U.S. teenagers today are less hopeful than they were just five years ago about America's ability to address its most critical problems, from the economy and global warming to international terrorism. But a new survey of American high school students

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(八月)

Some blame speculators for recent increases, but others see market supply and demand at work. The I.M.F. will investigate. 19 June 2008 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. First a crisis, then calls to investigate. This is happening no

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Li Keqiang has been endorsed as Chinese premier at the ongoing parliamentary session with nearly three-thousand deputies to the National people's Congress voting to approve his nomination. Li was nominated by newly elected President Xi Jinping Xi Jin

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英闻天下

Premier Li Keqiang's upcoming tour marks the first official visit to Cuba by a Chinese premier, since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1960. As market-oriented economy is expanding its hold, along with the newly-restored US-Cuba relat

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 2016CRI中国国际广播电台

Topics: Spring Break, Movie Ratings in the US, Stay tuned, Frightened vs. Afraid, Customer vs. Consumer Words: rowdy resorts Cancun Mazatlan Easter binge drinking motion picture MPAA G = General PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Parents Strongly Caution

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Topics: High school musicals, what a woman looks for in a man, to drive your point home, to call the shots, pilot TV shows, to be debt-ridden, to be in charge, on behalf of Words: drama hit musical crew backdrop theater set to dim scene cast fundrais

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Topics: Country music, July 4th celebrations, clever vs. smart, you formal vs. informal, college vs. high school, to ride vs. to drive, Tell me about it!, to throw in the towel Words: rural banjo cowboy stereotype crop declaration fireworks display s

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Ya?l: [In a baby talk cooing voice] Ready for a moment of science? D: Sure, Ya?l, but why are you talking to me like I'm a baby? Y: [Regular voice] Just making a point Don. Why did you think I was talking as if you were a baby? D: Hmmm. Because of th

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

Tommy Cash: E e e e X C X Это очень вкусно Charli cash Cash cash cash cash cash Charli XCX: I always think about you when I'm high I wanna hear you whisper on the telephone yeah You call me up and then I'm satisfied I touch myself a

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(133) / 评论(0) 分类 音乐咖啡厅

A New Zealand newspaper published a letter from Premier Li before his visit. The letter reviews the relationship between China and New Zealand, and introduces the main focal points of the visit. Expanding free trade is Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's to

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Israel has what security experts say is perhaps the world's most effective system of screening air passengers. Despite constant threats from Palestinian terrorist groups, no flight from Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport has ever been blown up or hijacked

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Topics: Migrant Farming in the U.S.; American Cities: Palm Springs, CA; patronizing versus condescending; to right every wrong; to belong to versus to belong with Words: migrant worker manual labor slave plantation to deport tactic boycott toxic play

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Yael: Hey Don, see that guy over there? I'm always forgetting his name! Don: Oh, you mean Matt? Y: Yeah, that's it! You know, it's really easy for me to remember some names, but others take a lot of work. D: Don't feel bad. It might be because Matt's

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest

3 A.M. and my neighbors hate me 凌晨三点 有点扰民的我 Music blasting shaking these walls 音乐声震耳欲聋 This time Mary Jane won't save me 这次连Mary Jane也救不了我 I've been working later I've been drinking stronger 工作至深

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Topics: McCarthyism and the House Committee on Un-American Activities; Famous Songs: Dixie; to overrate versus to overestimate; that versus so; the stakes are too high Words: McCarthyism Red Scare to play on demagogue hearing to blacklist to change (

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Topics: Anti-miscegenation laws; Silicon Valley and the Research Triangle; freeway, highway, and expressway; to sport; dosey doe Words: miscegenation to frown upon interracial marriage slavery to abolish to repeal high-tech headquarters venture capit

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Topics: Ask an American: private gun ownership; north of; compulsory versus mandatory versus obligatory; mayday Words: semiautomatic round to ban outlawed to arm social issue law-abiding hunting high heels part of the equation north of compulsory man

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

The Weekend - Going to the Beach Beach balls and beach babes, who doesnt love the beach. A great place to relax, catch some sun and enjoy the water. Also a great place to take the family for some quality time together. In this lesson we learn about g

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 英语播客-EnglishPod

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has urged an upgrading of the manufacturing industry in order to ensure medium-high level economic growth in the country. Premier Li made the remarks on Monday during an inspection visit to China Nuclear Power Engineering C

发表于:2019-03-04 / 阅读(149) / 评论(0) 分类 2015CRI中国国际广播电台

Topics: American Cities: Houston; how to become a police officer; incredible versus unbelievable; to rule the roost; to sort out Words: to be named after oilfield cultural offering urban sprawl lot size low/high urban density forensics ride-along end

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