A: I would like high speed internet installed in my house. B: You have to make an appointment before we can come out and install it. A: I'd like to make an appointment right now. B: What day are you available? A: I would like to have it done this Fri

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(120) / 评论(0) 分类 英语情景对话-日常生活

Officials in the coastal Peruvian province of Callao on Monday hailed the guinea pig as a low-cost, low-fat alternative to a traditional turkey or roast pork Christmas dinner. Guinea pigs can feed seven or eight for just over 3 US dollars, according

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2008年

President Bush Signs H.R. 7081, the United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act THE PRESIDENT: Thank you for coming. Welcome to the White House. Today, I have the honor of signing legislation that builds on

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Several listeners have written with questions on when to use the definite article the, the indefinite article a, or neither. For example, Tracy W. wrote, Which is correct: Thank you for taking time to review my application, or Thank you for taking th

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is collective nouns, nouns that describe a group, such as family, orchestra, and board. Guest-writer Bonnie Trenga writes, There are around 200 collective nouns in the English language (1). Sometimes they take a singul

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In Russia's Chechnya republic, which has long been a center of anti Kremlin violence in the Caucasus, Ramzan Kadyrov, the young president, now feels his capital is safe enough to invite 50 foreign correspondents for a news conference and an exhibitio

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(三月)

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is capitalizing tricky nouns like Ground Zero, Internet, and Earth. Quite a few people have asked me whether they should capitalize the words Internet, Web, and website, including Chris from Olney, Maryland; Matt from

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Stomach cancer is one of the deadliest diseases, and ranks second among cancers worldwide with at least 800,000 deaths yearly. But in the United States, the number of cases has been declining, except for among one group of Americans. Glenda Reimer, h

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(五)月

At Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter, Florida, scientists are working to find clues about how the human brain processes memories. Their laboratory test animal is not a chimp or a dog or a rat animals that we know can remember things it is the com

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(三月)

Venezuelans Vote for Chavez Successor Early on this election day the voting lines were shorter than expected in some parts of Caracas. Nicolas Maduro, the successor to the popular Hugo Chavez, who died of cancer last month, is counting on a high turn

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(四月)

A: Hello, may I speak to you for a few minutes? B: About what? A: I want to speak to you about this years election. B: Oh, really? A: Yes, I am a volunteer for the campaign. B: I am very impressed. A: I feel that history is about to be made, and I wa

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语情景对话-选举

A: Were trying to get donations. B: What are you getting donations for? A: Were getting donations for the campaigns. B: How much money are you looking to make? A: As much as we can. B: Are you doing different fundraisers? A: Were just going door to d

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 英语情景对话-选举

VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Margaret Mead And I'm Shirley Griffith with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about one of the most influential social scientists of the last century -- the cultural anthropologist Margaret

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年慢速英语(一)月

VOA新闻专有名词集合(人名、地名) 9 Kashmir 克什米尔 Kazakhstan 哈萨克斯坦 Kinshasa 金沙萨(扎伊尔共和国首都) kirghizia 吉尔吉斯斯坦 Kuala Lumpur 吉隆坡(马来西亚首都) Kuwait 科威特 Lebanon 黎

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Todd: OK, now Jeff, I've know you for along time. You are a very resourceful person. You always have these crazy jobs, and recently you had at a hospital, but you weren't a doctor. Could you please describe your job? Jeff: Todd, it was a pharmaceutic

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

Journalist Mamadou Dian Balde says Captain Moussa Dadis Camara was shot by an aide, Aboubacar Toumba Diakite James Butty | Washington, DC 03 December 2009 Guineas security forces were said to be on high alert Thursday night after renegade soldiers sh

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十二月)

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 In 2009 one woman brought a message

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 环球英语 Spotlight

SYDNEY, April 17 (Xinhua) -- A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake has struck Papua New Guinea (PNG) on Wednesday, Geoscience Australia said. The earthquake, at a depth of 20 kilometers, occurred near the north coast of New Guinea, PNG at 8:55 a.m. (Aust

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

It is 50 years since the first breast enlargement using silicone implants. Today it rates as the second-most popular form of cosmetic surgery worldwide, undergone by 1.5 million women in 2010. It is just behind liposuction in popularity. It was sprin

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力精选进阶版

I'm Bear Grylls.I'm gonna show you what it takes to get out alive from some of the most dangerous places on earth. 我是贝尔格里尔斯 我将向您展示 如何从地球上 最危险的地带 逃出生天 I've got to make it through a week of ch

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