Cloud Atlas: A Tale of Birth, Death and Re-Birth From the travails of a young American in the mid-19th century on a vessel crossing the Pacific to a female clone who rises up against oppression in a futuristic society, Cloud Atlas is a grand tale abo

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(十月)

Robert Siegel : English speakers traveling aboard have had the experience of seeing an English sign or a menu translation from the local language that just misses the mark and produces an entertaining malaprop . Well, think about someone who knows C

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(151) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年NPR美国国家公共电台

图片1 In todays episode, we talk about things that children across Canada and the US believe in. We thought of making this episode because Easters coming up soon. Wed love to hear what kind of beliefs that you had as children in your country. Did y

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

American Hustle is one of the must-see movies of the year, generating all kinds of Oscar buzz. Its packed with Oscar winners like Jennifer Lawrence and star Christian Bale. He sat down with Josh to talk all about that. It is fair to say Oscar winner

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: When we say someone's having a breakout year in Hollywood, we're often talking about an ingenue in their 20s starring in a sequel to some big-budget franchise. Well, Michael Stuhlbarg is having a breakout year in Hollywood, and he

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台2月

Xavier: Hows your novel coming along? Sara: Its not. I abandoned it for now. I think I bit off more than I can chew. Now, Im working on a short story. Xavier: That sounds interesting. Who are the main characters? Sara: Im not sure yet. Character deve

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Exhibit Salutes Children's Author Who Introduced Minority Characters Shakespeare asked, What's in a Name? A lot, it turns out. Take Ezra Jack Keats, the famous childrens book author and illustrator, who died in 1983. Keats wrote and illustrated more

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十一月)

By Alan Silverman Los Angeles 12 December 2007 Novelist Khaled Hosseini's international best-seller set in 1970s Afghanistan and present-day America has been made into a Hollywood studio movie. Alan Silverman spoke with the author and cast members fo

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Maggie: What did you think of the book you started last week? Kurt: Oh, I liked it well enough . Maggie: Wow, thats a glowing recommendation . Kurt: Well, it started off with a bang and the suspense in the first half was great. I couldnt put it down

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: New People is a novel where infatuation gnaws at what looks like happiness. Maria lives in Brooklyn with Khalil, her fiance. They met at Stanford. And they love each other, the light skin color they share and the life they begin in

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台8月

Hong Kong singer-actress Adia Chan has announced she will play Donna Sheridan in the newest Chinese version of Mamma Mia! In Hong Kong, I watched both the London and Broadway versions of Mamma Mia! The audience couldn't help but sing along with the p

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 2018CRI中国国际广播电台