My period started today, Ruth said. Brody could hear her sadness over the phone. Oh, Im sorry, honey. Thats too bad, Brody said. Until now, they both had assumed that she was pregnant, because her period was supposed to start three weeks ago. Brody h

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 365个英语简短小故事

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Workers finish the preparation and mailing of final Oscar ballots in January I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week -- the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents its yea

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(二)月

Education Report - A School System in Maine Gives iPads to Kindergartners 教育报道 - 缅因州一学区向幼儿园学生发放iPads This is the VOA Special English Education Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。 Nine years ago

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本单元是关于慈爱的忠告的对话 Michal: Hello, I've been sent to take you. Dad: I can't get a minute's peace around here! Michal: No wonders you love it here, your garden's beautiful. Dad: Thank you Michal. Just my luck though, neither Helen nor her mo

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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today! I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vi

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Boy, we just wasted a whole morning, Roy complained over the phone to his middle-aged son. Roys wife had been scheduled for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam, because her shoulder had been bothering her for months. It had gotten to the point wh

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The phone rang. How's New York? Wally asked. I love it, Eugene said. Have you found a job? Wally asked. Of course I haven't found a job, Eugene said. I only got here a month ago. You'd better hurry up, said Wally. Your savings will run out before you

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So after months of rumors and speculation, the wraps have finally come off Apple's latest big idea. At a launch in San Francisco, the iPad was fanfared with typical Apple hype. It's unbelievably great, way better than a laptop, way better than a smar

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So here with my new iPad. And over the last couple of days, I've gotten a couple of questions. The first is should I buy the iPad2, now that it is $399, or should I get the new iPad for $499? I've also gotten the question. I have the iPad2 but should

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US State Might Sell Naming Rights for Roads All but the tiniest of roads have to have names so they can be located on a map, and so people can ask directions to them. Bridges less so, but Americans name a lot of them, too. Very often these arteries c

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Internally displaced ethnic Tamils watch Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse during his visit to the Manik Farm refugee camp, in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka (file photo) The United Nations refugee agency reports that all 490 Tamil passengers on a cargo sh

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A group of British charities has teamed up with British film actor Bill Nighy and producer Richard Curtis to campaign for what they call a new deal between banks and society. They want to put a .05 percent tax on financial transactions between banks

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The World Health Organization says there is some concern the swine flu A-H1N1 virus may start moving from the Northern Hemisphere to the Southern Hemisphere, where the regular winter flu season is approaching. People, wearing face masks as a precaut

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Assad Family Grip on Syria Hampers Reform Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on anti-government protesters has been leavened with at least verbal concessions to reform. But given the history of the country, the government and his family, so

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By Paul Sisco Washington 13 December 2007 It has long been known that when days become shorter many individuals experience a form of depression called Season Affective Disorder, or SAD. In this Searching for Solutions report, Paul Sisco reports on on

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By Sonja Pace London 09 March 2007 Three years ago Sunday, Islamic terrorists carried out a series of coordinated bombings on commuter trains in Madrid, killing 191 people and injuring nearly 1,800 others. For Europeans, it was a wake-up call that a

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Need a distraction from the news? ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: We have one. CORNISH: It's a reminder of the good things in life that are free. SHAPIRO: Another commercial for Nicer Living. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED MAN

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电影《断背山》的插曲,翻唱的是60年代乡村音乐巨匠罗格-米勒(Roger Miller)的名作《公路之王》(King of the Road)。一首人在旅途的歌。没有电话,没有泳池,没有宠物,一辆能卖也能租的拖车,一个穷途末路又无所不能的男人。我知道每一辆火车上的每一位机械师,以

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 17 May 2006 The international community was urged not to support factions outside of the Somali government by a top official in the seven-nation regional grouping Intergovern

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By Margaret Besheer United Nations 12 February 2008 Representatives of nearly 60 countries addressed the U.N. Security Council Tuesday on the subject of children in armed conflict. They urged the world body to sanction parties that recruit children a

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