Staircase Intonation So what is intonation in American English? What do Americans do? We go up and down staircases. We start high and end low. Every time we want to stress a word or an idea, we just start a new staircase. That sounds simple enough,

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President Obama's aides are hoping to draw far more Latino votes this election year than in 2008, and his appearance in central Florida today may have helped. He spoke of economic and education equality in his address to the National Association of L

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The new government was accused of not fulfilling its promise to lower the unemployment rate. 新政府被指控未实现其降低失业率的承诺。 图片1

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Germany Says Vietnam Kidnapped Ex-Oil Official in Berlin Germany says Vietnamese agents kidnapped a former oil official in Berlin and returned him to Vietnam to face corruption charges. German officials accused Vietnamese intelligence services of car

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1. A federal jury has the case of Lori Drew, a Missouri mother accused of conspiring with her daughter and an assistant to harass a 13-year-old girl on the Internet, allegedly precipitating the teen's suicide. 2. U.S. Marshals say a suspect in the N

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1. President Barack Obama will deliver his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly later today. The president plans to call on all nations to cooperate in tackling global problems. It's unclear if he will call out countries that potentia

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1. Attorneys for a Texas nurse accused of fatally shooting a mother and speeding away with the dying woman's newborn son say they plan to evaluate her mental state. Lawyers for Verna McClain say she was confused, visibly upset and mumbling to them du

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今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语跟扑克牌有关,是trump card。玩牌的人都知道,trump card是王牌的意思,也就是最大的牌,可以通吃。从19世纪初开始,trump card也被用来指最行之有效的手段。 上星

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A former housing official in central China's Henan Province has been detained after being found to own 29 properties. Zhai Haifeng, the former director of the local housing administration bureau in Zhengzhou city has been accused online of being enga

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Russia has expressed disappointment at U.S. President Barack Obama's cancellation of next month's scheduled summit with President Vladimir Putin. But Kremlin has said it remains ready to cooperate with the United States on many issues. Obama's move i

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BBC news with Marian Marshall. Italys Highest Court has upheld the 16-years jail sentence imposed on the cruise ship captain, Francesco Schettino. The decision put Schettino behind bars more than 5 years after he steered the Costa Concordia onto rock

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January 21st, 1793. In Paris, the French Revolution turns bloody as King Louis XVI condemned for treason is executed on the guillotine. 1924. Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary who founded the Soviet Union, the worlds first Communist state, di

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1. A grand jury has indicted a 23-year-old Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day. The six charges include attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted murder. 2. The man ac

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1. Twitter trended its first day as a public trade company. The stock opened at 45.10 a share, 73% above its initial offering price. Twitter was the most anticipated IPO since Facebook. 2. The government says it will be going to require a gradual pha

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Idiom: Put on your thinking cap ( think hard ) Hit the book: Be accused of Malnourished Tabloid Taunt Sentiment Spark outrage Skeleton Catwalk Victoria Beckham has been accused of being 'malnourished' and has admitted to an eating disorder in the pas

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City of stars 星光之城啊 Are you shining just for me? 你是否只愿为我闪耀 City of stars 星光之城啊 There's so much that I can't see 世间有太多不可明了 Who knows? 谁又能明了 I felt it from the first embrace I shared wit

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The US House of Representatives Armed Services Committee has approved the countrys next defense budget bill. One part of the bill clarifies US support for Japans recent moves to strengthen its military. The bill says the US supports Japans recent inc

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本期内容: One of the world's biggest tobacco firms, Philip Morris, has been accused of staggering hypocrisy over its new ad campaign that urges smokers to quit. The Marlboro maker said the move was an important next step in its aim to ultimatel

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本期内容: HarshwordsovershadowedtheloomingBrexittalks.AfterBritainwascriticizedforanunrealisticandill-informedapproach,TheresaMayaccusedEuropeanfiguresofinterferinginthegeneralelectiononJune8th.HerConservativesdidwellinlocalelections,mostlyatth

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the Innocence Mission是美国的一个摇滚类型的乐队组合,成立于1982年,在近达二十几年的时间里,发表了数张摇滚及民族摇滚风格的专辑和单曲。乐团的中心成员是Karen Peris与Don Peris。他们是一对

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