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In the year 1620, Native Americans met the English settlers who arrived in the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Those settlers, known as Pilgrims, helped launch the United States as we know it today. But for the Native Americans who had long been liv
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has confirmed his country is having preliminary talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan. He says theyve been going on for some weeks, but are still in the very early stages. Now its the first time the US has acknowledg
Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Colin Lowther. Voice 2 And Im Robin Basselin. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 The sound of bells. People
Chinese nationwide has held anti-war activities on Thursday to mark the 68th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender. CRI's Lucy Du has more. August 15, 1945 marked the end of the Chinese war against Japanese aggression. Former Japanese Emperor
ACT II Right this way, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart. 走这边 ,Stewart先生和太太。 Well, it's small, but clean. 噢 ,它是小了点 ,但是干净。 Clean? You call this clean? 干净?这样算干
Jerry: What a nice day! Monica: yes. How about going out and enjoying the sunshine on the grass? J: great, let's go! M: hey, darling, I think I might have a little heatstroke from being in the sun all day. I was so relaxed. It felt as if I were in an
本单元是关于夏日的烦闷的对话 Alice: It's nice to be back but I do miss the excitement of the World Cup. I'm bored! Helen: Oh thanks very much! Alice: I didn't mean you! I just mean it's a bit hard to come back to reality that's all. Tim: Who says we
Speaking Mutual Love Jill: You know, Robert, weve been dating a long time now. Robert: Yeah. Twelve months next week. Jill: You remembered! Robert: Of course I did. How could I forget the anniversary of our first date? Jill: Youre so sweet. Can I tel
Ted Nugent was in love. Unfortunately, he wasnt in love with his wife. He was in love with his girlfriend. He had met Lauren at a car show. She was one of the pretty models who gave sales pitches extolling the wonders of the new cars. To impress her,
Norway to Invest Millions to Improve Arctic Seed Vault Norway has announced it will spend 100 million Norwegian crowns, or $13 million, to make improvements to a special seed vault in the Arctic. 挪威宣布斥资1亿挪威克朗(约1300万美元)
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Im Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we visit three current exhibits in Washington D.C. Two of the exhibits are in the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of Ameri
Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther Kings I Have a Dream speech. On the occassion, US president Barack Obama addressed the gathered crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where Dr. King delivered his speech. 周三是马丁路德
AMERICAN MOSAIC -August 2, 2002: Songs by Norah Jones / Question About the Library of Congress / Air Conditioner Turns 100 HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC — VOA’s radio magazine in Special Englis
本杰明带雪莉来吃烛光晚餐,可是雪莉好像想不出来今天是什么特殊的日子,难道是精明的雪莉忘了吗? Listen Read Learn Shirley: Why do you want to eat western food so much today? Anything special to celebrate? Did you get a promotion? Benjamin: Honey, you r
今天我们要学的词是getaway。 Getaway, 是逃跑的意思。 The police found the getaway car in the robbery case, 警方找到了抢劫犯开的车。我们常说weekend getaway,这里的意思可不是逃跑,而是利用周末的时间跑
IN THE NEWS - 150 Years Later, US Still Debate Issues That Fueled Civil War This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This Tuesday is the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the opening shots of the American Civil War. On April twelfth, eighteen si
Hundreds of guests gather outside of the ticket office since the exhibition kicked off earlier this month, with a staff member from the Palace Museum leading each group into the exhibition hall. Starting from Saturday, each of the visitors had been g
Pre-Listening Vocabulary independence: freedom from another governments control significant: important; notable draft: to write rival: enemy renew: to try again; to refresh something from the past outlive: to live longer than written in the stars: de
Yang Qianghua, who lives in Germany, is one of the hundreds of overseas Chinese invited to attend the event. He says the younger generation tends to forget the sacrifices made during the war. Seventy years ago, our older generation, including those o
一周新闻点评,航海家郭川失联一周年,冒险家精神是否应传承? Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Zhaoying. Coming up: --One year anniversary for daringly missing sa