Phineas Taylor (P.T.) Barnum knew how to catch people's eye and make money. His unique museums and traveling shows made him famous. Also, he came up with the three-ring circus, which made circuses more exciting and impressive than ever before. Barnum

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This is AP News Minute. The US Senate has followed the House, approving a stop-gap bill to keep the government running in late January. The Senate pushed over several issues into next year including an 81 billion dollar disaster relief bill for hurri

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Jessia 在北京学中文,她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词,就会来请教她。今天是于苗要问的:山寨 YM: Jessica, 你看我这块儿手表怎么样? Jessica:LV 的! Nice! Did you win the lottery?

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Chad had worked hard all his young life, and then his father died. Unknown to Chad and almost everyone else, his father was a very rich man. The will disclosed the astounding amount of money his father had accumulated during his lifetime. Chad, the s

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A 58-year-old grandmother in Massachusetts won one of the biggest prizes in U.S. history$294 million. If she had taken the 26-year payout, Doris Stevens would have received $11 million a year for 26 years, before taxes. Mrs. Stevens decided to take t

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Each year in the United States, hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of unclaimed property - especially stock certificates, jewelry left in safe-deposit boxes, and seemingly forgotten money in checking accounts - are turned over to state government

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(四月)

Part One 你听不懂的 Tell it to the marines 我才不信呢 I don't care how good you think your reason is. Tell it to the marines! Well, Jerry thinks he can start his own business without having any working experience. Tell it to the marines! Christine b

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复习部分 ivory tower 象牙塔 就是生活在脱离现实生活中的小天地。 Judas kiss 犹大之吻 说的就是背叛的行为,或者是 kiss of death come on to somebody to 与 for 的差别 Part One 你听不懂的 manna from heaven 天助,意外收获 Patricia won a 1000 dollar from the

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From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. The opening of the G8 Summit at the Lough Erne Resort in Northern Ireland. Against of the backdrop of lake views, British Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed the other seven leaders of the worlds wealt

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本单元是关于出差打包的对话 Tim: Hurry up Alice! Alice: I'm going as fast as I can. Tim: The plane's going to take off without us at this rate. You've not even finished packing yet! Alice: Don't hassle me! I couldn't just walk out in the middle o

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各位亲爱的朋友们,欢迎来到早间课堂第二系列《抛招接招》小节目,我是Juliet。今天我将继续抛招说随便,那么今天的招儿说随便具体是什么意思呢?我们先来听2个例子: 例句-1:Your scho

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Chris: So Adelina, I guess it's not polite to ask a girl for her age, but you must be more or less like me, 31, you're in your early 30s or maybe a bit less? Ade: Well I just turned 34. Chris: Wow! Well you wouldn't say that. Well, what's your profes

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - November 1, 2002: Music by James Taylor / Question About the Visa Lottery / Election Day HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC --VOA’s radio magazine in Special English. (THEME) This is

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Japan is reportedly planning to approve new visa rules to attract more foreign workers. The proposed change comes as the United States considers new immigration reforms to limit the number of foreign workers it accepts. The new rules would speed up t

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(二)月

Now to the mega million jackpot topping $363 million right now, tonight drawing is going to make someone very rich. And there's still time to buy a ticket. ABC's Young Jee Danese is in Atlanta with some pointers said could help us win big, YoungJee d

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 万花筒2012年

1. Terrell Owens says it was not a suicide attempt that put him in the hospital. Despite a police report saying Owens had attempted suicide, the Dallas Cowboy’s receiver says he took some extra pain

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歌手梁晓雪,28岁的他从2003年就开始音乐创作,2006年游学加拿大。2008年开始陆续公布自己的原创音乐作品。音乐的世界里,他是歌迷口中的雪总,而现实生活中,他只是北京胡同里的小餐馆老

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AMERICANMOSAIC-DisabledSurfersRidetheWaves STEVE EMBER: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Steve Ember. Today, we play new music from jazz musician Trombone Shorty And answer a question about casinos But first, we ride the

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(九)月

AS IT IS 2015-07-23 Special Olympics Bowler Ready for Summer Games 特奥会投球手为夏季运动会做准备 Los Angeles, California is set to welcome more than 7,000 thousand athletes from 177 nations for the Special Olympics World Summer Games.

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