This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. The winter gift-giving season is responsible for twenty percent of all retail spending at American businesses. Millions of Americans are avoiding crow

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(157) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年慢速英语(十二)月

Flights are arriving at New York's Kennedy Airport and so are the nightmare stories of being stuck on the tarmac for nearly 10 hours. The latest involves Cathay Pacific, whose passengers on at least one of the flights that arrived last night say they

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[00:05.80]April seventh was World Health Day. [00:09.27]The World Health Organization and the International Federation of Red Cross [00:14.52]and Red Crescent Societies made blood supply safety the message of the day. [00:20.82]Hospitals and doctors

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By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: July 24, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Education Report. American educational experts are debating the future of 1)vocational training. This kind of

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2003(下)-教育与新闻

Letting the mind go blank for five minutes each day is good for health, according to an initiative on healthy lifestyle recently launched in China. 我国近日启动一项倡导健康生活方式的项目,提出每天发呆5分钟有益健康。 T

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

The headlines are coming! The headlines are coming! They're here. It's Friday, which is awesome! I'm Carl Azuz. This is CNN Student News. The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is up first today, and there is a lot of new stuff to tell you about. First:

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2010年(六)月

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Merskey. Got a minute? Some strong comments from John Holdren, director of the science technology and public policy program in Harvards JFK school of government. Saturday, the annual meeting

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 Scientific American(二)月

本周日(5月13日)就是母亲节了,你选好礼物了吗?据美国零售业联合会预计,今年母亲节期间美国人的花费将高达190亿美元。那么如何才能在母亲节花对钱、买对礼物呢?如果你的礼物清单上有以

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英美文化

BUENOS AIRES, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The route for the Formula One Argentine Grand Prix, to be held on 2013, 2014 and 2015 by the South American country in Mar del Plata city, at 400 kilometers south of Buenos Aires, was published in a local auto racin

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

EXPLORATIONS - International Red Cross Helps Victims of Natural Disasters The Red Cross is leading efforts to help victims of the cyclone in Burma, earthquake in China and starvation in Ethiopia. Transcript of radio broadcast: 20 May 2008 VOICE ONE:

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VOICE ONE: Im Phoebe Zimmerman. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Program, People in America. Today we tell about one of the countrys greatest labor leaders, Samuel Gompers. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Samuel Gompers Samuel Gompers w

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AS IT IS 2015-07-12 Israel Helps California Deal with Water Shortages 以色列帮助加州对付水短缺问题 Israel knows how to deal with drought. The small Middle Eastern country has experienced dry weather conditions and water shortages for ma

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AS IT IS 2016-02-03 Lionel Messi's Biggest Fan 梅茜头号粉丝走红网络 Last month, a 5-year-old boy in Afghanistan became famous on the Internet. A photograph of him went viral. That means people around the world saw the picture, and shared it

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An Italian town will pay people hundreds of euros per year if they cycle to work instead of using their cars. 意大利一小镇鼓励居民骑车上班,不开车。这样的居民每年可获几百欧元补贴。 The council in Massarosa, just nor

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There have been extraodinary scenes in the US Congress where Democratic Party politicians are stating a sitting to demand tighter gun laws. They've occupied the floor of the the House of Representatives late into the night. The Republican speaker Pau

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A political adviser called for regulation and supervision to protect women from being discriminated against in employment during the ongoing two sessions. 在正在进行的两会上,有政协委员提案呼吁出台政策、加强监督以维护女性

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(36) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- A middle school teacher in northeast China's Heilongjiang province who was injured while saving students from getting hit by a bus has been honored as a national role model woman, the All-China Women's Federation announced

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LONDON, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Wei Jizhong, President of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), has reaffirmed his determination not to seek re-election when his term ends in September. I made it clear that I would work for only one term when I

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一项新研究表明,用蓝色杯子或玻璃杯喝咖啡会降低咖啡的苦味,不用加糖就会感觉更甜。 实验表明,相比玻璃杯,用白色杯子喝咖啡会感觉味道更浓;而相比有颜色的杯子,用白色杯子喝咖

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The police and austerity 警察与紧缩 Down beat 下降趋势 Budget cuts may not affect crimebut they will change politics 削减预算可能不会影响犯罪但能改变政治 Good old-fashioned policing 传统治安维持方式 POLICING in Engl

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