You won't need a hand fan or cool towelettes if you check out President Washington's home Ted Landphair | Washington, D.C. 12 April 2010 George Washington's plantation home lies about 20 kilometers south of Washington, on the Potomac River. But touri

发表于:2019-01-10 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(四)月

1. President Obama is in Estonia, ahead the upcoming NATO summit. The President is showing support of the Baltic nations which border Russia and are concerned about the possible Russian aggression. 2. The White House has determined that a video showi

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Small Beer Brewers Gaining Popularity in US 小瓶装的啤酒获得美国人的青睐 A few large beer breweries have controlled much of the beer market in the United States since the 1950s. But in recent years, the number of small craft breweries h

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Tips for Applying to US Colleges, Part Three 申请美国大学的几点建议Ⅲ For the third part of our series Tips for Applying to US Colleges we visited Shenandoah University. Shenandoah University is named for the scenic Shenandoah Valley in t

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Quirky Comedy Explores NY Dating Scene Gerwig portrays Lola, who at almost 30-years-old, is finally getting to wear a wedding dress. She's planning to marry her fianc Luke, an artist. But Lola is so consumed by her doctoral thesis and the wedding pla

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In hard economic times, like the Great Depression of the 1930s, cash-poor Americans did what they could to make a living. Craftspeople found that durable, practical and beautiful handmade items were always in demand. Something similar appears to be h

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Diarmuid: Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English from BBC Learning English. I'm Diarmuid and I'm here today with Feifei. Feifei: Hello Diarmuid, how are you? Diarmuid: Actually, I'm a little tired. I was at my school reunion last night and I did

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Chapter 18 - Pierre at Bazdevs house For the last two days, ever since leaving home, Pierre had been living in the empty house of his deceased benefactor, Bazdeev. This is how it happened. When he woke up on the morning after his return to Moscow and

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When you watch a movie and you see a bird flapping its wings... 看电影的时候你看到一只鸟在拍打着它的翅膀... They haven't really recorded the bird. 他们并没真正去给那只鸟录音。 It sounds a lot more realistic if you re

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我们最常被问到的问题大概就是到底怎么学英语?虽然有个体差异,但是成功语言学习总脱离不了几个简单却关键的成分。今天语言达人Jason(他会说6国语言!)、Jenny就要总结自己的学习经验

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Hi everyone! I'm Petty Kim. Today our destination is Japan, a country that steeped in tradition, but one that also lives on the cutting edge of the future. It's one of the few places in the world where tradition and change go hand in hand. A place bu

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A stolen ancient Egyptian sarcophagus is returning home. The sarcophagus nearly three thousand years old was seized by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE during the routine shipment inspection at the Miami international airport in 2008.

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Sometimes all you have to do is ask. 有时候有些事你要做的只是提要求。 A Google employee is getting a week off work to spend with his young daughter thanks to an adorable note she wrote to his boss. 一位谷歌员工得到了一周的假

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Is for better or worse making me betteror worse? 会让自己变得更好还是更差? Does your partner encourage you to beyour best self, or does he or she get intimidated by any triumphs and feel moresecure when you're not putting your best foot

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Bruce Lee's philosophy is still being picked up and taught by people around the world. 如今全世界仍然有人在学习和教授李小龙的哲学 Shi Fu Shi Yan Ming is a 34th generation Shaolin monk who defected from China to the U.S. in 1992.a

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble. This week on Wordmaster: English teacher Lida Baker joins us from Los Angeles to talk about authentic listening materials. RS: It's the subject of her latest textbook, called Real Talk 1. LIDA BAKER: One of t

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Roger Wilkison A confidential report by the International Committee of the Red Cross says its officials saw U.S. troops in Iraq mistreat prisoners under interrogation and warned the Bush administratio

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LAO-ZI-HAO, which means time-honored brands in Chinese, is a national honor to companies whose products have stood the test of time and are widely recognized. First launched by the Chaoyang District government of Beijing, the National Fair for Chines

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1. American Airlines says it cancelled more than 1,000 flights just today. The airline says it's still inspecting the wiring on some of its jets. Added to yesterday's cancellations, that could bring the two-day total to around 1,500 lost flights. 2.

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Your friends' lives may look more exciting than yours on Facebook, but new research reveals that is because they are faking it. 在脸书上你朋友们的生活可能看起来比你的更滋润,但一项新研究发现那是因为他们假装的而已

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