Every now and then, I make a trip to the local library, sometimes by myself, and sometimes with my children. I love the quiet that you can experience there. It also reminds me of the fact that there is always something that you can learn; there is al

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

Billy Joel, Jill Scott and Others Star at the New Orleans Jazz Fest Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Im June Simms. On todays program, we tell all about the famed New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, which opens a few hours from

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(四)月

By Paul Sisco Washington 30 April 2008 An artist based in Los Angeles, California, is attracting attention with a showing of his work that combines video, audio and sculpture. Video art, or what some call new media art, has been around for some time.

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Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 29 March 2010 Cell biologist Elaine Fuchs is known for revolutionizing the study of skin and for her support of women in science. Children, Elaine Fuchs says, have a natural fascination with science. She remembers that

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(三月)

Dear Friends, Happy New Year! - to all of our listeners overseas, on behalf of the staff at CRI. Best wishes for 2016. The past year was eventful, both for China and the world. It marked the 70th anniversary of the end of the world's anti-fascist war

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This Cell Phone Needs No Battery 不用电池的新型手机? A dying battery is a huge annoyance for cell phone users. But for engineers? It's inspiration. Can we design a smartphone which can make a phone call and have a conversation without the

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By Zulima Palacio Washington, D.C. 03 April 2007 Watch Wish Tree report The late rock musician John Lennon's widow, artist Yoko Ono, helped celebrate the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C. Monday by presenting her interactive project

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(四月)

By Jeff Swicord Washington, DC 11 May 2006 watch US Geography report A geographic literacy study released this week provides new evidence that young Americans have a disturbing lack of basic geographi

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By Cheng Xiao Hong and Zhang Songlin St. Louis, Missouri 19 September 2006 watch Bissell Dinner Theatre The Bissell Mansion Restaurant and Dinner Theater in the Midwestern city of St. Louis, Missouri promises visitors the chance to get away with mur

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 11 May 2006 Fifty thousand video game players, developers and marketing executives are meeting in Los Angeles for the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo. Hundreds of s

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Using Ingenuity to Combat Global Water Crisis Much of the work goes on in Well Dones headquarters building south of San Francisco. Designers work to create compelling logos and user-friendly web layouts to spread the word on global water shortages. T

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Indian Mobile Phone App Aims to Thwart Sexual Assaults Cheena Sikka is typical of the modern, professional Indian woman. She works hard. She works late. When her shift is finished, a company cab takes her part of the way home. But she worries about t

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US Presidential Libraries Contribute to Research, Education President Lyndon Baines Johnson, or LBJ, died in 1973. But a life-like animatronic representation of him greets visitors to his library in Austin, Texas. Visitors find it entertaining. Prett

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: For the next few minutes, we're going to hear about people who are expressing political opposition through art and protest. In Miami Beach this weekend, an art exhibition encourages visitors to lie in freshly dug graves to experi

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now for some poetry. As we celebrate NPR Poetry Month, we've noticed that our Twitter hashtag - #nprpoetry - has attracted some young poets. And we know that teachers around the country sometimes use our Twitter callout to get th

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Financial dealings, investment issues, and money and banking matters often seem complicated and confusing. But the Museum of American Finance, which reopened its doors this week in the heart of Manhattan's financial district, wants to show the public

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By George Dwyer Washington 10 April 2008 On Friday, 11April, a major cultural and architectural event is set to take place in Washington: amassive new interactive museum complex dedicated to the profession of journalism will open its doors to the pub

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By Kurt Achin Seoul, South Korea 19 November 2007 From the classroom to the car garage, broadband technologies are reshaping life for South Koreans. VOA Correspondent Kurt Achin in Seoul takes a look at wired South Korea. In an experimental South Kor

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 17 September 2007 The mob series The Sopranos won top drama honors at television's Emmy Awards, Sunday night , and the new series 30 Rock was named best comedy. Mike O'Sullivan reports from Los Angeles that former U.S.

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By Carol Pearson Washington 18 May 2007 The technology that helps drivers to navigate roads and soldiers to map their positions is now helping doctors repair worn-out knees. The medical procedure is called navigational knee surgery. VOA's Carol Pears

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