HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week we travel to Africa with the banjo player Bela Fleck. We hear music from his latest album, Throw Down Your Heart, and discuss a movie about his trip to Afri

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(六)月

Yakima is a small city located an hour and a half's drive(1) from Wenatchee. It is a wide valley, famous for its grapes and apples. We were there last weekend for a baseball tournament, the first of the season(2). One interesting fact about Yakima is

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 09 December 2007 NATO and Afghan forces have launched a major offensive in Southern Afghanistan, targeting a key Taliban stronghold. From Pakistan, VOA Correspondent Benjamin Sand reports the operation has already captured

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Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans have marched in locations across the country to demand a stop to a wave of killings, abductions and shootouts. James Blears reports from Mexico City. Thousands hold up lit candles at the main Zocalo square in Mexico

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The foreign ministers of Britain and France are heading to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to try to stave off a further humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo where tens of thousands are fleeing advancing rebel forces, despite a cease-fir

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The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund are launching an emergency appeal for $1.6 million to try to contain a cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau, which has affected more than 12,000 people and killed more than 200. Lisa

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'The Bricklayer' Details Iranian Exile Experience on Stage Even in last-minute rehearsals on a bare stage, the power of The Bricklayer's story comes through, as well as the sadness at its core. This opera tells of one family's suffering, the son exec

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President Barack Obama awarded the highest U.S. military decoration, the Congressional Medal of Honor, to U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta on November 16, 2010. Since then, the Iowa native has traveled the country to honor the sacrifices of

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Government security forces stormed a protest camp in the Yemeni capital Sana'a early Saturday. Protesters say at least one person was killed and at least 300 injured. At least two more people were reported killed during protests elsewhere in the capi

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Indian PM Calls on Anti-Corruption Activist to End Hunger Strike 印度总理呼吁反腐分子停止绝食 India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called on activist Anna Hazare to end his hunger strike being conducted to call for tougher anti-cor

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'Anti-Islamization Marches Increase Tensions in Germany LONDON To their detractors, they are known as Nazis in pinstripes. But their numbers are growing. About 15,000 people joined a march Monday night in Dresden, part of a movement calling itself Pa

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今天我们要学的词是standstill。 Standstill, 是停顿的意思。 China came to a standstill on Monday to mourn victims of the earthquake, 星期一,中国全国默哀,悼念四川大地震的死难者。 A police chase caused an hours-l

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Chile's president says it will take several years to rebuild the country after Saturday's powerful earthquake and devastating tsunami that killed at least 800 people. Even as Chile's government struggles to deliver emergency supplies to an estimated

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(三月)

By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 09 May 2006 In recent months, Mogadishu, Somalia has become a deadly battleground between militias loyal to Islamic courts and a newly formed anti-terror coalition that is believ

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 16 November 2006 President Bush visits Indonesia next week to meet with his Indonesian counterpart, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Both sides say they will discuss security issues, health, education and investment, but man

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Thai police have arrested key leaders of protests who have occupied a main government building in Bangkok since August 26. But as Ron Corben reports for VOA, analysts warn the arrests mark a setback in efforts to reconcile anti-government protesters

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演唱:Juwita Suwito Have you wondered how it feels when its all over Wonder how it feels when you just have to start a new Never knowing where youre going when you face a brand new day It used to be that way Now I just close my eyes and say I just

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Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis is on a state visit to China from January 4-10, at Chinese President Xi Jinpings invitation. A welcoming ceremony will be held this afternoon. Solis will attend a ministerial meeting between officials from C

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今天我们要学的词是, stand up for。 Stand up for, 是维护的意思。美国私人保安公司黑水的雇员因为涉嫌在伊拉克打死平民,受到国会的质询。媒体报导说,The Blackwater chairman stood up for his guards in

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歌词: For the first time in my life I just might be tongue tied For me to wake up with you kissing me Saying you've been missing me What a Beautiful Surprise Cause I wasn't expecting too late tonight, no And I didn't hear you come inside But ther

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