Now, I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. Men, all this stuff you've heard about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 名人演讲

Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: Barack Obama and Joe Biden Saturday in Springfield, Illinois, at their first appearance as running mates And I'm Steve Ember. This week, the Democrats meet to nomina

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Kibcob will soon face his first great step on the road to priesthood. He hopes to take part in the most important ceremony of the Ethiopian Orthodox ChurchTimkat, the feast of the Epiphany, celebrating the baptism of Christ. Although Epiphany is cele

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11. expel /iksˈpel/ -- drive out; force out; compel to leave Expelled from the university bacause of poor grades, the student applied for readmission the following year. 因成绩太差而被大学开除的那名学生申请下学期复学。 12. im

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A: I am getting packed for my vacation and dont know what the luggage restrictions are. B: You could call the airline that you will be flying, and they can tell you what you can bring. A: I just need to know what most of the airlines have decided to

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ECONOMICS REPORT - Economic News in 2005 By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, December 30, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economic Report. Today, we look back on some top stories of t

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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 31 October 2007 The Economic Community of Central African States has named Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila to be its next head. Analysts say Mr. Kabila, who has been accused of human rights abuses and corru

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IN THE NEWS - Senate Prepares to Consider Supreme Court Nomination By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Saturday, July 23, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Bush this we

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ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. In eighteen fifty, the United States Congress debated a proposal for an important compromise. The compromise dealt mostly with the national dispute over slavery. T

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A suspected U.S. missile attack has killed at least 13 suspected militants in a remote region of Pakistan close to the Afghan border where al-Qaida-linked operatives are believed to have established their bases. Ayaz Gul reports from Islamabad. US s

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Egyptian-born columnist, Mona Eltahawy, writes about Middle Eastern political affairs for a number of international newspapers Today, we continue looking at the question of whether new media - Facebook, blogging, tweeting - can bring democracy to the

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Ivory Coast Confronts Issues of Immigrant Identity The new government of Ivory Coast comes to power in a country divided by years of often-violent debate about what it means to be Ivorian. Founding father Felix Houphouet-Boigny offered work to thousa

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A new survey finds that three-quarters of U.S. newborns are breastfed beginning at birth. But the number of breastfeeding infants rapidly falls off during the first year of life. Seventy-five percent of babies started life breastfeeding, according to

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Voice 1 Hello. Im Marina Santee. Voice 2 And Im Elizabeth Lickiss. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 Sports watch

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By Kane Farabaugh Kangerlussuak, Greenland 12 July 2007 The former Danish colony of Greenland attained home rule in 1979. Since it began governing itself, with support from the Danish government, in 1981, Greenland has made an effort to modernize its

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By Uma Ramiah Dakar 16 April 2008 Four people are dead and seven missing after a jet carrying officials from Equatorial Guinea's ruling political party plunged into the Gulf of Guinea Wednesday morning. Uma Ramiah reports for the VOA from our West Af

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I'm a new soul I came to this strange world 我是个崭新的灵魂 来到这个陌生(奇异)的世界 hoping I could learn a bit about how to give and take. 希望我能学习如何施与受 But since I came here 但从我到这来 Felt the joy an

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Germany's new coalition government is calling for U.S. nuclear missiles to be removed from Europe. A London research organization says Germany's announcement has reopened the global debate about whether nuclear weapons help or hinder global security.

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Zimbabwe(津巴布韦) Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has accused the Zanu-PF party of President Robert Mugabe of persecuting his MDC group. He said Zanu-PF violated(侵犯) the law and spread the language of hate, and vowed not to let it continue. Mr

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She said I'm not pointing fingers, He said yes you are, cause you wouldn't bring it up if you weren't. And if I'd told you I'd been walking out in the dark night thinking Would you take as truth this alcoholic's word? Oh I can't change, what's done i

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