Some folks like to get away Take a holiday from the neighborhood Hop a flight to Miami Beach Or to Hollywood But I'm talking a Greyhound On the Hudson River Line I'm in a New York state of mind I've seen all the movie stars In their fancy cars and th

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(133) / 评论(0) 分类 The Voice 美国好声音

Saturday morning meant one thing for Susandoing the laundry. She hated doing the laundry. Unenthusiastically, she took the pillow cases off all the pillows. Then she removed the fitted sheet from the mattress. She took the towel off the towel bar in

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 365个英语简短小故事

Technology Report - Amazon Launches E-Book Lending for Libraries 科技报道 - 亚马逊推出Kindle图书借阅服务 This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 Amazon.com launched its Kindle

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Africa's top peace and security official has welcomed the resignation of Somalia's President Abdullahi Yusuf, saying it clears the way for actions that could prevent the country from descending into chaos as Ethiopian troops withdraw. African Union

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HRW: Release AU Report on S. Sudan A rights group is criticizing the African Union for delaying release of a commission of inquiry report on South Sudans conflict. Human Rights Watch says the AU should reverse its decision and immediately publish the

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(二月)

The African Union's special envoy for Somalia has condemned the rise in attacks on AU peacekeepers in the country in the past week. He asserted the right of AU troops to defend themselves, but reinforced the mission's neutrality in the country's con

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 23 August 2007 Envoys from the AU and the United Nations have been working for weeks to prepare for peace talks between the government and rebels in Sudan's Darfur region. Yet one of the rebel groups, the Sudan Liberation Move

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Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan, left, walks with Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete, at the ongoing African Union summit in Kampala, Uganda, 26 Jul 2010 An African Union summit in Uganda's capital city Kampala is drawing to a close with a number

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The African Union said its peacekeeping mission in Somalia will not be deterred by Sunday's terrorist bomb attack in Mogadishu that killed 11 Burundian peacekeepers and wounded dozens more. AU tanks patrol the street in Mogadishu on 09 Feb 2009 The

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Haiti's First Lady Champions Social Causes Sophia Martelly, the wife of Haiti's new president, Michel Martelly, is juggling the care of four children and a change of lifestyle from when she was simply the wife of a popular musician, her husband's pre

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Juno Spacecraft Launches Toward Jupiter The U.S. space agency launched the Juno spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Friday, beginning a five-year journey to Jupiter. 3,2,1. Ignition and liftoff of the Atlas 5 [rocket] with Juno on a t

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 26 October 2009 A sharp increase in illegal migrants heading by boat to Australia has prompted accusations that the government has made the country a target for traffickers by easing immigration laws. More than 42 vessels have

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A: Does every floor have a laundry room? B: Each hallway has a laundry room located near the stairway. A: Are they open for use around the clock? B: The laundry room near the recreation center is open twenty-four hours a day. The rest have posted hou

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A florist in Delhi, India fell to his death after he was attacked by a gang of monkeys. He was on his balcony watering his plants. Three monkeys, which usually were friendly beggars, sat on his balcony railing and watched. They were hoping that he wo

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Illinois Senator Barack Obama and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee have won the Iowa caucuses held in that Midwestern state on Thursday. Obama, who won the most votes in the Democratic Party caucuses, is the first person of African descent to h

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By Carol Pearson and Rosanne Skirble Washington, DC 09 March 2006 watch Lung Cancer report Dana and Christopher Reeve Dana Reeve was best known as the widow of actor Christopher Reeve, and as a tirele

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By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 18 December 2007 The African Union has inaugurated a panel of distinguished citizens to promote efforts to prevent conflict on a continent that has seen more than its share of wars. VOA's Peter Heinlein reports from AU h

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By Doug Levine Washington 20 January 2007 Singer and guitarist George Benson and vocalist Al Jarreau are no strangers to the Grammy Awards. Each has earned his share of Grammys over the years. As VOA's Doug Levine tells us, the duo's first album toge

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With Togo elections set for March 4, the former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo recently landed in the West African country as head of the African Union's mission to monitor the vote. The most recent presidential election in Togo resulted in vio

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By Alan Boswell Nairobi 17 September 2009 A Somali woman is rushed into a local hospital after several mortar rounds killed several people in Mogadishu, 17 Sep 2009 Two suicide bombings have rocked the headquarters of the African Union peacekeeping

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