TV Shows Being Renewed and Cancelled Mo: I have some bad news: Your favorite TV show has been cancelled. Amy: Im not surprised. Ratings plummeted last season, so the writing was on the wall. Mo: Also on the chopping block is your favorite reality sho

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年ESL之餐饮娱乐

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: We check in with the American Dialect Society for some notable words from the past year, including the one that the group considers least likely to succeed. RS: But we start with

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Spamalot , Doubt Earn Top Tony Awards 《火腿骑士》,《怀颖》获托尼戏剧奖 Monty Python's Spamalot has been a sold-out hit since it opened on Broadway in March. The much anticipated mus

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(下)--文化教育动态

State Transport Minister David Campbell has quitted his portfolio after being caught on tape visiting a gay sex club. Channel Seven last night broadcast footage of David Campbell visiting Sydney sauna Ken's at Kensington on Tuesday. And in a statemen

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The cult classic '80s movie Dirty Dancing is getting remade. Film studio Lionsgate has confirmed it will produce a new version of the popular coming-of-age movie which starred the late Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Dirty Dancing won Oscars for be

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Celebrating Christmas: A Visit With Nicholas 圣诞老人,报上名来 Christmas celebrates the birth of Christ, the Nativity of the babe in the manger whom Christians believe was the Son of God. Indeed, the very word Christmas means Christ festiva

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By Kari Barber Dakar 02 December 2006 This year marks 40 years since the sport of surfing was introduced in Senegal. The country first gained the attention of the surf world with the 1966 surfing documentary The Endless Summer. In the following deca

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Palestinian-American Poet Bridges 2 Cultures Naomi Shihab Nye is an award-winning Palestinian-American poet who has written or edited nearly 30 books and published five collections of poems for both adults and young people. For Naomi Shihab Nye, poet

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, visiting Europe to secure continuing support for his country, says the help is needed if Afghanistan is to continue to reverse the extremism and terrorism that gripped his country during the Taleban regime. Mr. Karzai s

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Australia is expected to sign a landmard free trade agreement with China later today. Fresh from the G20 Summit in Brisbane Chenise President Xi Jinping is in Camberra where he will addres and join in sitting of federal parliament. Diary farmers and

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He was the embryo of the very thing we were trying to do consciously. He had started with bossa nova, and he had added rhythm'n'blues and rock'n'roll to his thing. And he had a new synthesis that prefigured everything the Tropicalistas wanted to, to

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His memory would be obliterated by events which would create Ireland's first and most enduring cult of personality. It is the story of a spiritual revolution born in an age of imperial collapse. Since the beginning of the fifth century, barbarian att

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AGRICULTURE REPORT - Mike Johanns, Nominee for U.S. Agriculture Secretary By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. AP Photo

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By Lisa McAdams Moscow 11 February 2007 Voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Ashgabad, Turkmenistan, 11 Feb 2007 Voters in the isolated, gas-rich Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan are voting for a successor to replace the late president,

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By Barry Unger Washington 14 December 2007 The year 2007 saw the passing of many well-known international figures who left a lasting impression. VOA's Barry Unger takes a look back at some of these people. Jim Bertel narrates. Former Russian Presiden

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Topics: Ask an American: cults; can versus could; will versus would; freedom versus liberty Words: cult imaginary satanic to spread to brainwash megalomaniacal deluded to impose connotation sect at a crossroads structure unpaid bill mainstream predom

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By Ravi Khanna Washington 18 December 2007 Al-Qaida's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Monday said the United States was failing in its efforts to subdue militants in Iraq. And in a tape released on the internet, Osama bin Laden's deputy told an

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The fall from grace of retired General David Petraeus, once America's most prominent post-9/11 military leader, has surprised a nation. In the past he's been held in high esteem and has even been mentioned as a future presidential candidate. But afte

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Topics: The Rocky Horror Picture Show; civil disobedience; night versus evening; starring; force versus enforce versus reinforce Words: musical parody cult film costume squirt gun fraudulent demonstration march crack nonviolent repression civil disob

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Topics: Charles Manson and the Tate murders; air marshals; to reach versus to arrive; to go off; to be out of (ones) league Words: troubled armed robbery following conspiracy death sentence cult air marshal undercover to disarm in pairs background in

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