Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet. Our legs were so heavy and cold that they felt like blocks of ice. Have you ever seen snowmen ride bicycles? That's what we looked like! Along the way children dressed in long

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(113) / 评论(0) 分类 高中一年级英语

In this episode of our ongoing Business English Podcast series on business negotiations in English, we will discuss how to overcome blockage in a negotiation. Usually we think of blockage in terms of stumbling blocks, or obstacles, to agreement. But

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Unit 9 Architecture Part I Warming up A. Tapescript: For hundreds of years, it has been an imperial capital of Europe. Its rulers raided the Western world to enrich the coffers of the empire. They spent their wealth on magnificent palaces and grand p

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 Step by Step2000

Dan walked into a liquor store. He asked if they sold postcards. The clerk said, No, but the post office does. No, it doesn't, Dan said. The post office doesn't sell postcards? the clerk asked. Dan walked a few more blocks south. Not one store sold p

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语小短文

They were going to move to a new office. But why? Their current office was in a new building. It was in a nice neighborhood. It was near trains and buses. It was near shops and restaurants. The boss wanted to save money. They moved into their new off

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By Peter Heinlein Washington 14 April 2006 The U.N. Security Council has taken no action on a proposed statement that would have criticized Israeli military strikes in the Palestinian territories. The

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(四月)

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 28 June 2007 The U.S. Senate has again blocked a sweeping immigration reform bill, handing a key defeat to President Bush, who has made the issue a top domestic priority. The Senate action Thursday likely dooms the legisl

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(六月)

By Ron Corben Bangkok 05 April 2007 A video clip from the YouTube video sharing Web site deemed insulting to Thailand's revered monarch was removed after the Thai government had blocked access to the site. The controversy arose at a time of intense p

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 01 April 2007 Supporter of Bahujan Samaj Party, which outlawed discrimination based on caste, holds a statue of Bhim Rao Ambedkar, founder of BSP, Allahabad, India, 23 Mar 2007 An Indian court has put on hold a controvers

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 10 February 2007 The chief U.S. envoy to six-nation talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons capability says delegates are going to keep working to resolve a single issue blocking a deal. VOA's Kurt Achin has more from

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Asserting executive privilege, President Bush has refused to comply with a congressional request for documents relating to the leak of the identity of former CIA operative Valerie Wilson. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, a House committee delayed a vote

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The Trump's administration's third attempt to ban travelers from certain countries was set to take effect today and will not - at least not in its entirety. Overnight, a federal judge in Maryland partially blocked the new travel

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: This seems big. Scientists say for the first time they have clear evidence that the chemical building blocks of life exist on Mars. So is this the moment we can say there is life on the red planet? Well, NPR's Joe Palca says not y

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All you remember about your child being twelve is sitting in the stands6 during baseball practice and hoping your child's team would strike out7 fast because you had more importantthingsto do at home. The coach didn't understand how busy you were.

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Yeah, you say them out loudly. Those words will never go away. 你大声喊出自己的心声。那些话,永远都不会褪色 图片1

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Because from trillions of miles away, these small planets get lost in the blinding glare of their stars brightness. The sad truth of the matter is that earth-like planets are near cosmic specks of dust. And therefore detecting them is really quite ha

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 11 May 2007 The outgoing Nigerian government is entertaining bids in a last-minute auction on Friday of 45 oil exploration licenses. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the plan is going ahead despite a court ord

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 16 November 2007 The international environmental group Greenpeace is blocking a ship carrying palm oil from leaving a port on Indonesia's Sumatra island. Their goal is to highlight the environmental damage caused by pa

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十一月)

TransAsia Airways flight GE 222 crashed on the resort island of Penghu in Taiwan Wednesday evening, claiming the lives of 48 people, and injuring 10 others. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has conveyed

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今天我们要学的词是road-block。 Road-block, 路障,阻碍。 Police road-blocks were set up before the rally, 集会前,警察设置了路障。 The highway construction has hit a road-block because of budgetary issues, 高速公路的兴建

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