VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Numbers arrive, on pedicabs, to be placed atop Times Square in New York for the New Year's Eve ball drop welcoming 2010 And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week on o

发表于:2018-11-27 / 阅读(370) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(十二)月

Is that the Manager? Speaking. Can I be of any assistance? Could you speed up your switchboard a bit, please? I booked a call to Brussels a good twenty minutes ago and I haven't had a reply yet. Well, perhaps they are rather busy at this time of the

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The One With Rachel抯 Sister -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teleplay by: Sherry Bilsing but uh, I good check with him桯e says it抯 okay. (She hands

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Jill is talking to her boyfriend, Mack. (J=Jill;M=Mack) J: You'd better watch your diet, Mack. You're getting really fat! M: It's alright. I'm not fat. I'm muscular. J: Muscular my foot! You're flabby

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1、barmy eccentric or foolish. Also: balmy 古怪或傻的。也用作:balmy He used to say I was barmy, and that really got to me. 他过去经常说我傻,这真的很让我介意。 This policy is absolutely barmy. 这项政策傻透了。 2、

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Phoning a Friend 1--Hello, three-five... 2--Is that Jill? 1--Speaking. 2--Jill, this is Sam. Look Jill. I want to see you again. How about a drink tonight? 1--I'm sorry. I'm very tired. I'm going to bed early. 2--What about tomorrow evening? 1--No,

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1. M: This is a stylish overcoat. I saw you wearing it last week, did't I? W: Oh, that wasn't me. That was my sister Jill. She's in your class. Q: What does the woman mean? A) Her overcoat is as stylish as Jill's. C) Jill wore the overcoat last week.

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李华刚下课,走出课堂就碰上Larry。李华在和Larry 谈话中会学到两个常用语:to go off on someone 和what's the deal. (School building lobby SFX) LH: Hey, Larry. 你刚下课啊?

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Shining a Light on Water to Prevent Infections By Jill Moss / Broadcast: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:00:00 UTC This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Viruses, bacteria and other organisms in dirty water sicken hundreds of m

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2007年(十一)月

在美国英语里,有许多常用俚语是由动物字眼构成的,相当的生动、形象。掌握它们,会你的口语和作文更地道,更生色! 1. Smell a Rat = feel that something is wrong 可以用 I smell a rat 来表达自己感觉

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What would Jill, standing on the platform, see through the window as the train whistles through? 这个时候站在月台上的吉尔会透过窗口所看到是什么? Well, between Jack dropping the ball and catching it again, 在杰克扔下球和接

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On December the third, the wind changed overnight, and it was winter. Until then the autumn had been mellow, soft. The leaves had lingered on the trees, golden-red, and the hedgerows were still green. The earth was rich where the plow had turned it.

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His wife dressed his wounds. They were not deep. The backs of his hands had suffered most, and his wrists. Had he not worn a cap they would have reached his head. As to the gannet . . . the gannet could have split his skull. The children were crying,

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Public Health Experts Criticize World Bank on Malaria EffortsBy Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, May 01, 2006 I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Development Report. A year a

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Students Work on Ideas for 'People, Prosperity and the Planet'By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, May 22, 2006 This is Shep O'Neal with the VOA Special English Development Report. Win

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Helen: Hello everyone. Welcome to Ask About Britain. I'm Helen. The question is: how many days of paid annual leave do people in the UK get? In the UK, the law says that you're entitled to 28 days of annual leave. The 28 days includes eight UK public

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I am over here Looking at you You are over there Watching me too Both painting pictures of Of how we'll kiss and f*** So what we gon' do (So what you gon' do, what you gon' do) Tell me why we're standing here The moment's passion's all so clear You g

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A light drizzle was falling as my sister Jill and I ran out of the Methodist Church, eager to get home and play with the presents that Santa had left for us and our baby sister, Sharon. Across the street from the church was a Pan American gas station

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The two spirits were talking. I'm bored. Who shall we be today? asked Booboo. Nono said, Why don't you be Jack, and I'll be Jill? Booboo agreed. They entered the minds of Jack and Jill. Jack and Jill were at a bar, drinking a beer. They always drank

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第5期:问在校情况 Jill: How about your grades of study? Zhao Ming: I have been doing quite well. As reach 90% and Bs reach 100%. And Ive received Scholarship two times. Jill: Besides your major, do you know some in other fields? Zhao Ming: Yes.

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