US Supreme Court Considers Gay Marriage A huge crowd both for and against gay marriage swarmed outside the Supreme Court, eager to take part in what may turn out to be a pivotal moment in the struggle for equal rights for gay Americans. At issue is C

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(三月)

Jonah Hill On Hip-Hop And Coming Of Age In The Mid90s ROBERT GARCIA, HOST: What's up, everybody? Peace. Just heads up, there may be some strong language in this episode. ADRIAN BARTOS, HOST: Ooh (ph) - some bad words. GARCIA: (Laughter). JONAH HILL:

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On May 15, 2008, the California Supreme Court approved same-sex marriages in the state of California. By a vote of 4 to 3, the court declared that limiting a marriage to a union between a man and a woman violated the state constitution. The courts de

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EXPLORATIONS - How English Evolved Into a Modern Language This is Steve Ember. And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATIONS. Today we present the second of our two programs about the history of the English Language.

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Why aren't you earning more at your age? 你为什么不在这个年纪多赚一点? I work for a small company. 我在一家小公司工作。 My employer finds my work valuable and indispensable to the company'success. 老板认为我的工作很有

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The phone rang at 8:15 a.m. It was a recording. A UPS driver will pick up your package today. He will arrive between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. That's nice, Craig thought. All I have to do is wait for 11 hours. I can't even take a shower. I can't hear the doo

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One of the things I like to do on the weekends is go to garage sales. Im a bargain hunter and collector, so garage sales are good places for me. I look in the newspapers or just follow homemade signs to find the sales in my neighborhood. Whether its

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Health Report - Fewer Children Under the Age of Five are Dying This is the VOA Special English Health Report. In recent years, the world has made progress in reducing deaths among children under the age of five. A new report says an estimated six-poi

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Age One of Many Deciding Factors for Heart Transplants Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney continues his recovery after undergoing heart transplant surgery March 24 at the age of 71. The vice president's operation has sparked a public debate over

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Senegalese Villages Turn to Solar Power In Senegal, growing electricity shortages are forcing more and more people to turn to one of the country's greatest renewable resources, solar energy. There are no power lines running through the village of Lan

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Southeast Turkish Village Heals Wounds on Basketball Court Diyarbakir's Baglar basketball team is winning again. The team has built a formidable reputation against the better-funded teams in western Turkey. The architect of the team is coach Gokhan Y

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Afghan Coming-of-Age Film Is Oscar Contender The film has vivid shots of the ancient Afghan sport called Buzkashi. It's a dangerous game played on horseback with a goat carcass. In this drama, filmed in Kabul, two Afghan boys dream of becoming famous

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The Bush administration is sending Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage to Turkey, Jordan and Syria later this week on a mission partly aimed at helping improve prospects for next month's Iraqi elections. The United States accuses Syria of harb

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HEALTH REPORT - Progression of Age-Related Macular Degeneration By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. American

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今天我们要学的词是outage。 Outage指服务或供应中断。Power outage停电。Water outage停水。I was trapped in an elevator when a power outage occurred, 停电时我正好被困在了电梯里。A major power outage caused some flig

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This is Maori Language week, from July 27th to August 2nd. Every year, for the last 30 years, we have celebrated Maori Language week. This is the time to learn Te Reo Maori. You can learn 100 Maori words from the website: www.koreromaori.co.nz Maori

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今天我们要学的词是upstage。 Upstage做为动词,是抢戏,抢风头的意思。在星期天结束的PGA高尔夫球锦标赛中,The little-known Korean golfer Y.E. Yang upstaged world number one Tiger Woods to become the first Asian-b

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Todd: So, Mark, um, you mentioned that your wife is Japanese. Mark: Thats right. Todd: Ok, and how long have you been married? Mark: We finally got married in April of 1998 but it took us a while to get to that stage. Todd: Ok, well,whats it like bei

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I was on Facebook today, updating comments to friends and family, when I came across a health test that I chose to take. It is called the 'Real age' test that many people have seen on Oprah. Well, I haven't seen Oprah in years, but I did want to find

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Latest figures show, the number of people in their working-age decreased by over 3 million in 2012, accounting for some 69 percent of China's total population. Ma Jiantang, director of State Statistical Bureau, warns this is a serious issue. It is th

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