VOA慢速英语2012--THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: Peace Treaty Ends American Revolution

THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: Peace Treaty Ends American Revolution 建国史话 (14)：胜利和独立 From VOA Learning English, this is THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in Special English. I'm Steve Ember. This week in our seri

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Prince Harry once said he didn't drag himself through officer training school to end up not going to Iraq, but that's exactly what he did. After months of go no-go dithering about whether to deploy him, Britain's Chief General today changes his mind

美国学生历史 第54期:独立(3)

162.Greene's Later Campaigns. 162．格林的后期战役 At Hobkirk's Hill, near Camden, the British soldiers who had been left behind by Cornwallis attacked Greene. 在卡姆登附近的蒿波克克山，被康沃利斯留下断后的英军士兵向格

美国学生历史 第51期:《独立宣言》和法国联盟(4)

154.Monmouth, 1778. 154．蒙默思郡（1778年） The first result of the French alliance was the retreat of the British from Philadelphia to New York. 与法国人结盟的第一个成果是导致英国人从费城撤到纽约。 As Sir Henry Clin

每日一词【140】take over：接管，接替

今天我们要学的词组是take over。 Take over有接管，接替的意思。 比如长途开车，朋友怕你太疲劳，他说， May I take over the driving? 我可以替换你一下吗？ 还比如英国把阿富汗北约驻军的指挥权移

布什会见美国驻阿富汗特别代表(2008-04-29)

PRESIDENT BUSH: I have just had a very constructive and important dialogue with the United Nations Envoy to Afghanistan. Mr. Ambassador, thank you so very much for coming to the Oval Office, and thank you so much for serving the cause of peace. You'

车祸猛于虎 英军坦克撞进德国民居

A tank belong to a British Army driving school ended up crashing into a house in Germany after a technical fault meant it veered off course. 由于技术故障，英军驾校的一辆坦克偏离路线撞进一幢德国民房里。 Ulrich and Magdale

VOA双语新闻：美驻阿富汗司令提交评估报告

The U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has delivered his eagerly-awaited assessment to his bosses in Washington and Brussels, but the document is being kept secret. Pentagon officials say it will be followed by intern

单词超市第130期 take over

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英伦广角 2012-09-08 驻阿富汗英军回家与家人团聚

After 7 arduous months away from home, their faces say it at all. Its good to be back. 4 months. Really, that daddy is OK. And for this soldier, its a chance to meet his 3-week-old son for the first time. So proud. These soldiers are the first compan

英伦广角 2010-09-26 揭秘英军情六局

From its earliest days at land and on sea, MI6 ventured around the world. Tales from the book include how this boat was used to insert spies into Russia during the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, and how one MI6 officer used it to sink a Russian warship.

英军袜子改用中国制造

Britain's armed services are to wear socks made in China after the firm which has supplied them for 80 years was dropped. 英国国防部决定弃用英国制造的袜子，转而为英军采购成本低廉的中国产袜子。 UK's Ministry of Defen

士气低迷之下英军面临“退伍潮”

Britain's SHAME: Thousands of soldiers quit the army as morale hits historic low 不列颠之耻：士气极度低迷之下大量士兵脱离军队 MORE than 15,000 soldiers quit the British Army last year as commanders struggled against falling mora

英军医护人员回国监测埃博拉

LONDON, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- A British military healthcare worker arrived back into Britain from Sierra Leone for Ebola monitoring, Public Health England (PHE) confirmed on Saturday. PHE said the person, suffered a needle-stock injury when treating a

VOA双语新闻：布朗赞扬英军在阿富汗获胜

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has hailed the British offensive in Afghanistan's Helmand province a success. But that call is getting a mixed reception as the British public grows weary of the country's involvement there. 英国首相布朗赞扬英国在

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Two hundred and eighteen thousand British and a hundred twenty thousand French troops are successfully evacuated. 21万8千名英军以及12万名法国部队成功撤离。 The British army is saved, but they seem tatters. 英军获救，但他们似乎