Today's topics: Coretta Scott King, Super Bowls and Pizza, We will rock you by Queen, You bet versus I bet, Gonna, woulda, coulda, Speaking of which Words: Advocate Widow/ widower Delivery Seattle Seahawks Pittsburgh Steelers Plant Chicken wings Half

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

By Daniel Schearf Islamabad 30 September 2007 The head of the United States Drug Enforcement Agency has praised Pakistan as a model for eradicating drug production. But, she says more cooperation is needed from neighboring Afghanistan where record-hi

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(九月)

Peter: Look at this! I just won 2,000 smackaroos! Angela: Where did you get all that money? Peter: I won it betting on the game last night. I placed a small wager with high odds and won big. Angela: Wow, I always put money in the pools at work, but I

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

By Michael Bowman Washington 27 September 2009 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates denied Sunday that a rift exists between the Obama administration and America's military commanders on how to proceed in Afghanistan. The secretary's remarks came aft

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The World Food Program provides food assistance to more than 600,000 food-insecure Burundians in a country of eight million people. WFP-Burundi Public Information Officer Marc Neilson says in order to gauge where there is need, WFP staff go out on fa

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(九)月

UNESCO Acts to Ensure Journalists' Safety UNESCO and its partners are focusing on enhancing safety and combating impunity for crimes committed against journalists. Last March, gunmen in Dar-es-Salaam attacked and beat Tanzanian editor Absalom Kibanda

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(五月)

A new U.S. commander took charge of international forces in Afghanistan. Marine General Joseph Dunford replaces General John Allen, who had been in the role since July 2011, making him the longest-serving commander of the International Security Assis

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 英闻天下

A: What a great apartment! B: Thanks. Can I answer any questions for you at this point? A: Have you put any safety features into this building? B: Yes, your safety is of concern to us. What specifically were you interested in? A: Can you talk about f

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Today's topics: New Software, Brunch, Oprah's Book Club, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, How to End a Letter or Email, Can vs. Can't Some words from today's podcast: brunch Oprah Winfrey bestselling A Million Little Pieces talk show memoirs civil rights

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Today's topics: Feeling under the weather, Common abbreviations, Using initials, Now vs. right now Words: To catch a cold e.g. = for example i.e. = that is etc. = et cetera RSVP = please respond/reply FYI = for your information ASAP = as soon as poss

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: The Lewis and Clark Expedition; Famous Authors: Anne Rice; to generate versus to create versus to make; a tad off target; run-on sentence Words: expedition corps to lay claim to navigable fur trapper to split up journal manifest destiny bicen

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Famous Americans: Weird Al Yankovic; Alcoholics Anonymous; figure out versus realize; kind of; noun + --ee and --er Words: weird parody to make light of relevant alcoholic addicted anonymous to break an addiction sober support group to abstai

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Taxes Americans pay; wedding/baby showers and gift registries; leverage, to dig, to guess versus to think versus to believe Words: property tax appraised value due utility sales tax income tax to throw (someone) a party wedding/bridal shower

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: The Secret Service; tween culture; on versus upon; exclamations My God and Jesus Christ; evidence versus proof Words: currency to counterfeit agent to shield assassination bravery to lay (one's) life on the line tween buying power controversi

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Famous Americans: Flannery OConnor; 60 Minutes; well-(something); red and blue states Words: misfit fanatic devout grotesque posthumous on the air prime time investigative journalism to catch (someone) off guard to go too far libel theme musi

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Ask an American: civility; sour versus tart; (something) is king; thorough versus comprehensive Words: to get out in front tone of voice on the go slower-paced courtesy detrimental put off by captive audience to take up to give way to analogu

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: On the Waterfront; Famous Songs: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; bet versus wager versus gamble; U.S. versus U.S.A.; cant help (doing something) Words: waterfront mob union deed whistleblower to give away the ending uplifting slave to do (something

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Topics: It's a Wonderful Life; Cape Cod; backward versus backwards; to agree with versus to agree to versus to agree on; howdy Words: unselfishness fraud to take (one's) anger out on (someone) to commit suicide guardian angel inspirational cape year-

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(223) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Explaining TV show names; Mount McKinley and mountaineering; highest versus tallest; CEO versus CFO versus CIO Words: sitcom scrubs on the fringe widow weed trek mountaineering to climb peak route summit to stretch highest tallest CEO CFO CIO

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(122) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Topics: Ask an American: Watching TV on the Internet; to search versus to look for versus to seek; pushing up daisies; do you have any idea? Words: dominant programming to turn to (something) as opposed to to cut across generational lines tech-savvy

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