Between the Kremlin and the Protesters: A Church Mediator? The patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church has a residence inside the Kremlin. The church depends heavily on government funding. When mass protests broke out this winter, few people expecte

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(二月)

The janitor cleaned the church every day. He swept the floor with a broom. He mopped the floor with a mop. He vacuumed the carpet with a vacuum cleaner. He cleaned all the windows with a wet cloth. He cleaned the mens bathroom. He cleaned the womens

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Seamus Heaney A thick crust, coarse-grained as limestone rough-cast, hardened gradually on top of the four crocks that stood, large pottery bombs, in the small pantry. After the hot brewery of gland, cud and udder, cool porous earthenware fermented

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By Brian Wagner Miami, Florida 15 August 2007 U.S. minority population are expanding New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that black, Asian, Hispanic and other minority populations are expanding in many districts where whites were once dominant

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Search teams are spreading out along the U.S. Gulf Coast, looking for people stranded after Hurricane Ike. Emergency officials in Texas say they have rescued about 2,000 people who ignored evacuation orders and were stranded by Hurricane Ike. They s

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Pope Benedict Says Goodbye as Leader of the Worldwide Roman Catholic Church From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in Special English. Pope Benedict gave his last public blessing this week to tens of thousands of people in Saint Peters Square

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IN THE NEWS - Pope Benedict Says Goodbye as Leader of the Worldwide Roman Catholic Church 新闻报道 - 教皇本笃十六世正式辞职离开梵蒂冈 From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语

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Four years ago a flood caused by Hurricane Katrina devastated much of New Orleans. Thousands of evacuees took up residence in other cities, most notably Houston, Texas. While the city was praised for its efforts to host the evacuees, not all went sm

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Episcopal Church, Breakaway Anglicans Fight Over Property Outside the U.S. capital stands a red brick church with white wooden pews where George Washington served as a vestryman, or lay leader. The Falls Church was founded in 1732 and even gave its n

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Pope Benedict Places His Imprint on Catholic Church From the start, Pope Benedict faced a difficult road, following the popular Pope John Paul the Second. He was embraced by some, but shunned by others. The pope was born Joseph Ratzinger in a small t

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Pope's Resignation Could be Turning Point for Church Hundreds of the faithful stood reverently in front of large television screens on St. Peter's Square on a chilly evening, to be close by as Pope Benedict led his final scheduled mass on Ash Wednesd

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A: Can I help you? B: Im having trouble finding something. A: What is it that youre looking for? B: I need to find a church. A: What kind of church are you looking for? B: I want to find a Catholic church. A: I believe that theres one on Lake Avenue.

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A: Do you need help with something? B: Im trying to find something. A: What are you looking for? B: Im trying to find a church. A: What kind of church is it? B: Its a Catholic church. A: Theres a Catholic Church right on Lake Avenue. B: Is that right

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A: Did you need any help? B: Actually, I was looking for something. A: What is it? B: Im looking for a church. A: What kind? B: A Catholic church. A: On Lake Avenue there is a nice Catholic church. B: Is there really? A: Yes, really. B: Where on Lake

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By Greg Flakus Gulfport, Mississippi 08 February 2006 watch Recovery report The devastation caused by flooding in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina continues to dominate headlines here and inter

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THIS IS AMERICA -July 8, 2002: The Catholic Church in America By Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: Almost sixty-four-million Christians in the United States belong to the Roman Catholic Church. Sexual wrongdo

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 19 January 2006 The Anglican Church in Nigeria Thursday said it welcomes government decision to push for legislation to outlaw homosexuality. The government said it will intr

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I go to church and I'm going to tell you what it looks like inside my church. Firstly, when you go in, there's normally someone at the door who greets you and they give you a hymn book. Hymns are songs and we have a book full of songs, then in the ma

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By Andre de Nesnera Washington 12 January 2007 The recent resignation of the archbishop of Warsaw over his collaboration with the communist-era secret police has deeply embarrassed Poland's Roman Catholic Church. VOA Senior Correspondent Andr de Nes

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A mob set fire to a church in western Kenya Tuesday, killing about 30 people inside who were seeking refuge from widespread post-election violence. Witnesses say the fire was set by a gang of young men who poured fuel on the structure before setting

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