旅美非洲人希望美国接收更多非洲难民 The United States says it will significantly increase the numbers of refugees it accepts from around the world over the next couple of years. While the recent focus has been on Syrian refugees, memb

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Now we're going to dust off some old words, starting with this one - dotard. AILSA CHANG, HOST: It means an old person, especially one who has become weak or senile. It was popular during Shakespeare's time. SIEGEL: Last week Nor

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台9月

Yoohoo! someone called. Is it morning already? Benny asked. Henry crawled out of his sleeping bag and looked out the tent window. Its Doris, he told the others. The children piled out of the tent. Well, good morning, Doris said. She set a box down on

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(98) / 评论(0) 分类 27 Gertrude Chandler Warner

One of the convicted killers of heart surgeon Victor Chang is to be released next month. Victor Chang was killed in 1991 during a kidnap attempt on his way to work at Sydneys St Vincent's Hospital. Phillip Choon Tee Lim was convicted of the murder th

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Future US Senior Citizens Face Big Changes Analysts at the U.S. Census Bureau have a provocative forecast for America's population in 2050, when today's 25-olds will be knocking on the door of age 65. If projections hold, not only will there be more

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African Diaspora Advocates for More African Refugees in US 非洲侨民希望美国接受更多非洲难民 LOS ANGELES The United States says it will significantly increase the numbers of refugees it accepts from around the world over the next coupl

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China has held its first press conference on the Change-3 moon rover mission, which will be called Yutu. The State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense says the lunar rover, will be launched in early December. For

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Congressional Republicans are making it clear they will not take any steps to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from getting fired. Here's Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MITCH MCCONNE

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: If you are still looking for gifts for your family and friends, how about a book? Remember those? I have asked WEEKEND EDITION books editor Barrie Hardymon to think about her favorite books from the past year that will make great g

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年NPR美国国家公共电台12月

'Imperial Wife' Trains Its Spotlight On Powerful Women, Past And Present AILSA CHANG, HOST: Irina Reyn's new novel is about two marriages. It's a dual narrative. One marriage takes place in the present day and the other in imperial Russia, the story

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年NPR美国国家公共电台8月

(SOUNDBITE OF MICHAEL JACKSON SONG, THRILLER) AILSA CHANG, HOST: All respect to Michael Jackson, but when it comes to the best-selling albums of all time, the king of pop has just been dethroned. His 1982 album Thriller is now the second-best-selling

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: The Trump administration has come under fire for holding a record 15,000 migrant children in shelters across the country and for long delays in releasing those children to relatives. Today NPR has learned that the Department of Hea

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Friday is Moon Day, which commemorates the first human landing on the Moon on July 20, 1969. To mark the occasion, let's take a look at China's lunar exploration program. The Chang'e program China's lunar exploration program started in 2004. It is na

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 07 November 2007 All bets are off now in South Korea's presidential race. With just a little more than a month to go before the vote, a new independent candidate may draw support away from the former Seoul Mayor who, until now, ap

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China has held its first press conference on the Change-3 moon rover mission, which will be called Yutu. The State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense says the lunar rover, will be launched in early December. Its

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 CCTV9英语新闻2013年11月

A total of eight highly sophisticated scientific equipment will travel to the moon with the Change 3 lander and rover. As soon as they touchdown, they will start sending back a great deal of first hand data to Chinese scientists for further analysis.

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China's lunar probe Chang'e-3 has moved a step closer to the moon. The probe descended from a 100 kilometer-high lunar orbit to an elliptical orbit with its nearest point, just 15 kilometers from the moon's surface. China's lunar probe Chang'e-3 ente

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: 2018 has been a good year for Janelle Monae. She was named Billboard Women in Music's trailblazer of the year, Glamour's woman of the year. Her album Dirty Computer is Grammy nominated for best album of the year. It can also be fou

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: The new film If Beale Street Could Talk is the story of two young lovers, Fonny and Tish. Tish finds out she's pregnant, but they can't start their life together as a family because Fonny ends up in prison after being falsely accus

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It's a long long journey Till I know where I'm supposed to be It's a long long journey I don't know if I can believe When shadows fall and block my eyes I am lost and know that I must hide It's a long long journey Till I find my way home to youMany d

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