Amber: Hello, I'm Amber and this is bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we listen to a review of a new Hollywood film, The Painted Veil, and we hear how the film which stars Naomi Watts and Edward Norton is different from the classic Eng

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April Fools Day is on the first of April every year. It is a day when people can play tricks, practical jokes and hoaxes on each other. No one really knows the exact origin of this day. The writer Mark Twain famously said: This is the day upon which

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Good evening, my fellow citizens: T his afternoon, following a series of threats and defiant statements, the presence of Alabama National Guardsmen was required on the University of Alabama to carry out the final and unequivocal order of the United

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Words and Their Stories: Wild Cat 词汇典故:Wild Cat Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. Today, we tell about the word wildcat. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。今天我们来讲述关于wildcat的短

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As the criminal investigation gets underway, there are many more questions than answers regarding the attempt to bring down an Amsterdam to Detroit airliner on Christmas Day. Tom Rivers | London 27 December 2009 Photo: AP Luggage transport passes par

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Oil Prices Ease, But Airlines Still Worried Jet fuel prices were about one-seventh of the expenses for a typical airline a decade ago - consuming less of the budget than pay for pilots and other workers. But International Air Transport Association sp

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Texas County Recovering from Wildfires Bastrop County, in the southern U.S. state of Texas, was hit by the most destructive wildfires in the state's history earlier this year. More than 1,600 homes were wiped out and the state park was decimated. Now

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Shirley: David, so earlier, I was telling you I've always wanted to go to Africa and I'm just wondering, is that whole safari scene the cliche... David: It's not a cliche, but it's something real you have to experience when you get there on the safar

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA – April 28, 2002: Milton Berle By George Grow VOICE ONE: I’m Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I’m Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we t

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26岁的Milow是比利时家喻户晓的唱作者,原名Jonathan Vandenbroeck。他一首《You Don't Know》在比利时单曲榜取得过第三名的好成绩。2006年1月发行的首张专辑《The Bigger Picture》更是让他声名远播。同时也获得TMF最佳新人奖等诸多奖项。 2008年2月1日其发行了第二张

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BERLIN, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Brazil defeated Norway 3-0 owing a brace by top midfielder Marta to wrap quarterfinals in group D ahead of schedule in front of 26,067 spectators at outsold Volkswagen Arena on Sunday. Group favourite Brazil had problems to

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Bamboo's tough reputation is such that another bamboo specialist was known by the Chinese as the iron-eating animal. The giant panda is famous for its exclusive diet. Giant pandas are thought to have originated in Southwest China millions of years ag

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The Dai now live in the borders of tropical Vietnam and Laos, but their legends tell of how their ancestors came here by following the rivers from mountain lands in the cold far north. Lying at the far eastern end of the Himalayas, the Hengduan Mount

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Silence Is Bliss 寂静的狂欢 Will and Lyra followed the stream into the wood, walking carefully, saying little, until they were in the very center. There was a little clearing in the middle of the grove, which was floored with soft grass and moss

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As the flower's heat increases, a cloud of odor rises up. The foul perfume carries far and wide. It doesn't go unnoticed. Carrion beetles arrive on the scene. The beetles come in search of a feast of warm decaying flesh, but they've been tricked. Sli

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艾薇儿瑞摩娜拉维妮(Avril Ramona Lavigne) 是一位加拿大流行歌手、歌曲创作者及演员并以滑板少年出名,出生于加拿大的艾薇儿有着很高的音乐天赋和表现欲,十六岁那年独自搬到美国曼哈顿,并开始创作自己首张专辑,随着专辑《展翅高飞》的推出,艾薇儿也走上了完全不同

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. This Saturday night at eight thirty, all the lights will be shut off at the Tokyo Tower in Japan. The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and the Eiffel Tower in Paris are also expected to go dark. So is the

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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has received tacit support from Brazil for his plans to allow US troops(部队) to use Colombian military bases. Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said it considered the agreement to be a sovereign Colombian ma

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RIO DE JANEIRO, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Manchester United could make a move for Brazilian teenager defender Antonio Carlos this summer. Carlos impressed Old Trafford scouts in January while captaining Brazil's under-20 team at the South American champion

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Brazil striker Fabiano on target as Sao Paulo shocks Vasco 2-0 RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Brazil striker Luis Fabiano scored his 14th goal in as many games as Sao Paulo shocked hosts Vasco da Gama 2-0 in Brazil's Serie A championship on Wedn

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