WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - TO TOUCH ALL BASES By Broadcast: Sunday, February 22, 2004 Now the VOA Special English Program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES American English is full of colorful expressions. One s

发表于:2018-11-27 / 阅读(344) / 评论(0) 分类 WORDS AND THEIR STORIES

Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. Today I’m very happy to be here to share with you some of my thoughts on the topic of Globalization. And first of all, I would like to mention an event in our rec

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Damage assessment is under way in the areas across the Northeastern US that were unexpectedly shaken by a magnitude 5.8 earthquake. Washington DC resident Litz Rauh says she was rattled as much as the buildings. So shaking, yeah, everything moved, an

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Top Israeli diplomats have to leave Turkey today as part of the diplomatic row over last year's deadly flotilla raid. But as CRI's Jerusalem correspondent Xiao Yu report, the Israeli side is downplaying the strained ties between the two countries. Ah

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. A series of bomb attacks across Iraq have killed at least 52 people today and wounded dozens of others. Also rockets or mortar shells were fired into Baghdad's fortified Green Zone throughout the day.

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John Quincy Adams was America's sixth President and the first who was the son of a President. In many respects, he paralleled the career as well as the temperament and viewpoints of his illustrious father. Adams was born in Massachusetts in 1767. He

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Together, Sister Cities Build Friendships and MoreBy Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, September 04, 2006 This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Atlanta is a sister city t

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The White House A listener in Cambodia heard our recent call for questions about the process of electing an American president. Tath Sok in Phnom Penh wants to know about the duties and responsibilities of

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Let's Play Ball! Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. American English is full of colorful expressions. One such expression is to touch all bases. It comes from the sport of baseball. There are four bases in baseball -- first

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The Supreme Court has tossed out new legislative maps in the state of Texas only weeks before primary elections. In a unanimous order, the justices say a lower court in Texas that overhauled the maps did not use appropriate standards. NPR's Carrie Jo

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Even though much of the Libyan capital appears to be under rebel control now, there are still pockets of resistance from people fighting to protect leader Muammar Gaddafi. Other areas are said to be relatively quiet. But people across the city are ap

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The United States declared a truce today in its diplomatic expulsion war with the Soviet Union. State Department spokesman Charles Redman said, We hope this set of issues can now be put behind us. Redman did say that any restrictions placed on tempo

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Broadcast: January 9, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Im Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about the Marx Brothers. They made many funny movies in the nineteen-thirties and ni

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The Tang(唐) armies controlled vast areas on both sides of the Great Wall. So it was no longer needed as a defense and it fell into ruin. To maintain order in the steppes, the Tang preferred to make

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There is a test happening today ,no one's going to pass and no one's going to fail but the whole country is going to be affected.That sounds confusing ,it all makes sense after you watch today's addition of CNN students' news. First up,a pair of Euro

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A proposed 14-billion-dollar financial rescue bill for the ailing domestic auto industry may itself be in need of some help if the debate in the House has anything to go by. Virginia Republican Allen Kantar says having the government take on increas

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North Korea's official media agency says the country's leader, Kim Jong-Il, pardoned two jailed American reporters and ordered their release during a visit today with former President Bill Clinton. Former National Security Council member Dannis Wild

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A NATO airstrike in northern Afghanistan has killed or wounded at least 90 people, most of them believed to be Taliban fighters. NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson has more from Kabul. NATO says its aircraft targeted two fuel tankers that Taliban fighters

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In a major about face from the policies of the previous president, the Obama administration said today it will participate directly in group talks with Iran over the country's suspected nuclear program. State Department spokesman Robert Woods says t

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expressing US support for the Cairo government's plan for a democratic transition in Egypt. NPR's Michele Kelemen talked to the secretary in Munich today. Secretary Clinton says she's keeping tabs on the Egyptian

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