Fall from University Grace Just as Adam was cast out of Eden I was kicked out of university; but while his transgression was eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge, my sin was ignoring the tree. After my dismal performance in my first year of un

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(140) / 评论(0) 分类 四级晨读英语美文

First up this Thursday, the nation of Turkey. It's often characterized as a bridge between East and West, or Asia and Europe. It's home to more than 80 million people and Turkey is a nation on edge. Since July, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2016年12月

Indonesian officials have confirmed that bodies and wreckage found in the Java Sea are from the missing AirAsia flight. Reports say six bodies have already been recovered from the sea. Relatives of the passengers would be flown to Surabaya, where the

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New Approach Creates Optimism About Iran Talks LONDON Conciliatory statements by U.S. and Iranian leaders at the United Nations this week, a historic ministerial meeting and an agreement between key U.N. countries and Iran to resume detailed talks on

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2013年(九月)

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Two acts of violence in Pakistan today highlighted two trends in that giant country. One attack was a bomb at an open-air vegetable market. Early estimates found more than 35 people were killed in the explosion. The attack was in

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The famous French spiderman adds Malaysia's Twin Towers to his climbing accomplishments. He used the protection of pre-dawn darkness to elude security guards. After two previous attempts failed, Alain Robert successfully climbed the world's tallest t

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(37) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2009年

ASEAN Still Searching for Consensus on South China Sea Dispute The maritime dispute has become increasingly heated in the last year. China claims ownership of much of the South China Sea, along with four ASEAN states, including the Philippines. On We

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(四月)

D: Dodge:How's it going, John? John:Not too good, Mr. Dodge. Helen:(Seeing two guys standing there) Wow! Those gorgeous hunk models are to die for! John:Our female model took sick and cancelled on us. (Looking at Helen) Say! I think this young lady m

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General greetings and inquiries How's it going? (This means How are you? not Where are you going?) How's everything? How's life? Asking about present activities What's up? (What are you doing now?) What's happening? Asking and telling about recent ev

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 跟我学英语入门篇

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. 现实仅仅是一种假象,挥之不去得假象。(阿尔伯特爱因斯坦) 图片1

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 Daily English-2015.9

【情景再现】 Catherine和她的美国同事去参加商务谈判,他们按照公司要求认真地制定了一套方案,原以为谈判会很成功,可结果还是失利了。美国同事想了想,觉得问题可能出在方案上,便对

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Johnny asked Dotty how her first day in her Duarte ESL class was. It was terrible, she told him. She understood little of what the Level 4 teacher said. He spoke too fast for her. She had struggled through a Level 3 class at a Monrovia school. When t

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 365个英语简短小故事

By Larry London Washington, D.C. 23 July 2007 Chris Daughtry is one of the biggest new names in rock music. It has been a hard and surprising climb. A year ago, he was voted off the American Idol TV talent contest and seemed to be just another failed

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(七月)

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 26 December 2007 Israeli and Palestinian leaders will meet Thursday in a bid to advance the Middle East peace process. But as Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, expectations are low. Israeli Prime Minister E

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Brazil and China have failed in their mission to launch a climate-monitoring satellite into orbit on Monday. The China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite 3, or CBERS-3 was destroyed after a Chinese Long March 4B rocket launched from northern Chinas Tai

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 CCTV9英语新闻2013年12月

By Peta Thornycroft 06 February 2008 Political observers in Zimbabwe are charging new voting districts created by the government violate the country's constitution. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA that election experts say the government has failed

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(二月)

U.S. authorities have charged a Pakistani-born U.S. citizen with terrorism related charges in connection to the failed Times Square bombing. Thirty-year-old Faisal Shahzad was charged Tuesday in a five-count complaint, one day after he was arrested w

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(五)月

U.S. President Barack Obama said this week that his administration has to do a better job of dealing with terrorism threats in the wake of the failed Christmas Day bomb plot aboard a commercial flight en route to Detroit. Opposition Republicans have

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Vivian: That news commentator should be fired for making such inflammatory comments. At least I wont watch this show again until she is. William: As usual, youre making a mountain out of a molehill. She was just expressing her opinion, albeit a contr

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 地道美语播客

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says his country will restart gas talks with Ukraine if it pays off at least part of its gas debt. Medvedev told reporters that nobody ever required Ukraine to hand over all the 4 billion US dollars straight awa

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