Remote US Museum Survives in Hells Canyon The rushing Snake River cut Americas deepest gorge through Idaho in the Rocky Mountains of the American Northwest. Today, its known as Hells Canyon. Every few kilometers along the way, the river widened and s

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(十月)

Summer One has the leisure of July for perceiving all the differences of the green of leaves. It is no longer a difference in degrees of maturity, for all the trees have darkened to their final tone, and stand in their differences of character and n

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Yakima is a small city located an hour and a half's drive(1) from Wenatchee. It is a wide valley, famous for its grapes and apples. We were there last weekend for a baseball tournament, the first of the season(2). One interesting fact about Yakima is

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

我仍清晰地记得故事发生的时候。秋叶翻飞,飘落一地。我们曾经孩子般戏水畅游过的小湖盖满落叶,在太阳下闪着光。那时我们幸福过。可事实上你早就想离开我,在那美丽的夜晚,眼望湖

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Jason Lewis pedals his boat up the river Thames After 13 years and 46,000 miles (75,00km) a British adventurer has completed a round-the-world journey using human power alone. Jason Lewis, 40, crossed five continents, two oceans and a sea to become

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 17 July 2006 Protesters perform a stage setting of Guantanamo in front of UN Human Rights Committee headquarters in Geneva, July 17, 2006 Washington's record on treatment of detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, alleged secret pr

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(131) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(七月)

Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. This week: We play music by Somali-born hip-hop artist Knaan, And answer a listener question about the nations capital, Washington, D.C. ... But first, we report about a rec

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. BP is one of the world's largest energy companies. It reported a profit of about six billion dollars in the first three months of this year. That was more than double compared to a year ago. Now, BP f

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Summer Ramadan; Old News; Fleetwood Mac Tribute Album FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Faith Lapidus. This week, we play some older music recorded by newer bands We also report on Old News

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Native American Carves Totem Pole for Washington, DC, Museum David Boxley is a Native American artist from the Tsimshian tribe in Alaska. He's a dancer, songwriter, and wood carver. More importantly, he's an ambassador for Tsimshian culture and herit

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The sole surviving gunman suspected of participating last year's terrorist attack in Mumbai has been having difficulty keeping a lawyer. His latest court-appointed counsel had threatened to quit after angry demonstrators surrounded her home. But the

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Autumn Leaves Show Their True Colors As days grow shorter and nights grow cooler in Boulder, Colorado, the green leaves of summer have been putting on party colors. On cottonwood trees and aspens, theyre golden yellow coins. On Mapleton Avenue, the m

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Meat Was Main Dish for Early Humans Modern-day humans eat a lot of meat. Some nutritionists say perhaps too much. But fossils in Tanzania indicate that early humans considered meat a dietary staple much earlier than first thought. Whats more, meat ma

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Exhibit at Berlin Jewish Museum Stokes Debate The exhibit at Berlins Jewish museum seeks to answer frequently asked questions about Jews. Are all Jews religious? What makes food Kosher? What do Jews wear on their heads and why? And who can become a J

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Students Aim for Aviation History with Human-Powered Helicopter Within reach What seemed impossible when William Staruk began his PhD studies at the University of Maryland three years ago, is now within reach. He's part of a 50-member team developing

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By Sonja Pace Heiligendamm 05 June 2007 President Bush is in the German Baltic Sea resort of Heiligendamm for the three-day summit of the G-8 group of the world's leading industrial nations. The summit opens Wednesday amid protests and policy differe

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But as many are preparing to get out, some have no choice but to stay. In the remote northeast of the Yellowstone wilderness, are the Beartooth Mountains. Here, surviving about 8,000 feet, a tree now welcomes the change of / season, the white-bark pi

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But this is not much good for the tree. Its seeds have gone nowhere. A grizzly bear mother and cubs. It's unusual for a grizzly to have so many cubs. This mother has found two orphans, and adopted them. But now she has four cubs to fatten up before t

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Its now September, and the elk/ have made their way down to graze where the grass on the riverbank is still green, and they can browse the nutritious shoots of young willow trees. The males are now upping their game. This bull urinates on himself to

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To stay is to face the certainty of snow and wolves. To go offers the chance of an easier life, but the uncertainty of the world beyond Yellowstone. Every autumn, thousands of elk do leave Yellowstone, and as they go, they cross an invisible line out

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