The Debt of the Artist by Dimitri Mitropoulos Very early in my life, an important event took place: in my impressionable and youthful years, I discovered the personality of St. Francis. Since that time, my main ambition has been canalized into a stro

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 英语励志美文精华

No Way to Know When Earthquake Will Hit 没有办法可以预测地震 Last Sunday, an earthquake struck the Napa Valley area of northern California. Some roads bent, while underground pipes burst. It was the strongest earthquake to strike the Napa V

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(八)月

New York City's Grand Central Station hosted a mouth-watering fashion show Friday. (Yeah).Hosted by exercise guru Richard Simmons, Putting on the Spritz , promoted the new line of wishbone low calorie

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1. President Obama is shaking up his economic advisory board. The president has taped General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt as the new head of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. Immelt will join the president at an event at a General

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Amid the tensions on the Korean peninsula, people in Pyongyang are celebrating a series of April holidays, including the first anniversary of Kim Jong-un's appointment as head of the ruling Worker's Party. A flower show, art performances and public d

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Good morning. Hi, good to see you there, thank you, bye. Hey, guys, how are you doing? How are you. Great to see you. We have a very event-filled mission ahead of us. We have 12 days. We'll be very, very busy. You can tell we have an abridged crew. A

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. The Earths original atmosphere would have been unpleasantdeadly in factto any organisms that breathe oxygen. There wasnt any. Not until about 2.4 billi

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129. I don't want to listen W: Sorry, but I am in love with someone else. M: I don't want to listen. W: But I still have to tell you. M: Are you looking for me? W: I have a secret to tell you. M: I don't want to listen. 130. May I leave now W: May I

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My school is having a fundraiser. We are trying to raise money for new gym equipment. We need money to replace all of the old and worn-out athletic gear. Half the items have not been updated for many years. We are putting on a concert. All of the pro

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[00:03.00]enjoy [00:03.61]enjoy vt.享受...的乐趣, 欣赏, 喜爱 v.满意 [00:09.05]enough [00:09.65]enough adj.足够的, 充足的, 只够做...的 n.充足, 足够, 很多 adv.足够地, 充分地 int.够了! [00:14.31]enter [00:14.92]enter vt.进入, 加入, 参加, 登录, 开始 vi.

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The Louisiana city known as the Big Easy is celebrating a big birthday this year. New Orleans turns 300 years old. The celebration began December 31 with a huge fireworks show over the Mississippi River. Performances, parties and other events through

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manager 经纪人 instructor 教练,技术指导 guide 领队 trainer 助理教练 referee, umpire (网球.棒球)裁判 linesman, touch judge (橄榄球)裁判 contestant, competitor, player 运动员 professional 职业运动员 amateur 业余

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The marathon was NOT an event of the ancient Olympic games. The marathon is a modern event that was first introduced in the Modern Olympic Games of 1896 in Athens, a race from Marathon northeast of At

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Why is failure good? 为什么失败是好的? 获得4.4k好评的回答@ James Altucher Failure is not good. 失败没什么好的。 There is absolutely nothing good about failure. And there's nothing you can pretend to learn from failure. 失败绝

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LONDON, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- China was beaten by the world No. 1 U.S. in straight sets in the women's volleyball tournament of London Olympics on Wednesday. The Chinese, once champion in 2004 Athens Games and bronze medal winner in Beijing Games, lost

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2010 to Liu Xiaobo for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. Today as we approach that two-year mark, I'm announcing that the Jim has deci

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Sports Commentary One of the most interesting and distinctive of all uses of language is commentary. An oral reporting of ongoing activity, commentary is used in such public arenas as political ceremonies, parades, funerals, fashion shows and cooking

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AS IT IS 2014-07-13 Move over World Cup, Time for RoboCup 世界杯后开始机器人杯 The end of the World Cup does not mean the end of international competition in Brazil this year. A major football event will happen in the South American country

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AS IT IS 2016-05-14 Eurovision Finalists Take the Stage in Stockholm 欧洲歌唱比赛的决赛在斯德哥尔摩举行 This is Whats Trending Today The finals of the Eurovision Song Contest are taking place this weekend. So do not be surprised to s

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AS IT IS 2016-09-02 Ring of Fire Eclipse Passes Over Africa People in parts of Africa witnessed a ring of fire in the sky Thursday, created by the moon passing between the Earth and the sun. The solar event is called an annular eclipse. A total solar

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