今天我们要学的词是assassination。 Assassination, 是刺杀的意思。巴基斯坦反对党领袖布托去年年底遇刺。Bhutto's assassination threw Pakistan into turmoil, 布托的遇刺让巴基斯坦陷入了混乱。Detectives from

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

Lincoln Wins 1860 Election, Loses Southern States 建国史话: 林肯赢得1860年选举 From VOA Learning English, this is The Making of a Nation. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. And Im Christopher Cruise. The presidential election of 1860 brought feelings of

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(八)月

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. Today, we play new music from Mos Def ... And answer a question about some American presidents ... But first, we visit the newly re-opened museum in Washington that h

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: A Fresh Start STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. Today we start our series again from the beginning. The last time we started over was in

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Time and again, writer Daniel Alarcon has found himself on those lists that make other, less fortunate writers gnash their teeth. He's been named one of 37 under the age of 36, 39 under 39, and 20 under 40. Alarcon is 40 now. He

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Now that President Trump has said he will no longer separate migrant families apprehended at the border, his administration is preparing to lock them up. The Defense Department is under orders to confine up to 12,000 immigrant pa

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Abraham Lincoln 亚伯拉罕林肯 August 12th, 1879 1879年8月12日 I see the President almost every day, as I happen to live where he passes to or from his lodgings out of town. He never sleeps at the White House during the hot season, but has qua

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March 10th, 2014, was the first time we reported on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. It had vanished two days earlier in flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China. More than a year after that, officials say they've covered most of the priorit

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He had just bought a new cara Lincoln. It was a big, long, four-door sedan. Some days, he would go out to his beautiful car and just sit in it. But he was going to the hospital next week for a colonoscopy; he needed to give his wife some practice in

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Lincoln Museum to Use Newest Technology to Bring 16th President to Life 林肯博物馆利用最新科技展现第16任总统生平 The lives of Abraham Lincoln – American’s sixteen’s president,

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(上)--文化教育动态

On the third Monday of February, Americans celebrate Presidents' Day, when Americans honor all their national leaders, past and present. The Day was originally meant to honor the First President, and arguably the country's most influential founder, G

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People in America - Aaron Copland, 1900-1990: He Taught Americans About Themselves Through Music STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Aaron Copland, one of

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A theater that draws a million people a year is mighty popular. Even more so when you consider that it offers only about 700 seats and that it's not a movie theater or some kind of arena. It's strictly a legitimate theater, where live plays are perfo

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A: Welcome to Lincoln Bank. What can we do for you today? 欢迎光临Lincoln银行。今天我们可以为您做些什么呢? B: Hello. I called earlier in the week and spoke to someone in the personal loans department about an overseas study loan

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He carried every Northern state except Missouri and New Jersey. 除了密苏里州和新泽西州,林肯获得了所有北方各个州的选票, He received one hundred and eighty electoral notes. 他获得180张选票; Breckenridge carried eve

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His coal bunkers were overflowing. Not a crewman was missing from his post. 大家要法拉古司令宫立即出发,二十四小时的迟延都不许可。船上各部门的人员一个也不少,都到齐了。 To cast off, he needed only to fire

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By Doug Levine Washington 15 July 2007 Abbey Lincoln has one of the most distinctive voices in jazz. She is also one of today's most respected songwriters. As VOA's Doug Levine tells us, Ms. Lincoln combines her two greatest gifts on her first album

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今天我们要学的词是bounty。 Bounty, 是奖金的意思。A bounty hunter, 指为了得到悬赏而追捕逃犯或猎物的人。美国爱奥华州一个只有两百个居民的小镇最近出现了猫灾。The town is offering a $5 bounty fo

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今天我们要学的词是holdout。 Holdout, 指坚决不肯让步的人。Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas was the last Democratic holdout to agree to a full floor debate on the health care bill in the Senate, 阿肯色州的林肯参议员是最后一个

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今天我们要学的词是 disqualify. To disqualify 是取消资格的意思。The winner of this year's St. Louis Marathon was disqualified after marathon officials found her cheating. 今年圣路易斯马拉松比赛冠军事后被比赛官员发现

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