California officials are praising workers for rescuing a 13-year-old boy who fell into a river of sewage in Los Angeles. 加州官员都在褒奖工人们拯救了一位掉入洛杉矶下水道的13岁男孩。 The boy, Jesse Hernandez, spent more th

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(四)月

This is AP News Minute. At least 29 people are now known dead in the destructive wildfire in northern California. That's as many as the deadliest wildfire in California history. Many more people are unaccounted for. The huge wildfire in Los Angeles,

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(150) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2018(十一)月

A visitor tries a new game during the Electronic and Entertainment Expo (E3) at the Convention Center in Los Angeles, the United States, on June 16, 2015. (Xinhua/Zhao Hanrong) A visitor tries a new game during the Electronic and Entertainment Expo (

发表于:2018-12-09 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 cctv9英语新闻2015年

I arrived in America one sunny morning. But I did not feel I was here yet. Flying on an airplane from Lagos, Nigeria to New York City, to Los Angeles, California did not carry my mind with me right away. I had to catch up with my body. The United St

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1. Hurricane Dolly has left behind muddy waters and downed power lines. But residents in south Texas are thankful the storm did not pack more of a wallop. Early damage estimates put losses at 750 million dollars. 2. Barack Obama draws more than 200,

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1. Mindy McCready's ex-boyfriend says she threatened to kill herself earlier this month after she lost custody of her sons, but was somehow released from rehab. he said it was a big mistake to allow McCreedy to leave. 2. Los Angeles Lakers' owner Jer

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This is AP News Minute. An Afghan official says that 14 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack near Kabul's airport. The attack happened shortly after the country's controversial First Vice President landed on his return from abroad. Author

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DOUG JOHNSON: Im Doug Johnson. Today we listen to music from the soundtrack of Eclipse, the latest film in the Twilight series. We also answer a question about a famous former soccer player. But first we go to a sports bar in Washington for the final

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08 Telling People Where Youre From GLOSSARY from around here from the local area; born in the surrounding area; born inthis town or city * Ive lived here most of my adult life, but Im not from around here. originally from referring to the place where

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Former captain of the English national football team David Beckham is moving to Los Angeles this summer to play with the LA Galaxy team in the United States Major League Soccer league. As the biggest star ever to play in this league, the 31-year-old

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Larry's Lawn Chair Ride 梦想起飞,别一飞冲天 Larry Walters boyhood dream was not an unusual one: He wanted to fly. What was unusual, though, was the way he fulfilled it. After finishing school, Larry joined the U.S. Air Force, but was rejec

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David Beckham moved to Beverly Hills in 2007 with his wife Victoria and their three sons, and the soccer star has no plans to move back to the UK. 万人迷大卫-贝克汉姆在2007年拖家带口,搬到了美国好莱坞的贝弗利山庄,转眼三

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1. President Barack Obama has proposed sweeping changes to the way the nation's financial system is regulated. He says the current system is unprepared for the crisis that swept the nation and the world. He wants to give the Fed more authority and c

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1. A group of passengers trying to use their cell phones while their plane was rolling down the runway at Amsterdam caused the crew to turn the plane around. The passengers were seen passing cell phon

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1. Former US Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania has died. The Republican-turned-Democrat, who played a key role in many Supreme Court nominations, was 82. Specter died Sunday morning from complications of non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. 2. Extreme athlete

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More than a dozen xx reported in Ferguson Missouri on Monday night. Protestors attempted to block the street. It was a force-stricken night of protest marking one year since the police shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Japan restarted a nu

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Words and Their Stories: Nicknames for Los Angeles 词汇典故:洛杉矶别名 Now the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 A nickname is a shortened form of a person's name. A

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星级典句: 第一句:Is the flight on schedule? 飞机会准时起飞吗? A: Excuse me. Is the flight on schedule? 请问飞机会准时飞吗? B: Yes, Miss. The flight will depart on time in an hour. 是的,小姐。飞机会在一个小时

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The number of Chinese tourists is growing rapidly, and every year the numbers going overseas break new tourism records worldwide. For those travelling to the U-S, their number one choice of destination is Los Angeles, and when they visit, they don't

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On this special international day of families, we learn the story of a family in quake-affected Ecuador. One-month ago, the quake killed more than 600 people and displaced nearly 30,000. The devastating quake changed the life of this family forever..

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