This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Labor relations in the American auto industry took a new turn this week with a deal that many are calling historic. An employee returns to work at the General Motors factory in Warren, Michigan Gener

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2007年(九)月

汽车制造商通过手机开启智能化汽车时代We spend a lot of time on our mobile devices these days and automakers have taken note, rolling out connected cars that make it easy to do nearly everything from your phone.现如今我们在移动

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(三月)

The star at last week’s Philadelphia auto show wasn’t a sports car or an economy car. It was a sports-economy car. Performance and practicality under a single hood - car buyers have been waiting d

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2006年

Dan Harris : It's been called the Oscars of the auto industry. You will find marching bands, elaborate stage shows, even a star of 'Desperate Housewives'. Eva Longoria (Actress, Desperate Housewives)

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This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Congress faced a big question this week, but the answer will have to wait. Auto executives at hearings this week in Congress The heads of the Big Three American automakers came to Washington to ask f

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VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Stan Busby with THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States. (MUSIC) Today, we complete the story of the thirty-seventh president of the Un

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Technology Report - How Much Screen Time Is Too Much for Children? 科技报道 - 合理控制儿童使用数码设备的时间 This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 Children can spend hou

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The Dallas-Fort Worth area is under a tornado warning after witnesses reported seeing at least two twisters touch down. All planes at the international airport reportedly are grounded. Theres still no word on possible injuries. But NPR's Wade Goodwyn

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is wrapping up a visit to the long-isolated South East Asian nation of Myanmar by meeting with its main opposition leader. NPR's Michele Kelemen is traveling with the secretary in the country also known as Burma. Cl

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The space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-128, is in orbit right now. With some fascinating people on board. Pilot Kevin Ford became interested in flying when he was a kid and read the book Carrying the Fire, by Michael Collins, command module pilot o

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Lesson 152 Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises Phonetics: Contraction, Liaison and Weak Form 1. A: Hello, Charles, I ____ ____ you all day. What ____ ____ ____ ____? B: Actually, ____ ____ working on my fir

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number8. That's a Volvo. Is it a Swedish car or a French car? It isn't a French car. It's a Swedish car. Number 9. That's a Peugeot. Is it a French car or a Swedish car? It isn't a Swedish car. It's a French car. Number 10. That's a Mercedes. Is It a

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《现代启示录》是一部以越战为背景的影片,由弗朗西斯福特科波拉导演,马丁辛、马龙白兰度、罗伯特杜瓦主演。影片于1979年8月15日美国上映。影片讲述了越战期间,美军情报官员威尔德上

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今天我们要学的词组是pay respects。 Pay- respects的意思是向某个人表示敬意。美国前总统福特12月26日逝世后,他的灵柩从加州运到首都华盛顿,停放在国会大厅里。美国人纷纷前往吊唁,向他表

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Obituary;Betty Ford; 讣告;贝蒂福特; Betty Bloomer Ford, an outspoken First Lady, died on July 8th, aged 93; 贝蒂布鲁姆福特,直率的前第一夫人,于7月8日逝世,享年93岁; All her life, Betty Ford loved to dance. At ten she

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When Henry ford decided to produce his famous v-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block, and instructed his engineers to produce a design in one for the engine. The design was placed on paper, but the en

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英语应用文写作之介绍信 介绍信(Letters of Introduction) 社交、亲友之间的相互介绍,常用介绍信联系。介绍信必须写得慎重、谦恭,切忌浮夸。这类信的信封的左下角常写有:To introduce Mr.,或

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Good morning from the CNN center here in Atlanta. I'm Melissa Long, it is a Thursday, the 6th of August. And here's a look at some of the stories that are happening NOW IN THE NEWS. More than 800, 000 pounds of beef are being recalled because it may

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So, the debt limit is how much money a country can borrow. Yesterday, the Senate voted to increase it. This doesn't mean the debt limit is definitely going up, though; it still has to get through the House of Representatives. But let's look at the nu

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. World leaders including President Obama have converged on London for the G-20 meeting scheduled for this Thursday. It marks the first official foreign tour for the president since taking office. Even as l

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