Jackpot! Winning the Lottery 头奖!彩票中奖 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇掌故节目。 I think people everywhere dream about having lots of money. I know I do. I would giv

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(九)月

Todd: James! 詹姆斯! James: Yo! 嗨! Todd: if you had a million dollars... 如果你有一百万美元 James: Mm-hm... 嗯 Todd: if you won the lottery... 如果你中了彩票 James: Yes. 是的。 Todd: What would you do? 你会怎么做?

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Todd: James! James: Yo! Todd: If you had a million dollars... James: Mm-hm Todd: if you won the lottery... James: Yes. Todd: What would you do? James: I would buy a small island, build a house there, and invest the rest of my money so that I would ne

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Ed turned on the TV. He saw a candy commercial. It said, Pure Hershey's. He changed the channel. He saw a network commercial. It said, TNTWe Know Drama. He changed the channel. He saw a lottery commercial. It said, Hey, You Never Know. He changed the

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Jennifer Ludden. Don't email the professor, never friend the teacher on Facebook, those are just some of the rules A.J. Jacobs was surprised to learn when he joined millions of other students worldwide who've registere

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Learn a word 今天我们要学的一个词组是Big bucks, Big b i g, bucks, b u c k s. big bucks 意思是很多很多的钱。比如:Delta UPS paid big bucks to sponsored in New York fashion week. 他说Delta UPS,一个是航空公司,一个是

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From the CNN Center in Atlanta, Im Asieh Namdar. Here is a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. A senior UN envoy is appealing to officials in Myanmar to get more foreign aid to cyclone survivors. The envoy arrived in that country today. Also M

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ECONOMICS REPORT - Congress Acts to Limit Internet Gambling by AmericansBy Mario Ritter Broadcast: Friday, October 06, 2006 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Congress has voted to ban

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A BuzzFeed News analysis has identified the 50 fake news stories that attracted the most engagement on Facebook this year. Together they totaled 21.5 million likes, comments, and shares. Of these stories, 23 were about US politics, two were about wom

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生活中,总是会有人给我们一些建议或忠告。一些建议堪称金玉良言,但是因为不太实用,所以我们很快就忘掉了;还有一些建议确实能帮助我们解决某些问题,但也仅限于那些问题了。下面我

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A Frenchwoman who went on a huge spending spree after winning the Euro Millions lottery was ordered to pay the huge tab back after belatedly discovering that she had got the wrong the number. 法国一女子发现自己中了欧洲乐透后,开始疯

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BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Winning rate for Beijing's car registration lottery has dropped to less than 2 percent in August, marking the lowest rate since the car plate lottery scheme was launched last year, local authorities said Sunday. Among the

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A New Mexico man has spoken of his anger after buying what appeared to be a winning lottery ticket worth more than $500,000 - only for officials to claim it was a misprint and refuse to honor it. 美国新墨西哥州一名男子买了一张彩票并且

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European finance officials are still grappling with the Greek debt crisis after returning home from inconclusive talks at the International Monetary Fund in Washington over the weekend. The United States and other nations are pressing European leader

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BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun on Wednesday said the capital will work hard to cool down rapid urban expansion in order to address traffic congestion, pollution and resource scarcity. We will make efforts to control Beijing's

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The US is on the verge of meeting most of the economic conditions the Federal Reserve has set to increase interest rates next month, according to a member of the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee. 负责制定利率的联邦公开市场委员会

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When I was seven years old, I would put my school book bag on both my shoulders and had it sit plumb in the middle of my back, as backpacks were made to do. 在我七岁那年,我会用双肩背书包,让它处在我背部的正中央,感觉双肩

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如果中了16亿美金,你会怎么花?3个美国人现在就在想这个问题。我们今天就说说让全美人民做了一次发财梦的超级Powerball彩票。你也会学到超实用的英语,谈论钱、数字、运气。 关键词:

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 美国文化脱口秀

Fred asked Joan, Would you lend me $2? I want to buy a lottery scratch-off. I'll pay you back tomorrow. She said, Sure. Just remember me if you win something. He bought a scratch-off. He used a dime to reveal the hidden numbers and symbols. He said,

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一些常用词语的地道表达( 续) 91.减员增效:increase efficiency by downsizing staff; 92.抓大放小:manage large enterprises well while ease control over small ones; 93.市政府要办的X件实事:x major projects th

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