Kerry Sheridan The Reverend Al Sharpton became the only African-American presidential candidate seeking the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 when Carol Mosely-Braun withdrew from the race Ja

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(上)--美国大选

Then there was The Daily Show. 接着,有个每日秀的节目出现了。 On a nightly basis, Jon Stewart forced me to be intellectually honest with myself about my own bigotry 每一晚,乔恩斯图尔特催促我诚实面对自己的偏见,

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲娱乐篇

Lesson 29:Funny or not? 是否可笑? Listen to the tape then answer the question below. 听录音,然后回答以下问题。 What is the basis of 'sick' humour? Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on were we have been brought up.

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(349) / 评论(0) 分类 新概念英语第三册

1.Good afternoon, everybody. This is Captain Poquita speaking. I hope you’ve been enjoying your flight with Band Air, because you sure as hell won’t enjoy what’s going to happen next. We’re ab

发表于:2018-12-12 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 华尔街高级英语

Bigwig and Top Banana Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Some expressions describe people who are important -- or who at least think they are. One such expression is bigwig. In the 17th century, important men in Europe bega

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Hello everyone, Im Catherin Callaway at CNN Centre in Atlanta with a look at whats happening NOW IN THE NEWS. About fifteen hundred people attend Senator Edward Kennedys funeral mass in Boston today and among those attending would be former Presiden

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Daniel:I hope my mother wasn't too hard on you the other day. Emily:I don't scare too easily. Does she interrogate all of your dates? Daniel: Yeah. My mom's notreally a hands-off kind of person. Well, at least she got rid of her liedetector. Kidding.

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 跟着美剧练发音

American Women Try to Break Barriers in Show Business Chelsea Shorte is telling jokes on a cold Wednesday night at an eatery in Alexandria, Virginia. Shorte tells the restaurant-goers, many of them women, about her decision to perform stand-up comedy

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

Billy Crystal paid tribute to Robin Williams, his longtime friend and fellow comedian, at the Emmy Awards on Monday - and no one could have said it better. 比利?克里斯托在周一晚举行的艾美奖颁奖典礼上致敬他永远的朋友和伟大

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Defense Secretary Robert Gates meeting with reporters at the Pentagon today said he realizes there is growing impatience with the war in Afghanistan. But he took exception to the idea the war, in his words, is slipping through the administration's f

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After a long battle, Republican Norm Coleman has conceded defeat to Democrat Al Franken in Minnesota Senate race. That follows a state Supreme Court ruling in favor of Franken today. NPR's Cathy Shaw reports. The unanimous court ruling came after an

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身处异国他乡,最大的悲哀莫过于歪果仁笑得人仰马翻,你却不知所云。想跟歪果仁打成一片,光是语言能力过硬是远远不够的。不过也不必妄自菲薄,能不能get笑话,更多是文化背景和幽默

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A group of UK aid agencies has launched a joint fund-raising appeal to help more than 10 million people affected by severe drought in the Horn of Africa. Thousands of families in desperate need of food and water have trekked for days from Somalia to

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(128) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

AS IT IS - The laughter with The King of Old Trafford Hello and welcome, Im June Simms with AS IT IS! Today, we turn up the laughter with The King of Old Trafford, a show starring an Indian comedian in South Africa. But first, we hear about the conti

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AS IT IS 2015-11-07 Star Trek, US Elections, Jon Stewarts Comeback 囧叔乔恩-斯图尔特回归 If you are a science fiction movie fan, you probably saw the last two Star Trek films. But did you know the films are based on the characters introduce

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Remembering Actor Gene Wilder 纪念演员吉恩怀尔德 This week, the United States lost a beloved actor and funnyman. Gene Wilder, the wild-haired star of unforgettable comedy films, died Monday at the age of 83. A family member said Wilder was d

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(九)月

Wanted,young men to join my book club,this month and every month,it's 50 Shades of Grey. 招募年轻男子加入我们读书俱乐部 本月及今后每个月都读《五十度灰》 Check this one out.For five bucks I will come over to your house a

发表于:2019-01-25 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 柯南脱口秀

Books and Arts; Book Review; Culture on television; The cruellest cut; 文艺;书评;电视上的艺术;最粗鲁的裁汰; The South Bank Show: Final Cut. By Melvyn Bragg. 《南岸秀:最终裁汰》Melvyn Bragg著。 The South Bank Show

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

MILAN, Italy, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Italy's caretaker prime minister Mario Monti on Friday pledged to clear up a derivatives scandal at the country's third-largest bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) which has been dragged into the heart of an elector

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The world's oldest Grammy winner, bluesman Pinetop Perkins, has died at the age of 97 in Austin, Texas. Representatives(众议院) for Perkins said he died in his sleep. Perkins won a Grammy in February for his traditional blues album Joined at t

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻