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(101) / 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(87) / 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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Hi, I'm Carl Azuz. Hope your week is off to a good start. First up today on CNN Students News, tragedy at sea. Last week, hundreds of people boarded a boat from Libya headed to Europe. It sent out an SOS on Saturday night and as a rescue ship approac

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Harley-Davidson is an American motorbike maker that has established a cult following for its machines. It was founded by William S. Harley and his childhood friend Arthur Davidson in 1901. They spent several years trying to make a motorbike that woul

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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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20-Year Sentence for Woman Linked to Former S. Korean President The woman whose dealings with former South Korean President Park Geun-hye led to her removal from office has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. 与韩国前总统朴槿惠有往来并导

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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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1. Understandably, there is a lot of speculation, but it will take time to clarify exactly what happened in Martin Place and why. 2. What we do now is the perpetrator was well-known to state and commonwealth authorities. He had a long history of viol

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Rock and roll evolved in the United States and gained popularity in the post World War II era. However, a new book by Christopher Knowles proposes that this genre of music is part of the wider human story, dating back to ancient cultures, 2,000, 4,00

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SurvivalGuidesTurnNerdsintoActionHero A few years ago, David Borgenicht, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a book agent. Then one day, he read an article that gave him an idea for his own book. He and a friend - magazine writer Joshua Piven - produc

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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 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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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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