'Million Dollar' Night at the Academy Awards Million Dollar Baby earned four Oscars, including one for best actress for Hilary Swank. She played a woman determined to become a boxing champion and play

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语听者文摘

Memorial Day: Family of Lost WW II Flier Brings His Story to Life Memorial Day in the United States is a time for remembering the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. armed forces. Families especially want to remember the stories of relat

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Are We Safer Without Pilots in the Cockpit? 如果驾驶舱没有飞行员的话,我们会不会更安全点呢? Last month, 150 people were killed when Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed in the French Alps. Officials say the co-pilot flew the airpl

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Actor Cate Blanchett will head the awards jury at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival in May. The Australian movie star is a major voice in the campaign against sexual harassment. In a statement, Festival officials Pierre Lescure and Thierry Fremaux praise

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Eritrea Fighter Pilot Escapes, Calls for Justice for Jailed Compatriots Dejen Ande Hishel was a fighter pilot in Eritrea. He trained in Russia and flew during Eritreas war with Ethiopia in the 1990s. But in 1999, Eritrean officials arrested him. He s

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Wiley Post: The First Pilot to Fly Around the World Alone MARY TILLOTSON: Now the VOA Special English program, Explorations. Today Shirley Griffith and Doug Johnson tell about pilot Wiley Post. He set new records when he flew his own airplane around

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(九)月

1. Why will it take so long for the lights to come back on? That's the question nearly 1.8 million people without electricity on the East Coast are asking. Officials warn that some neighborhoods may be in the dark for most of the week. 2. Army Staff

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Expert: High Costs Prevent Automated Airplane Tracking 成本问题阻碍飞机自动追踪系统的应用 It's been 10 months since Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared. Despite search efforts that stretched from the South China Sea to the India

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February 13th, 1935In New Jersey, Bruno Richard Hauptmann is found guilty of first degree murder in the kidnapping and death of aviator Charles Lingberghs infant son. The following year, Hauptmann dies in the electric chair insisting to the end that

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September 19th, 1777In upstate New York, a turning point during the American Revolution. The Continental Army defeats the British in the first of two Battles of Saratoga. American victories in both battles convince the French to aid the Revolutionary

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May 21st1927, He made it, Charles A. Lindbergh, lucky Lindy they call him. Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh completes the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.He lands near Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis. Some 33 hours after taking off

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May 21st1927, He made it, Charles A. Lindbergh, lucky Lindy they call him. Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh completes the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.He lands near Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis. Some 33 hours after taking off

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May 21st1927, He made it, Charles A. Lindbergh, lucky Lindy they call him. Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh completes the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.He lands near Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis. Some 33 hours after taking off

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Our chemistry, our very nature, our metabolism is completely shaped by the atmosphere. To appreciate our atmosphere, well rise through its layers, travelling from the planets surface, miles up above mountains and the clouds, to the very edge of space

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In the month the glide scope had been under repair, there had been something like 1,500 safe landings at Guam airport. 在跑道射灯进行修理的那个月里,已经有1500架飞机都安全着陆在关岛机场。 It was a small thing-an inconv

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- A passenger rocket plane developed by Virgin Galactic's crashed on Friday after suffering an in-flight anomaly during a powered test flight over the U.S. state of California, the commercial company said on Twitter. 新华

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讲解 Todays key word is McDonalds McDonalds 麦当劳 McDonalds is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Here is a delicious example: I love cheeseburgers from McDonalds. 我炒鸡喜欢麦当劳的芝士汉堡。 我们今天

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September 19th, 1777In upstate New York, a turning point during the American Revolution. The Continental Army defeats the British in the first of two Battles of Saratoga. American victories in both battles convince the French to aid the Revolutionary

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Todd: Howard, you said you saw the movie The Aviator. Howard: Ah, yes, with Leonardo DiCaprio. Todd: OK. What is the movie about? Howard: Well, The Aviator refers to the character, Howard Hughes. Todd: OK, who was Howard Hughes? Howard: Well, Howard

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We are leaking bleed air. Request turn right heading 095 to avoid the icing area. 661. 我们的引气正在泄漏。请求右转095以避开结冰区。 CPDLC has malfunctioned. We are reverting to voice communication. 662. CPDLC失效。我们正在恢

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