Sierra Leone to Sell Multi-million Dollar Diamond to Help Poor Sierra Leone hopes to raise millions of dollars for development projects by selling a large uncut diamond. It is believed to be one of the largest diamonds in the world. The public sale w

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(十)月

This is one of the reasons why Canada, 这就是为何加拿大 originally a climate change hero -- 它原本是环保英雄- we were one of the first signatories of the Kyoto Accord. 我们是第一批签署京都议定书的国家之一 Now we're

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲娱乐篇

This would put a pipeline to take natural gas 将设置天然气运输管线 from the Beaufort Sea through the heart 从波弗特海穿越 of the third largest watershed basin in the world, 世上第三大水域中心 and the only one which is 95 per

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Kathy:My goal is to be rich. What about you? 凯西:我的目标就是要有钱。你的目标呢? Bill:I just want to be happy. 比尔:我只想要快乐。 Kathy:What? 凯西:什么? Bill:I think being happy is more important than having al

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 天天练口语

An Identity of One's Own In the eternal universe, every human being has a one-off chance to live- --his existence is unique and irretrievable, for the mold with which he was made, as Rousseau said, wa

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(238) / 评论(0) 分类 有声杂志阅读

Nature is the true law.天行有常,不为尧存,不为桀亡。 Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是发明的动力。 Never fish in trouble water.不要混水摸鱼。 Never judge from

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英文名句短语

1、水瓶座(1.21-2.19) You are the one I have been looking for. 你就是我一直在追寻的幸福。 2、双鱼座(2.20-3.20) Okay. Let us try to be the luckiest couple on earth. 好!让我们试着成为世上最幸运的一对。 3、牡羊座

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 节日英语

Thank you. 谢谢大家。 I have only got 18 minutes to explain something that lasts for hours and days, 我只有18分钟的时间来讲一件持续了数天数夜的事情, so I'd better get started. 所以最好述不宜迟, Let's start with

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲娱乐篇

So as bad as all that is, things are going to get much worse, much, much worse. 整个情况如此糟糕,而且将会每况愈下。 This is the infrastructure as we see it about now. 以上是我们目前所知的基础设施。 This is what's pla

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲商业篇

And we're replacing that with the largest industrial project in the history of the world, 将它转变成史上最大的工业项目, which is producing the most high-carbon greenhouse gas emitting oil in the world. 生产温室气体排放量最大的

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A man from Turkey was officially crowned the world's tallest man on Thursday. Sultan Kosen measures 8-foot 1-inch and his status as the tallest man on the planet was verified by the Guinness Book of Records. The 27-year-old Kosen was given a tour of

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The Valeri Mausoleum, the largest and most luxurious of 22 pagan tombs buried under St. Peter's Basilica[1] in Vatican City, was reopened on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. The mausoleum lies a few hundred feet away from the burial place

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An architectural marvel, the center of the Golden Global Pagoda in Bijapur India contains the worlds largest stone dome, built without any supporting pillars. The planned height of the structure is more than 315 feet. And with an inner diameter of ne

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We're back with Joseph Gordon Levitt. 我们回来了 这是乔瑟夫高登李维 You have been in this business such a long time.You started out as a kid. 你在这行做了很久 你以前是个童星 We actually found this clip of you on Celebrity

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The longest rail link in the world, dubbed the silk road express, connects the industrial hub of Yiwu on the East coast of China with the Spanish capital Madrid. The link, first established late last year, is part of the Chinese governments plans to

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(149) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Billy Gilman(小比利)是有史以来流行乐坛最年轻的少年歌手,12岁就以首张专辑《One Voice》创造全美百万以上的销售纪录。 小比利以其真挚的情感、动人的嗓音征服成人市场,而他纯真俏皮的

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 流行英文歌曲

密集恐惧症、恐高症、社交恐惧症、蜘蛛恐惧症、婚姻恐惧症、肥肉恐惧症、纽扣恐惧症、牙医恐惧症、长单词恐惧症必有一款适合您 友情提示:**-phobia**是表示恐惧、憎恶的后缀。 trypophob

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英文语法词汇

We all like to eat well, and sometimes its worth spending that little bit extra in order to get the best food available, but how many of us would consider spending nearly £2,000 (22,000 yuan) for a pigs leg? British gourmets with money to burn are

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

A husband and wife who claim to be the world's oldest married couple have celebrated their joint birthdays - with a combined age of 211. 自称是世界上最年迈的夫妇庆祝了二人年龄合为211岁的共同的生日。 Karam Chand celebrated

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

本期内容: Kind words are themusic of the world 善言是世上的音乐 这是一个比喻句 把 kind words (善言)比喻为music (音乐) of 前后的两个词往往是从属关系 比如 name of the girl 女孩的名字 the end of t

发表于:2019-03-02 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 口语侠每日早读