'Leda and the Swan' Painting Found in Ancient Pompeii This is Whats Trending Scientists have uncovered a sensual drawing on a wall in the ruins of ancient Pompeii. The fresco represents the myth of Leda and the Swan. In the story, the Roman god Jupit

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(188) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

Lesson 47 pollution 污染 Pollution is the price we pay for over populated,over-industrialized planet. 污染就是我们为了这个人口过密,过度工业化的星球所付出的代价。 A pollution warning system is being established. 正在建

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Lesson 48:The silent village 沉默的村庄 Listen to the tape then answer the question below. 听录音,然后回答以下问题。 Why was the village silent? In this much-travelled world, there are still thousands of places which are inaccessibl

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on loan for feisty unbearably veterinary endocrinologist horticulture maintenance routine in attendance cub fresco She is so feisty, she is very confident, she has a mind of her own. Newest cub Sulin

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Greek frescoes from the second millennium B.C. show what is believed to be the earliest known representation of a rose. The name, according to legend, is because a woman of exquisite beauty, Rhodanthe, was turned into a beautiful rose. Roses grew abu

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Narrator: C. Spell correctly the names of the following persons associated with Manchester and Liverpool: i. King John - (gave Liverpool a Royal Charter in 1207; chief port for trade with Ireland) ii. John Kay - (inventor of the flying shuttle in 173

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Archeologists are hoping to attract tourists to one of the jewels of the Roman Empire. Viminacium was the most important city in the Roman province of Upper Moesia. The city was located in what is today, Serbia. It's believed the Romans first conque

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Entomb ed by a 30-foot layer of volcanic pumice for more than 3,500 years, the city was clearly related to the ruins of Minoan Crete. Hundreds if not thousands of years ahead of its time, among the ci

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Do you fancy a romantic picnic? As summertime begins in Britain, people start to feel the urge to go outside to eat. People love to have a picnic whenever the weather is good enough, especially people with children. Its a great way to spend a sunny

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Murals Add Color and Character to Los Angeles 洛杉矶的壁画 Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English. Im June Simms. On the show today, we play new music from country star Keith Urban. We also roll down some old train tracks in Misso

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March 6th 1836 - So all the Texas will know,and remember the Alamo!In San Antonio, the Alamo falls to Mexican forces ending a 13-day siege of rebel Texans fighting for their independence. 1857 The U.S. Supreme Courts decision in the Dred Scott case b

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Archeologists are hoping to attract tourists to one of the jewels of the Roman Empire. Viminacium was the most important city in the Roman province of Upper Moesia. The city was located in what is today, Serbia. It's believed the Romans first conquer

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In one ongoing excavating section of Anyang's Yinxu Ruins, scholars found two family tombs with undamaged mural paintings. According to the archaeologists, the two large-scale tomb sites sit side-by-side possibly belonging to imperial families from t

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Lily Allen又是一个来自英国的小女生,用年轻率性的声音唱着时下流行世界的jazz-pop。Allen出生于英国伦敦,母亲是一名喜剧演员。 Riding through the city on my bike all day Cause the filth took away my licence

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MODERN CARTOONS, WHICH ARE CREATED AS HUMOROUS COMIC STRIPS IN NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES, ARE NOT THE SAME THING AS RENAISSANCE CARTOONS. A CARTOON WAS A DRAWING, ONE OF THE STEPS IN MAKING A FRESCO. THE ARTIST WOULD DRAW EVERYTHING TO SIZE, JUST AS I

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RAPHAEL SANZIO WAS BORN IN URBINO, ITALY, ON APRIL 6, 1483. HE FIRST LEARNED TO DRAW FROM HIS ARTIST FATHER. WHEN HE WAS TWENTY-ONE, HE WENT TO FLORENCE, WHERE HE STUDIED THE WORKS OF LEONARDO AND MICHELANGELO. IN HIS DAY, RAPHAEL WAS THE MOST POPULA

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LDN lily allen Riding through the city on my bike all day Cause the filth took away my licence It doesn't get me down and I feel ok Cause the sights that I'm seeing are priceless Everything seems to look as it should But I wonder what goes on behind

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卢瑟集团要一片具有悠久历史美洲原住民遗址上建写字楼园区土著约瑟夫-柳湾极力反对建筑工头工地突然死亡临死前看见了一只白狼 克拉克和皮特进行摩托车比赛时候不小心掉进了一个洞里土著女孩凯拉和爷爷柳湾正洞中调查很惊讶地发现跌下来克拉克竟然毛发无损洞中有一些远

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They ended up getting a Miele washer and dryer, made in Germany. 最终他们购买了德国生产的米勒牌洗衣机和干衣机。 I got more thrill out of them than I have out of any piece of high tech in years, Jobs said. 它们带给我的兴奋

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MEGAN THOMPSON: Two-and-a-half million people visit Pompeii every year, making it one of Italy's busiest tourist attractions. The ancient city, close to modern-day Naples, is famous for being frozen in time, preserved as it was when the volcano Mount

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