VOICE ONE: A major snowstorm hit the East Coast on the weekend before Christmas. Christmas trees for sale in the Upper West Side neighborhood of New York. Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program,

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(231) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(十二)月

There is a car race near our town every year. In 1995, there was a very big race. There were hundreds of people there. My wife and I were at the race. Our friends, Julie and Jack were there, too. You can see us in the crowd. We are standing on the l

发表于:2018-12-14 / 阅读(139) / 评论(0) 分类 新概念英语第一册

A: I'm going to go shopping for groceries in a little bit. B: Why, do we need groceries? A: I believe we are all out of food. B: Do you know what to get? A: I don't know what we need. B: Why don't you go and check the refrigerator? A: I would appreci

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语情景对话-食物

A: I may go grocery shopping later. B: We need to get food? A: I don't think we have any food. B: What are you going to buy? A: What food are we out of? B: Go and look in the kitchen. A: Could you look for me? B: You should just get the basics. A: Wh

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December 21st, 1620Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower go ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts. Thats where they settle the first permanent European colony in whats known as New England. 1988A terrorist bomb explodes aboard a Pa

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 历史上的今天-2010年

[00:00.00]Christmas trees [00:02.31]The first Christmas tree probably started [00:05.32]about 400 years ago in Germany. [00:09.64]Around that time,people began to put whole [00:13.28]trees into their homes at Christmas. [00:16.97]They put apples,swee

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The London Stock Exchange does not want to sell out to the American stock exchange NASDAQ, and NASDAQ is trying even harder to buy them. On Thursday, NASDAQ told LSE shareholders that they had a week to encourage LSE management to begin talks with N

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by Michael W. Flynn First, a disclaimer: While I am an attorney, the legal information in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for seeking personalized legal advice from an attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction. Todays episode

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发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 奥运英语

December 23 to January 1 ........... Apple Tree(苹果树) January 2 to January 11 .............. Fir Tree(冷杉、杉木) January 12 to January 24 ............ Elm Tree(榆树) January 25 to February

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 英文名句短语

Madame Tussauds HK includes 1st mainland actor BEIJING, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Huang Xiaoming is to become the first Chinese mainland actor to be honored with a model of his likeness in Hong Kong's Madame Tussauds, according to a news release posted on

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(122) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

'Don'tAsk'RepealGivesGayActivistsRenewedHope The law banning homosexuals from openly serving in the U.S. military has been repealed, sparking celebrations among gay organizations. Since its implementation in 1993, thousands of service people have bee

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(九月)

Obama Hosts Top Teenage Scientists Fourteen-year-old business owner Joe Hudy and one of his inventions, a compressed air cannon that shoots marshmallows, attracted President Obamas attention at the White House Science Fair. The president invited Joe

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(二月)

A: Good morning. I have an interview scheduled this morning. B: The interviewer will be with you in a moment. Would you care for some water? A: Yes, that would be great. B: Just help yourself to whatever you would like from the table in the waiting a

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语情景对话-工作

December 21st, 1620,pilgrims aboard the Mayflower go ashore for the first time at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts. Thats where they settle the first permanent European colony in whats known as New England. 1988, a terrorist bomb explodes aboard

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 历史上的今天-2014年

史上票房最高的好莱坞影片《阿凡达》将拍两部续集,该片导演詹姆斯卡梅隆表示将于明年初开始为两部续集撰写剧本,第二部有望于2014年12月上映,而第三部则计划在2015年12月与观众见面。

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(134) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Many people were enjoying themselves in the park that Christmas day. A group of people were playing volleyball. All the tennis courts were packed. Some people were lawn bowling. Holding hands, Hugo and Kayleen walked all the way around the park. They

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 365个英语简短小故事

It sure looks a lot like Christmas at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas. Trees are decorated, the presents wrapped, but the lights have gone out on the extravagant holiday party. We have had a couple of major ones back out. The rooms are along this aisle.

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 英语杂谈

Stars,来自加拿大的独立乐队,清爽的男女声合唱,这首The Calendar Girl讲述的是我们都习以为常的生活,日子一点点在日历上翻过去,坦然面对,继续安静地生活着,laugh about all that we've lost.

发表于:2019-02-20 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 金属

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