This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Almost forty years ago, a community service organization started providing eye care in Gujarat State, in western India. The Rotary Club of Navsari operates an eye hospital and nine area eye centers

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年慢速英语(三)月

Forget the candy, jewelry or romantic weekend in the country. In Japan, Valentine's Day gifts that are a little yucky, are all the rage Ah! Valentines Day, flowers, diamonds and bugs. Maeko Miola can't contain/ the giggles thinking about giving her

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: The leaders of the rival Koreas have agreed to work towards formally ending the Korean War and to seek a nuclear-free peninsula. That agreement came out of a day-long and historic summit between North Korea's Kim Jong Un and South

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Nowadays, GEICO is a well-known insurance company. For many years, however, it was unnoticed. Other companies, like Allstate and Farmers, were more popular. Then GEICO tried something different; it got a new ad agency. The owner of the agency, Billy

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A: Hi, I am your waitress, Mary. B: Hello, Mary. We are all pretty hungry tonight! A: While you are looking over the menu, can I interest you in an appetizer? B: An appetizer sounds good. Do you have a special menu? A: They are listed on the first pa

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A: My name is Mary, and I will be your server this evening. B: Hi Mary. We are really looking forward to a great meal here. A: Can I interest you in an appetizer to start out? B: I would love an appetizer. Are they listed in the menu? A: We have our

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Police in Sweden say they believe they have identified the man who blew himself up in the country's capital on Saturday. The man is Taimour Abdulwahab, a Swedish citizen who has been living in Britain for the past decade. Sweden's Chief Prosecutor To

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: When Khizr Khan heard of President Trump's awkward phone call with a widow of a fallen soldier, the call where Trump said he knew what he signed up for, Khan had no doubt what to think. What is wrong with that statement? KHIZR KH

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As Egypt's Jails Fill, Growing Fears Of A Rise In Radicalization DAVID GREENE, HOST: Egypt has a history of breeding militancy in its jails. Some of the figures who inspired the birth of al-Qaida became extremists during their abuse in prison there.

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Wonder Woman brought in a hundred million dollars at the box office last weekend. Two more films about women open this weekend. Salma Hayek stars in Beatriz at Dinner, and Kate Mara plays the leading role in Megan Leavey. Critic

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: All right. Over the years, hundreds of people left the U.S. to go fight with ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Only 14 of them came back. Two of them are women with extraordinary and similar stories. Both say their husbands forced them to

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Robin Basselin. Voice 2 And Im Bruce Gulland. 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 Philippe Croizon is swimmi

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Chinese President Xi Jinping told his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, in a telephone conversation late Wednesday that Beijing remains persistent on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. CRI's Yu Yang has more. During the phone conversation, X

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HEALTH REPORT - Study Increases Estimate of Flu Hospitalizations in the United States By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 This is Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Re

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I'd like to sit around and dream you up a perfect miracle 我愿静坐一旁,与你一同设想一个完美的奇迹 I'd part the clouds and have the sun proudly shining on you 我愿驱散层云,让旭日之光芒骄傲地照耀着你 I'd take t

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South Korea announced an extension of its air defense identification zone on Sunday. The zone encompasses submerged rocks within the overlapping exclusive economic zones of China and South Korea. China responded on Monday saying it was willing to mai

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今天我们要学的词是bizarre。 Bizarre,稀奇古怪的。在星期六晚上举行的美国网球公开赛女子单打半决赛中,美国选手小威廉姆斯因为辱骂裁判而输了比赛。The women's semifinal at the U.S. Open ended i

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 08 August 2007 Nigeria Nigeria has approved citizenship status for about7,000 Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees in the West African country. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the refugees opted to remain in

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During his telephone conversation with US Secretary of State John Kerry, Wang Yi underscored China's firm stand on promoting the elimination of nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula, and the safeguarding of regional peace and stability. Both sides

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The victimized water vat is located in the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City. The names scratched into the vat appear to be Zhang Tao and Liu Ya, and are carved between two handles on the over 300-year-old bronze relic, surrounded by a heart-shap

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