Arthur and the Minimoys 阿瑟的奇幻王国:毫发人的冒险 Every child wants a good bedtime story before they fall asleep and go into their dream world. Arthur was no different and his grandmother read stories to him every night. She amazed h

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(180) / 评论(0) 分类 常春藤生活英语

New Video Shows Amazon Tribe with No Contact to Outside World Video has been released for the first time showing an Amazon tribe in Brazil with no known contact to the outside world. The video, shot by a drone, provides the first-ever images of 16 tr

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(238) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(八)月

There is a kind of tribalism in us all which can make us feel uneasy, even threatened at times by difference. But our prejudices often tell us more about ourselves than we would like to admit. When the Quran says we have made you into nations and tri

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 社会—In the Community

This time it was the Huns. People like these had never been seen before in the West: small, yellow men with narrow, slit eyes and terrifying scars on their faces. 那便是匈奴人。这样的部落人们在西方还从未见过,矮小、黄皮肤的

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 世界小史

Video Shows Man Believed to be Last of Amazon Tribe Brazils Indian Foundation has released a video that shows images of a man believed to be the last surviving member of his tribe. No one knows the mans name or that of his tribe. It appears he has li

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Taboo 禁忌异域 by Matthew Brown What is normal and acceptable in one culture can seem bizarre and scary to outsiders. 一个文化中被视为理所当然的习俗,在外人眼里可能显得既怪异又恐布。 Traveling to a new place with a

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AS IT IS 2016-07-31 Film Shows Effort to Stop Tribes from Killing Children 通过电影阻止非洲部落杀害儿童 Filmmaker John Rowe discovered a secret after many visits to the Omo River Valley in Ethiopia: people there thought some children we

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听力文本: 京晶:小高,你弄了个新造型吗?我注意到你耳朵上多了个耳环。我们的着装在工作场合应该更专业一些,你不觉得吗? 小高:没关系,我这就拿下来。再说了,不就是块磁铁吗?

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 英语PK台

英语学习笔记: alliance n. 联盟 horde n. 部落 champion n. 冠军,战士 ash n. 灰烬 For the horde 为了部落 Arise my champion! By your side, my lady! 复活吧,我的勇士...为你而战,我的女士! Ashes to ashes. 尘归尘,

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In the parts of Alaska where fish can be caught for food, Indians live in small villages. 在阿拉斯加那些产鱼的地方,都有一些小村庄, 里面住着印第安人。 In the center of each village they put up a tall pole carved and pai

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We've got to make it easier to vote, not harder, and modernize it for the way we live now. 我们要让投票更容易,而不是更难,我们应顺应现在的生活方式,使投票方式现代化。 This is America. We want to make it easier f

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The wind buffets you from every angle. 风从四面八方刮来。 And when the storm finally moves away,leaving in its place a clear, still, starlit night, 当随后雷雨逐渐消散,寂静、明澈的星夜终于来临时, you can hardly remem

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注释: Iraqi insurgent 伊拉克起义军 Sunni and Shiite rebels 逊尼派和什叶派反抗者 assault [E5sC:lt] n. 攻击,袭击 intense [in5tens] adj. 激烈的 helicopter [5helikCptE] n. 直升

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(上)--各类新闻

今天还是要继续讲两个在大选期间新闻界常用来报道竞选运动的习惯用语。在美国人的言谈和写作中不时会出现一些带有美洲土著民族印第安人风味的词句。当年来自欧洲的拓荒者踏上这片新

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《英国病人》中嘉芙莲临死前写给艾玛殊的信。当心爱的人走向死亡时,艾马殊无声的流泪了,流在沙漠的阵阵风沙中。怀抱爱人,却是冰冷的尸体。哀号,掩没在风沙中。 My darling, I'm waiti

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Todd: So, Greg, do you have any stories about being lost, since you have all this good advice? Greg: Ah, well, let me think. Ah, there was one time I got lost in the mountains of the Golden Triangle in Thailand. The Golden Triangle as you might know

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The hidden mountain tribe in Papua where villagers mummified their ancestors with SMOKE and have kept their remains in a nearly perfect state for hundreds of years几百年来巴布亚岛深山部落烟熏木乃伊几乎以完美状态保存下来Ext

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Afghanistan's top intelligence officer is rejecting a U.S. estimate that only 30 percent of the country is under the control of the central government in Kabul. Amrullah Saleh suggested U.S. officials misunderstand Afghanistan's traditional governing

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Todd: So, Greg, do you have any stories about being lost, since you have all this good advice? 托德:格雷格,你为我们提供了这么好的建议,那你有过迷路的经历吗? Greg: Ah, well, let me think. Ah, there was one time I got

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Making more friends 交更多的朋友 I regret not reaching out more, putting more effort into creating a tribe of support that would carry me through more difficult times. 我后悔没有更多的伸出手去,没有更努力去结交那么一伙儿

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