for StoryCorps, traveling the country recording your stories. Last week, we heard remembrances of the Great Depression. Today, we revisit that time with sisters Evelyn Palmour and Doreene McCoy. They were just children when the Depression

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(128) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年NPR美国国家公共电台

Time again for StoryCorps, traveling the country recording your stories. Last week, we heard remembrances of the Great Depression. Today, we revisit that time with sisters Evelyn Palmour and Doreene McCoy. They were just children when the Depression

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(146) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年NPR美国国家公共电台

These are the days. I know this to be true. I'm reminded of it daily. My little ones are still babies, they rely on me for everything, they give me kisses and love me more than anyone else. And I love it, I do. And I know how blessed I am and just ho

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

June 7-8 in China June 7 is a big day for people in China aiming to undertake higher education as the National College Entrance Exam, or gaokao, falls that day. The exam has long been controversial for imposing uniformity in picking talents. Do stude

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(179) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Time now for Business News. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan gave lawmakers on Capitol Hill a fresh warning yesterday. The budget deficit, he said, is on an unsustainable path. Unless that trend is reversed, at some point, these deficits will

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(195) / 评论(0) 分类 2005年NPR美国国家公共电台

Members of the New York stock exchange met today to learn more about the organization's proposed merger with the electronic trading company Archipelago. The merger, announced late yesterday, would turn the exchange into a for-profit company, as NPR'

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(149) / 评论(0) 分类 2005年NPR美国国家公共电台

Canada's prime minister went on National Television last night to say there would be an election early next year. Paul Martin is responding to a political scandal as Richard Reynolds reports. The scandal that threatens Prime Minister Paul Martin's Li

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(175) / 评论(0) 分类 2005年NPR美国国家公共电台

It was just about a year ago that Washington University professor Henry Schvey was visiting New Orleans to deliver a paper on one of his favorite topics, Tennessee Williams. During a side visit to Faulkner House Books. He found a small blue test book

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(169) / 评论(0) 分类 2005年NPR美国国家公共电台

It was just about a year ago that Washington University professor Henry Schvey was visiting New Orleans to deliver a paper on one of his favorite topics, Tennessee Williams. During a side visit to Faulkner House Books. He found a small blue test book

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(183) / 评论(0) 分类 2005年NPR美国国家公共电台

This is Morning Edition from NPR News. I'm Steven S. The Bush Administration has taken the first step toward curbing imports of low-priced pants, shirts and underwear from China. It's investigating a surge in exports that began January 1st. That's af

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(135) / 评论(0) 分类 2005年NPR美国国家公共电台

Now, Poet Ruth Forman lets us into part of her daily spiritual practice with her poem, I Wear Prayers Like Shoes. Now, Poet Ruth Forman lets us into part of her daily spiritual practice with her poem, I Wear Prayers Like Shoes. I wear prayers like sh

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(256) / 评论(0) 分类 2005年NPR美国国家公共电台

In our business news today we have a career check too but first the price of flying goes up. Several major airlines have reinstated a ten-dollar fare increase on many domestic round-trips one day after they dropped it. NPR's Jack Speer Reports: Next

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(247) / 评论(0) 分类 2005年NPR美国国家公共电台

Books and arts 文艺 John Kennedy's final days 肯尼迪最后的日子 When America wept 整个美国为之哭泣 JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President. 肯尼迪的最后百天:一个男人的转

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

Too Many Days Too many days I wake up with an aching Too many days have been wasted like sand Too many hours have gone by without notice Too many times I've let go of your hand 伴随疼痛醒来的 这许多的日子 像细沙般散失的 这许多的

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 好听的英文歌曲

Thank you for your application. We would like to congratulate you, the letter read. Those words can make your heart skip a beat and bring tears to your eyes. The feeling of following your dreams is inexplicable and proof that all your hard work was w

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

Everybody has blue days. These are miserable days when you feel lousy, grumpy, lonely, and utterly exhausted.Days when you feel small and insignificant, when everything seems just out of reach.You cant rise to the occasion.Just getting started seems

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

These are roughly 28,835 Jelly Beans. I counted out five hundred of them, 这些大约是28,835颗雷根糖。我数出其中五百颗, and used those to weigh the rest. In this pile, there's one Jelly Bean for each day that the average American wi

发表于:2019-02-20 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 欧美人文风情

How like a winter hath my absence been From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year! 你是这飞逝年华中的快乐与期盼,一旦离开了你,日子便宛若冬寒。 What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen! 瑟缩的冰冷攫住了我

发表于:2019-02-24 / 阅读(367) / 评论(0) 分类 莎士比亚十四行诗全集

英语励志美文:每件事情都至关重要 Thank you for your application. We would like to congratulate you, the letter read. Those words can make your heart skip a beat and bring tears to your eyes. The feeling of following your dreams is ine

发表于:2019-03-02 / 阅读(138) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文