Skateboarding involves riding and performing tricks on a small oval board attached to four wheels. It can be considered a recreational activity, an art form or a method of transportation. Neftalie Williams says skateboarding is his passion. When I'm

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(一)月

UNESCO Names Neapolitan Pizza a Cultural Heritage This week, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO announced new members to its list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The 12 new members include

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Come on! Finish me off, follow the plan. Break all the bonds, sever the ties. And now your mission is complete, Find and destroy me. Torturing me, with words from your lips. Filleting my skin, pulling my teeth. Please forgive me for not being good en

发表于:2019-01-10 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英文摇滚歌曲

Phyu Phyu Aye teaches sewing and helps her students adapt to a new culture at the Refugee Resource Center. Fort Wayne, Indiana, deals with cultural obstacles every day. The Midwestern city of 250,000 is not only home to the largest Burmese community

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(七)月

VOICE ONE: I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Washington, D.C. is known for its many monuments, museums, and government buildings. It is also home to embassies from more than one hundred seven

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2008年(八)月

BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. This week on our program, we look at musical diplomacy, past and present. And we talk to an actor whose most recent role came from

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(133) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(六)月

BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Barbara Klein. Today, we play music from the new hit album by singer/actress Selena Gomez And answer a question about the beautiful Florida city of Key West But, first, we r

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(124) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(十)月

AS IT IS 2015-01-12 Are Fried Potatoes a Cultural Treasure? 炸土豆是比利时文化瑰宝? Belgium is divided into three communities. Each one has its own language and traditions. But the people of Belgium are united in their love for Belgian pot

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I was raised in a traditional Chinese family where achievement was not demanded, but expected. My father, born in Hong Kong, was a successful architect. My mother, born in Shanghai, was the first female chemical engineer in her graduating class at th

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 名校励志英语演讲

Researchers found almost half of wallets misplaced at cultural centres were retrieved by their owners. 研究者发现那些在文化中心遗失的钱包中,有近半数最终归还失主。 The social experiment, carried out across five British c

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

英语学习笔记: at sixes and sevens 乱七八糟,七零八落的 a nine days wonder 昙花一现的人或者物 dress up to the nines 穿好看的衣服 sixty-four dollar question is... 最困难的问题是。。。 They couldn't come to an

发表于:2019-01-24 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 早安英文

Some names never seem to go out of style, like David or Emily. Some never really catch on. Not many girls are named Laurel, even fewer are named lauryl sulfate. And now a study in the May 5th issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Scien

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 60秒科学

London has triumphed in a new study of the world's greatest cities, leaving close competitors Paris and New York in the dust. 在一份关于世界最佳城市的新研究中,伦敦大获全胜,把劲敌巴黎和纽约都甩在了后面。 Rated

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

New Zealand has many doctors from other countries who could not find work here. Sometimes this is because their English is not good enough or because in the past we had enough doctors. Now we have a shortage of doctors, especially in rural areas. The

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I was delighted to hear the recent announcement that the Chinese architect, Wang Shu, has been awarded the Pritzker Prize for Architecture. 我很高兴听到,来自中国的建筑设计师王澍于近日荣获普利茨克建筑奖的喜讯。 As a

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻

Get to know the culture of the country in which you do business 了解对方国家文化 Do you know what exporters consider? 你知道出口商都在考虑些什么? Well, they consider some distinct but related problems, such as seeking for a tar

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UN = the united nations 联合国 UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 联合国教科文组织 WHO (World Health Organization) 世界卫生组织 WTO (World Trade Organization) 世界贸易组织 NATO (North Atla

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(171) / 评论(0) 分类 早安英文

今天我们要学的词是 infrastructure. Infrastructure 名词,基础设施。Japan promised to spend $30 billion by 2018 on infrastructure development, education and healthcare in Africa. 日本保证在2018年以前投入300亿美元,帮助非

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

金钱要求你将自己的才智出售给他人的理智,而不是将你的缺点出售给他们的愚蠢。对待金钱要有正确的态度。也许金钱可以是你衡量自身能力的一种标准,却不是唯一的标准。 The Almighty Do

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 四六级写作指导

The ceremony in CRI has included a musical performance from a Bengali student. China Radio International's Bengali service helped translate Rabindranath Tagore's complete works into Chinese. Hu Bangsheng is CRI's Deputy Director-General. Ahead of the

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