Selfies: Taking Photos of Yourself More Popular Than Ever WASHINGTON Theres a saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. That may be especially true these days with the huge amount of what are called selfies on the Internet. This popular trend

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(四月)

A woman, especially, if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. Jane Austen 一个女人要是不幸聪明得什么都懂,那就必须同时懂得怎么伪装成什么都不懂。 简奥斯汀 图片1

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Teasing and bullying are major concerns in schools. Some people would say that it is an essential part of growing up. They may say that teasing and bullying are a way of learning how to deal with the reality of society. The truth, however, is that te

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Asserting executive privilege, President Bush has refused to comply with a congressional request for documents relating to the leak of the identity of former CIA operative Valerie Wilson. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, a House committee delayed a vote

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VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about pianist John Lewis. He created one of one of the most famous jazz groups in America, the Modern Jazz Quarte

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Serbia says war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic avoided capture for some 13 years by living under a false identity in the Serbian capital Belgrade and practicing alternative medicine. Stefan Bos reports for VOA from Budapest. People in the Bosnian c

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A woman wearing the niqab, a veil worn by the most conservative Muslims that exposes only a woman's eyes, walks in the Belsunce district of downtown Marseille, central France, 19 Jun 2009 France's lower house of Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in

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加强群体认同可预防踩踏事件 Large gatherings are usually peaceful but sometimes turn unruly with deadly consequences. Last years stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia, for example, left more than 2,000 people dead. Psychologists say un

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This summer, NPR reporters are going home, back to the communities where they grew up, to see how their hometowns may have changed. The rural Pacific coast town of Gold Beach, Ore. is where Jeff Brady lived until 1985. On his trip

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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Maria Luisa is 12 years old. Her parents are divorced, and her mom just got a job at a new city. Things are not looking good. So Malu - that's the shortened version of her name, the version she prefers - puts on her headphones. (

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: If you're hearing my voice through some kind of Bluetooth of Wi-Fi gadget, here's an interesting fact. Some ideas behind that technology can be traced back to an invention by a famous actress from the 1930s - her name, Hedy

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5 Killed In Shooting At A Washington State Mall; Manhunt Underway play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0002:53repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flas

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Brazil's history has been expressed through its national passion for music. Samba, the country's dominant musical style, was used by politicians in the '30s in an attempt to create unity and a sense of national identity in this vast multi-racial stat

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Burger King in Brazil sells burgers. It also takes pictures. It takes pictures of customers. It puts their pictures on the wrappers. It puts the wrappers on the burgers. The customer gets a burger with his picture on the wrapper. There's no extra cha

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 07 February 2007 This week marks the 50th anniversary of the African Football Confederation, Africa's official soccer body. The sport is usually associated with boys and men, but Naomi Schwarz visited a soccer school in Senega

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今天我们要学的词是blur。 Blur, 使一件事变得模糊不清。 The TV station blurred out his face to protect his identity, 电视台将他的脸部处理得模糊不清,以免暴露身份。 With all the new communication tools, the li

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A former White House spokesman says Americans have lost trust in U.S. President George Bush, because he is refusing to reveal his administration's involvement in leaking the identity of a previously-covert CIA operative. The Bush administration dismi

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今天我们要学的词是brick-and-mortar。 Brick-and-mortar, 意思是实实在在存在的, The community college operates both brick-and-mortar schools and online instruction programs, 这所社区大学既有自己的校园,又同时在网上

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Topics: Minimum wage; cyber crime; I will want to versus I would want to; except for; conversely Words: wages subject to indexed to inflation consumer price index opponent to nickel and dime cyber to hack identity theft copyright infringement handle

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