This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Almost two hundred countries met for two weeks at a United Nations conference on climate change in Copenhagen, Denmark. In the end, only five of them reached an agreement: the United States, China, India, B

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(十二)月

Well, Billy's done a lot of work on the engine it's only a few years old, really. 哦,比利已经在发动机上下了大力气了才几年的车,真的。 I hoped he didn't think so little of me as to believe I would give up that easily. When d

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Getting married is one of the happiest days of anyones life. Being married is also full of happiness, but there are also many difficulties. It isnt always easy to be married. You have to put up with your spouses bad habits and moods forever. You have

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AS IT IS 2016-03-29 Parents Crack Up Connecticut Easter Egg Hunt 寻找复活节隐藏彩蛋 This is What's Trending Today: In America, one big Easter tradition sends children hunting for hidden Easter eggs. Children carry baskets and collect eggs ma

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But Douglas said that the Compromise of 1820 had been repealed by the Compromise of 1850. 但是,道格拉斯说1820年的《折中法案》已经被1850年的《折中法案》所废止, So he proposed that the settlers of Nebraska should say wh

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Chapter 34 第34章 The struggle for kansas 关于堪萨斯的纷争 349. Pierce elected President, 1852. 349.皮尔斯当选总统(1852年) It was now Campaign time for a new election. 又到了新一轮大选的时候, The Whigs had been su

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balk v (马)不肯前进;(因困难等固执地或突然地)拒绝从事某事=baffle=foil=thwart;n 大方木料;(足球中的)假动作 【例】The horse balked at the jump 这马突然停下来了。He balked at the idea of

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affable adj.和蔼的 apologetic adj.歉意的 compromise n.妥协 elastic adj.有弹力的 etiqutte n.礼节 sxplicit adj.清楚的 farewell n.告别 flatter vt.奉承 frugal adj.简朴的 gracious adj.亲切的 hail n.欢呼 hospitality n.好客 in

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Barack Obama has begun his second year in office. The forty-fourth president, and first African-American president, was inaugurated last January twentieth. BARACK OBAMA: Today I say to you that th

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Hey there stranger how you been 嘿,陌生人,你好吗? Feels like i'm standing on the outside looking in 仿佛我像个局外人那样观看这一切 at the mess we left behind 我们留下的残局 And it's a long way to fall 千辛万苦爱上

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Member countries of the International Criminal Court met this month in Kampala, Uganda. They were there to examine the court's progress for the first time. Observers, human rights activists and civi

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it s late and i m feeling so tired having trouble sleeping this constant compromise between thinking and breathing could it be i m suffering because i ll never give in? won t say that i m falling in love tell me i don t seem myself couldn t i blame s

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When I was young I knew everything And she, a punk who rarely ever took advice Now I'm guilt-stricken, sobbin' with my head on the floor Stopped a baby's breath and a shoe full of rice, no Can't be held responsible She was touchin' her face I won't b

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In Bangladesh, the Supreme Court has upheld an order dismissing microcredit pioneer Mohammad Yunus from Grameen Bank, which he founded. Following international pressure, however, the government has been in talks with the Nobel laureate to reach a com

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Sunny: So, Isthma, can you tell me about the wedding ceremonies in Indonesia? Isthma: The wedding ceremonies in Indonesia are pretty large, but it depends on the family as well, and the couple. We usually have it in halls, but also, some people have

发表于:2019-01-25 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 英语趣味课堂

131 印度尼西亚总统为政治妥协设定最后期限 Wahid Sets Deadline for Political Compromise Patricia Nunan Jakarta 9 Jul 2001 11:54 UTC Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has set a 1)d

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《I Believe In Love》是目前史上销量最高的乡村三人女子组合Dixie Chicks(南方小鸡)一首非常好听的抒情歌曲,她们在优美的旋律中唱出了对于纯真爱情的信念。 1989年在Texas成军的DixieChicks最早由4人组成,姐妹花MartieErwin和EmilyErwin,加上主音LauraLynch和Rob

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世博会英语口语情景对话(1):见面迟到、寒暄、喝点东西等 A、先生,我打电话是来定一个时间讨论一下你们的参展方案,明天上午你有空吗? Sir, I am calling to fix up the time to talk about your exhibit

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Listen and Share 知行哈哈糖 A story 一个故事 词汇扫描 pathologist pathologist 病理学家 open up 打开 compromise 妥协 英文原文 As a speech pathologist, I often ask patients to tell me a personal story in order to get them to op

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President Barack Obama blamed opposition Republicans in Congress on Monday for the failure of a special deficit committee to reach a compromise on $1.2 trillion in additional federal government spending cuts during the next 10 years. Mr. Obama spoke

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