VOICE ONE: Im Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And Im Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Katharine Hepburn, one of Americas great film and stage actresses. Hepburns career lasted almost seventy years. During that

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(九)月

介绍: belly laugh 捧腹大笑 I love Mr. Bean, his acting give us a lot of belly laugh. 我喜欢看《憨豆先生》,他的表演时常让我们捧腹大笑。 cackle /?k?k.?l/ v. 嘎嘎大笑(不雅) A group of women were cackling in a co

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(四)月

A: Oh, man. I had the best supper last night. My wife made a stir-fry and it was amazing! B:I love stir fry crispy bitesized vegetables covered in a mixture of soy sauce and oyster sauce. Wilted greens and fresh bean sprouts. Throw in some onion and

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Lenny说服同事Susan去参加万圣节派对,Susan不知道该穿什么,Lenny说, L: Back when I was a kid, everyone came dressed as a ghost or a mummy or a vampire. These days there are lots of costumes available and people try their best to

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 礼节美语

Has your English improved lately? The proof is in the pudding! In this episode, were talking about having (or not having) evidence to believe something is true. We look at expressions that can be used to talk about having proof to judge all kinds of

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 26 September 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has asked Congress to approve nearly $190 billion more in funding for the military missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He made his request at Senate Appropriations Commi

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190. The resistance抵抗 resist-restriction The prisoner was brought into the questioning room for the umpteenth time. After being restrained to the chair, a uniformed officer said, It is of no use to be resistant. I have a great deal of respect for

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Lily is slowly gargling saltwater Lily:[Coughs] This is awful! It's like drinking saltwater! It's like drowning in the ocean! Mom:Don't be so dramatic. You're such a baby. Now sit down and finish your soup. Lily:OK, OK. Mom:And when we get back from

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Obama condemns Paris attacks: vocabulary Section 2: We don't yet know all the details of what has happened. We have been in contact with French officials to communicate our deepest condolences to the families of those who have been killed, to offer o

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By Margaret Besheer Irbil 18 April 2007 A series of explosions in mostly Shi'ite areas of Baghdad Wednesday has killed more than 170 people and injured scores more. The attacks deal a blow to a two-month-old security plan in the capital. From norther

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Transpower yesterday got permission to build 185km of power lines from the Waikato River at Whakamaru near Lake Taupo, to Auckland. The lines will cross about 300 properties, mostly farms. Farmers have been protesting to stop these power lines for ma

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He came of age in Northeast Ohio just a kid from Akron who dare to dream and somehow exceeded impossible expectations 俄亥俄的东北,他年少成名,阿克伦的少年他勇敢追梦,看似不可能的目标,他一个一个超越 He soare

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Topics: The U.S. Supreme Court; microloans/microcredit; less than (X) days versus up to (X) days; mainstream account; words ending in ic versus ical Words: to appeal Supreme Court Supreme Court Justices to take (ones) place to appoint to bork credit

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Nutrigenomics 营养基因组学(nutrigenomics 或nutritional genomics,又叫营养遗传学 nutrigenetics)是研究营养素和植物化学物质对机体基因的转录、翻译表达及代谢机理的科学。 膳食是影响人体健康最重

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