By Melinda Smith Washington 31 August 2007 Centuries ago doctors used hypnosis to help relieve the excruciating pain of surgery. It then fell out of favor with the introduction of anesthesia. Now as VOA's Melinda Smith reports, new studies show a hos

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(八月)

announcer (电台,电视)播音员 bulletin 新闻简报 champion 冠军 day and night 日日夜夜 earlier than usual 比平时早 fool 傻瓜 gather 收庄稼 grower 种植者 leading 主要的 macaroni 通心面,空心面条 present 目前的

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NO.2 Autumn in New York《纽约的秋天》 ■ 深夜的街头,威尔喝得醉意熏熏,好朋友约翰紧追其后,颇有些不放心他的举止,并且试图探寻个中原因。这种一问一答显得随意亲切,没有通常在课本中学到的文学意味,值得借鉴。 单词通缉令 1.ringer n. 电话响铃 2.get v. 明白

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Topics: Singing in the Rain; the Federal Reserve; among versus between; of no use Words: musical silent film talking picture leading lady to dub exclusive branch board of directors turbulent to stave off criticism accountability among between of no u

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嘉宾:Debbie Mason 话题:Queen Matilda II 欧洲王族轶事 单词拼写: 1、Chronicles:written records编年史 2、Hostility:hatred 3、Dramatic:a lot of things happened 重点俚语: 1、She took after her father:She resembled

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It was New Year's night. An aged man was standing at a window. He raised his mournful eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were floating like white lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake. When he cast them on the earth, where few more

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Three people have been killed and 24 others injured in a coach explosion in northwest Chinas Shaanxi Province. The blast took place late Sunday afternoon near the bus station in Pucheng County in the city of Weinan. According to the local fire depart

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Smoking is the Leading Cause of Preventable Death 吸烟是可预防性死亡的主要原因 From VOA Learning English, this is Science in the News. 来自VOA学英语,这里是科学报道。 Im Anna Matteo. 我是Anna Matteo。 And Im Christopher

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President Barack Obama says the United States should depend more on so-called clean forms of energy, like wind and solar, and less on oil. The president promoted his alternative energy plan on an Earth Day visit to the central state of Iowa. Preside

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Graham Colton Releases 'Pacific Coast Eyes' Oklahoma native Graham Colton started off with dreams of a football career, leading his high school to the state championship in 1998. But even then, much of his time was spent playing music. Music has alwa

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Five Leading Men Vie for Best Actor Oscar In The Descendants, a bittersweet family drama directed by Alexander Payne, George Clooney plays Matt Smith, a successful lawyer who finds himself at life's crossroads. After a boating accident, his wife is i

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VOA标准英语2011--Incumbent Liberian President Leading in Early Returns First results from Liberia's presidential election show incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf leading her 15 rivals. Reporting results from just over 16 percent of more th

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'He's Not A Leading Man': A Casting Director On Rembrandt's Self-Portraits DAVID GREENE, HOST: Los Angeles is pretty star struck these weeks before the Oscars, as usual. But over in nearby Pasadena, a crowd of art lovers is visiting this 400-plus-yea

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LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: OK, now for some cute but worrying science from the animal world. The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area posted a photo earlier this week that is insanely adorable. It's of a newly found mountain lion kitten

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Rockwell Automation is a leading industrial automation company focused to be the most valued global provider of power, control and information solutions. With a focus on automation solutions that help customers meet productivity objectives, the compa

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The communiqu noted that building clean politics and opposing corruption are important tasks in strengthening and standardizing political life within the Party. Zhuang Deshui from Peking University said a standardized intra-Party political environmen

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By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 14 February 2008 Back pain is one of the most common problems plaguing aging societies. And Americans are now spending more money than ever before to treat it. But a new study says that some of the treatments do not se

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今天我们要学的词是barrier。 Barrier是障碍的意思。Language barrier, 是语言障碍。Trade barrier, 是贸易壁垒。The lack of funding was the biggest barrier to the road improvement, 意思是道路改善的最大障碍是缺少资

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Leading our news this morning, the Treasurer is laying the ground work for a debate on taxation reform. Joe Hockey has revealed the government will release a discussion paper early April. Leading businessman Fairfax Chairman Roger Corbett is calling

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今天我们要学的词是crew。Crew指一个工作团队的全体成员。比如,flight crew机组成员。美国航空航天局表示,The next crew to launch towards the International Space Station will make the trip faster than any other gro

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