Technology Report - Could Waste Plastic Reduce Our Need for Oil? 科技报道 - 塑料制油技术是否可以减少美国的石油需求 From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

1. similarity /ˌsɪməˈlrɪti:/ -- likeness; resemblance The two pills are alike in color and shape, but there the similarity ends. 这两颗药丸的颜色和形状都很相像,但相似处也仅限于此。 2. simile /ˈsɪməli:/ -- comparison

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引言: 沉默本身也是一种思想和心境的流露,是灵魂的另一种形式的回声。 Indeed, for a living being there is no such thing as true silence, for silence itself is a revelation of the mind and the heart, an echo of the soul

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 精美英文欣赏

VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we get to know more about a famous creature known for its pale skin, pointy teeth and big hunger for human blood. Vampires have held an im

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But their attitude changed when the head of the village fell ill. They blamed the birds and were all set to destroy their nests, but the local government stepped in to protect them. Bendy bamboo may not be the safest nesting place, but at least this

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The ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year, never easy to predict. But there is some surprising help at hand. On the ceiling of the Songs' living room, a pair of red-rumped swallows newly arrived from their winter migration is busy

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA -June 16, 2002: Billy Wilder VOICE ONE: I’m Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about Billy Wild

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Lil Eddie是一个出色的音乐人,相信一定会比歌手更加懂得如何去理解歌曲,在幕后的辛勤付出终于等来台前的完美演出,他亲自为自己量身打造专辑及单曲,也与众多当红歌星合唱..如今提起Lil' Eddie是无人不知无人不晓了,今年年初,Lil' Eddie发行了一张名为The Official

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - New Movie and Museum Exhibits Shine New Light on Civil War Events DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week, our program is all about the Civil War in a new film and museum

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By Kari Barber Thiaroye, Senegal 23 January 2007 watch Senegalese Immigration Tens of thousands of Senegalese and other West Africans left their homes and set out for the Canary Islands during the past year, hoping to find economic opportunity. The

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The top U.S. military officer retired Friday, and was replaced for the first time by a general from the Marine Corps. 美国军方的最高级官员星期五退休,并且这个职位头一次由海军陆战队的一名将军接任。 On a parade gr

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Darwin was about to give his 1992 Buick Regal to his girlfriends son, Gilroy. But before doing that, Darwin had to make sure the car was safe. If anything was wrong with the car and it caused Gilroy to be injured, Darwin would in turn be injuredby Gi

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Ailaoshan is of the Hani tribe from the mountain village of Mengsong. Roasted, the tender shoots he gathers will make a tasty dish. The Hani have many uses for the different bamboos they grow and find in the forest around. Though flexible enough to b

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The mystery is that these forests are growing well outside the tropics. By rights, none of this jungle or its animals should be here. These are bear macaques. They're found only in tropical and subtropical jungle. With a tiny home range of just a few

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Beneath billowing clouds in Chinas far southwestern Yunnan Province lies a place of mystery and legend. Of mighty rivers and some of the oldest jungles in the world, here hidden valleys nurture strange and unique creatures, and colorful tribal cultur

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In glorious color, he recorded the plant life he found on special photographic glass plates. Sending thousands of specimens back to the West, the plant hunters changed the gardens of the world forever. Rocks success was born of a massive effort, for

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But it does share the giant panda's taste for bamboo. Southwest China's red pandas are known for their very strong facial markings, which distinguish them from red pandas found anywhere else in the Himalayas. Like the monkeys, they were isolated in t

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The unfortunate thing is every single person, with the exception of my closest friend, Gale, said to me you are not gonna make it. Everybody told me that I wasn't gonna make it. Those same people now are saying, no, we never, we always knew. But that

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力:文化博览2008年

The Jinuo people are incredibly knowledgeable about their forests, and claim to have uses for most of the plants that they find there. They have names for them all, those good for eating, and some which even have strong medicinal qualities. By workin

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But the visitors are not what they seem. Zhe Shuzheng and her son live nearby. Zhe has been caring for her local alligators for over 20 years, so she had a fair idea when the eggs were likely to hatch. Back home, she's built a pond, surrounded by net

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