A year ago today, the ship, the Rena, hit a reef in Tauranga harbour. The result was a disaster for the harbour, the beach, sea birds, exporters and local businesses. It probably destroyed the career of the captain and navigator also. They served thr

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Jessie Alden stood at the door. Oh, what a beautiful morning! she said on that hot July day. You can say that again, Jessie, added Benny Alden. He looked out at the blue ocean and white sand. There was not a cloud in the sky. Violet and Henry came to

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 16 Mystery in the Sand

Benny Alden was a boy who liked to see things happen. One day at breakfast he burst out, Those kids next door are the dumbest kids I ever saw! Grandfather Alden looked up in surprise. He said, That doesnt sound like you, Benny. You are usually a kind

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 14 Tree House Mystery

We have about thirty campers right now, Melanie explained as they moved through the cafeteria line. Benny had piled his plate high with spaghetti and meatballs and was reaching for a slice of Key lime pie. Most of them are kids, but we have a few adu

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Are we almost there? Violet asked eagerly. She was wedged in the front seat between Grandfather and Henry as the rental car sped along the Overseas Highway toward Key West, Florida. We just passed Key Largo, Grandfather told her, so we have another c

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 41 The Mystery of the Hidden B

Each September volunteers clean up the beach. Hundreds of volunteers clean up the beach. They carry empty trash bags. They pick up trash. They fill up the trash bags. They fill up hundreds of trash bags. They put all the trash bags into trucks. The t

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 超级简单英语阅读

Have You Ever 'Scraped the Bottom of the Barrel?' Now, Words and Their Stories, a program from VOA Learning English. Today we talk about a problem we have all faced. It is when you have to make a decision, but the choices you have are not very appeal

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(六)月

You and me 我们 We're on tonight 今晚在一起 There's a breeze 微风佛来 Fading light 暮光 Far away 渐远 To open sky 广阔的天空 Lonely beach 寂寞的海滩 Where no one goes 无踪迹可循 Open eyes 睁开双眼 And open roads 开阔

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J-Hype - Meant To Be Girl we were meant to be Girl we were meant to be Yeah Need you to believe my words Single girl when I say I wanna be your man And girl feels like your heart is empty But few open up to me Oh girl I know you can And you want to (

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A: Have you thought about what you might like to do this weekend? B: I have no idea. Do you have any ideas? A: If the weather stays nice, I'd like to go to the beach. B: That would be a good choice. The weather has been great for the beach! A: Why do

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 社交英语

风轻云淡的日子,最适合全家出动共享阳光。今天我们就来一起探访一下美国人最流行的家庭户外活动,也许可以从中获取一点灵感呢~~顺便,把关于这些户外活动的英文也学到了! sunbathing 日

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When I was a little bitty baby My mama done rock me in the cradle In them old cotton fields back home It was back in Louisiana Just about a mile from Texarkana In them old cotton fields back home Let me tell you now well, I got me in a fix I caught a

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 美国乡村音乐

This is AP news minute. 1. Voters in 5 northeastern states headed to the poll in the republican and democratic presidential primary. The contests are a chance to republican Donald Trump to add to his delegate haul, and for his rival senator Ted Cruz

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(167) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2016(五)月

This is AP News Minute.Federal regulators are now recalling more than 33 million TAKATA air bags. The air bags contain a chemical that could make them explode. Indonesia, Malaysia are offering temporary shelters thousands of migrants ? at sea. Most o

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(101) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2015(五)月

Hundreds of songs have been written about having fun in the summertime. Transcript of radio broadcast: 20 July 2008 Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember with Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we play some of o

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AMERICAN STORIES - Short Story: The Open Boat Part Two by Stephen Crane BARBARA KLEIN: Now, the VOA Special English program AMERICAN STORIES. (MUSIC) We continue the story of The Open Boat by Stephen Crane. As we told you last week, the story is base

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(128) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(四)月

AS IT IS 2016-02-20 Trending Today: Selfies Kill Rare Baby Dolphin 珍稀海豚宝宝被自拍者玩死 This is What's Trending Today. The Franciscan or Plata River dolphin is a threatened species that lives in the waters off the coasts of Argentina,

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DisabledSurfersHittheBeach Learning to surf would be challenging for anyone, most especially someone like Dana Cummings, who mastered the sport after losing his leg in a car accident. Now, he shares his love of riding the waves with other people with

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(九月)

洛杉矶硅滩成美国新创业中心 The company VNTANA from the Spanish word forwindow,is one of many tech start-ups near Los Angeles. 公司VNTANA的名字在西班牙语中是窗口的意思,而它是洛杉矶附近的许多科技创业公司中

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The city of Paris has opened its annual urban beach along the river Seine on Saturday, for tourists and locals to enjoy a bit of the seaside, right in the heart of the city. Like every year, the beach is complete with palm trees, deck chairs and umbr

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