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Welcome to This I Believe, an NPR series presenting the personal philosophies of remarkable men and women from all walks of life. I believe in figuring out of my own way to do things. I believe in the power of numbers. I believe in Barbecue. Well, I
Seeing Life from God's View What is your life? James 4:14b (NIV) We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. Anais Nin The way you see your life shapes your life. How you define life determines your destiny. Your perspective will influenc
[00:47.92]Have you ever felt like you were a little bit different? 你是否曾觉得自己有点儿与众不同? [00:53.04]Like you had something unique to offer the world... 像是你就是那匹千里马 [00:56.20]...if you could just get people
A remarkable athlete, you know the athletes go to the Olympics representing their countries, right? Thats clear from the parade of nations in the opening ceremony to the playing of the national anthem for gold medal winners. But Stephanie Sy reports
WASHINGTON President Obama will strike an optimistic tone in his farewell address to the nation on Tuesday, calling on the American people to work together as citizens as he prepares to rejoin their ranks. 华盛顿下周二,奥巴马总统将在告别
Not just thousands of people on the Washington Mall but also millions of viewers on televisions watched King deliver his powerful Dream speech Free at last, free at last; thank God Almighty, we are free at last. These words, in ringing oratory, are p
AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble and this week on WORDMASTER: We remember William Safire, who died Sunday of pancreatic cancer at the age of 79. RS: Readers of the New York Times knew him not only from his years as a conservative political co
核心句型: Seeing is believing. 百闻不如一见。 Seeing is believing是一句家喻户晓的谚语,其出处现已无法考证,是代代普通民众长期积累流传下来的思想。这个谚语用一个中国的成语来对照就是:
To Percy Bysshe Shelley, 16 August 1820 My dear Shelley, I am very much gratified that you, in a foreign country, and with a mind almost over-occupied, should write to me in the strain of the letter beside me. If I do not take advantage of your invit
Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is taking care of clichs. Guest writer Sal Glynn writes, clichs can be a writers worst enemy, and the reader usually doesnt like clichs much either. Writers from Jonathan Swift to George Orwell have ranted against the
Texas Poet Finds Inspiration in Police Work 德州诗人从警察工作中找到灵感 HOUSTON Police are not generally known for their genteel manners and skill at creating metaphors. But many cops, as police officers are known, have written books i
ALL IN THE MIND: SCIENTIFIC METAPHORS It is certainly true that computers, cellphones and digital cameras have become part of our everyday life. Anywhere we go, we can hear the ringing of a cellphone, the tapping of a keyboard or the clicking of a mo
Jack Johnson17岁的时候他已经是冲浪界的天才,以最年轻的年纪扬名于世界级冲浪大赛。18岁时他到加州大学念电影,99年导演并且担任电影配乐完成了冲浪电影《Thicker Than Water》,2005年,Jack J
AILSA CHANG, HOST: All right. He is big. He's blue. And now he's binge-able (ph). He is the Tick, a cult favorite parody superhero. Tomorrow, 10 episodes of a new Tick television series debut on Amazon. NPR's Glen Weldon says it's a familiar sort of
AA: This is Avi Arditti and this week on Wordmaster -- the language of peace. Robert Johansen is a professor at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He says peace has a guarded place in the American voca
SFX: Sounds of seagulls, ship hornAA: Im Avi Arditti, with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- the catch of the day, terms from the sea. Lots of nautical expressions have washed ashore into everyday English. Alan Hartley researches them f
AA: I'm Avi Arditti, with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- the catch of the day, terms from the sea. Lots of nautical expressions have washed ashore into everyday English. Alan Hartley researches them for the Oxford English Dictionary
AA: This is Avi Arditti and this week on Wordmaster -- the language of peace. Robert Johansen is a professor at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He says peace has a guarded place in the American voca
AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: We continue our discussion with University of Delaware English Professor Ben Yagoda about his recent book called The Sound on the Page: Style and Voice in Writing. RS: He based th
Broadcast on VOA News Now: November 10, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: proverbs in American English. RS: It's tempting to call Wolfang Mieder the proverbial expert from out-of-town. A professor of German a