A painting of Jesus Christ by Leonardo da Vinci has sold for a record $450 million. That is the most money ever paid for an artwork. 达芬奇的一副耶稣画像以创纪录的4.5亿美元成交,这是有史以来成交价最高的艺术作品。

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Commercial fishing ban doesn't stop New Orleans from throwing oyster festival David Weinberg | New Orleans, Louisiana 15 June 2010 Oyster fisherman Tracy Collins shucks an oyster on Caminada Bay in Louisiana. It is a nearly cloudless early June morni

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: In conservative-leaning Nevada, Latino voters showed their power last year by helping deliver the state to Hillary Clinton. If President Trump sticks with his decision to end DACA on top of pardoning Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio an

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Some NFL players who took a knee during the national anthem to call attention to police violence and racism are now working off the football field in the political arena. Last night in Massachusetts, three New England Patriot

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: One of the freshest reboots in the world of comic books is based on a cartoon that debuted back in the 1960s. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, THE FLINTSTONES) UNIDENTIFIED SINGER: (Singing) Flintstones, meet the Flintstones. They're the modern

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Business schools in China have expanded rapidly since 2 decades ago.However, there's still a long way to go for domestic Business schools to compete with the likes of Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and UVA Darden. Both Chinese compa

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Broadcast on Coast to Coast: April 3, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti and this week on Wordmaster -- it's time for our monthly visit with English teacher Lida Baker. She writes textbooks and she teaches in the American Language Center at the University of C

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AMERICAN MOSAIC -May 10, 2002: Music by Pink / Question About Mother's Day / Some Americans Who Went Back in Time Broadcast: May 10, 2002 HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC — VOA’s radio magazine in

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Red Cross Representatives Visit Detained Iraqi Leader, Saddam Hussein Kirk Troy A spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross said Saturday that one of its teams has visited ousted Iraq

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By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington, D.C. 26 December 2007 In a time of war in the Middle East, when scholars study what some call the clash of cultures, there is an American dancer whose career has run counter to that notion. American dancer and choreo

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Miranda Lee出生于旧金山的艺术之家,父亲是个漫画家,她从小上的也是艺校,但从未接触过音乐。毕业后暂居浪漫之都巴黎,回到旧金山后,这位27岁的美丽姑娘师认识了Metallica主音吉他手Kirk Hammett,这才开始接触吉他演奏和唱歌创作。继2001年由Virgin出版的首碟《The

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coulda = could have = 会有 要不是没应聘上这个工作,我也许是个出色的研究助理呢!

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Winning a gold medal is often considered the standard of excellence at the Olympics. But as VOA's Jim Stevenson reports from China, sometimes placing second is a huge victory. Sara Isakovic, 13 Aug 2008 Often buried behind the headlines of world rec

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California Winery Adapts to Changing Markets There are more than 5,000 wineries across the United States. California is the nations top wine-producing state, and vintners there are making their mark on the global market. A California winery with long

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来自加拿大(安大略省)的女声二重唱组合DALA, 由Sheila Carabine和 Amanda Walther组成,2005年夏天,组合签约加拿大环球唱片,并发行了首张专集《Angels and Thieves》。 歌词: I've been trying to paint a ma

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Russian President Dmitri Medvedev (R) and officials observe a minute of silence for victims of this week's suicide bombings, in Mahachkala, the capital of Dagestan, a province in Russia's volatile North Caucasus, 01 April 2010 President Dmitri Medved

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Not everything in Leonardos career ended in failure. Sometimes he actually finished a job. It is true that only ten completed paintings are known to be by Leonardo. Thats a tiny number. But each and every one is a treasure. The story is that in 1505

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Leonardo was one the greatest artists of the Renaissance. But he was not alone. The Renaissance in Italy was such a special time because it produced so many talented artists. Besides Leonardo, the two other greatest names belong to Raphael and Michel

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Leonardo stayed at Verrocchios workshop a long timethirteen years. He became a master and a member of the guild. But he didnt move out to start a studio of his own. Perhaps Verrocchios studio felt like a home to Leonardo, a place where he belonged an

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Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: August 12, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: practice makes perfect. RS: With us from Los Angeles is English teacher Lida Baker to explain a part of grammar that makes English lea

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