First up, a setback for the European Space Agency. Working together with Russia, the ESA is testing its ability to land a spacecraft on Mars. Its scientists are hoping to find out whether life has ever existed there. But the latest lander it sent nam

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2016年10月

Cookie drove up as the children rode into the corral. They quickly told her about the horse thieves and they all ran inside to call the police. Slim sat at the office computer. He jumped up when they came in. Just a little computer work, he said, qui

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 114 A Horse Named Dragon

The children sat on the corral fence. Cookie and Bucky stood next to them, looking grim. Jessie sniffed, her eyes puffy from crying. Let me get this straight, the policeman said. This morning you told me that two of your horses were stolen. But then

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STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a large National Park established to protect the culture of ancient Native Americans. It is called Mesa Verde. (MUSIC) STEV

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(三)月

AMERICANMOSAIC-ChicagoArchitectJeanneGangNamedMacArthurFellowforherStriking DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Doug Johnson. Today we listen to new music from the Red Hot Chili Peppers And we visit an unusual

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Listen Read Learn Telephonist: Good morning. Vane Theater, at your service. Shirley: Hello. I'm thinking about watching a Chinese traditional opera with a foreign girl. What's on this weekend? Telephonist: Well, there will be charity performance on S

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语大赢家下册

She has a dog. Her dog is a boxer. It is a male. His name is Duke. He is five years old. He is brown all over. He has a short tail. He weighs about 50 pounds. He snores when he sleeps. She feeds him twice a day. She feeds him breakfast. She feeds him

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1. President-elect Barack Obama has named retired General Eric Shinseki as his Veterans Affairs secretary. Shinseki served as Army chief of staff in the Bush administration but left after testifying that it might take several hundred thousand US tro

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十二)月

Oscar Nominees Named; New 'Les Mis' Soundtrack Climbs the Charts; Art Exhibit Explores Our Digital Selves Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Im June Simms. On our show this week, we listen to music from the Oscar nominated movie, Les

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(五)月

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 21 September 2009 Cast and crew of 'Mad Men' accept Emmy award for best series drama, 20 Sep 2009 Mad Men, a drama series about the advertising business, and the comedy 30 Rock earned top honors at the Emmy Awards in L

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(九月)

London Not Gripped by Olympic Fever At Trafalgar Square, in the heart of the city, the official Olympic countdown clock gets a steady stream of people posing for pictures. But most of them are foreign tourists. Many Londoners appear indifferent, worr

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: We've been talking for months about Russian interference in the U.S. elections and ongoing Russian cyberattacks. Well, today the Trump administration hit back, imposing new sanctions that freeze the U.S.-based assets of 19 Russian

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By Paul Sisco Washington 02 May 2007 Americans are celebrating a new arrival to Washington D.C. -- one that is 500 years old. VOA's Paul Sisco explains. America's birth certificate on display at the U.S. Library of Congress Across from the U.S. Capit

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(五月)

今天我们要学的词是consecutive。Consecutive, 连续的,连贯的。最近美国大陆持续酷暑天气。 The state of Texas has been experiencing consecutive days of over 100-degree heat, 德克萨斯州正在持续经历100度以上的酷

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今天我们要学的词是poster child。 Poster child, 典型代表。美国总统奥巴马星期三再次前往印第安纳州北部的一个郡。The blue-collar manufacturing area has become the poster child of the president's stimulus plan and

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今天我们要学的词是passionate。 Passionate, 意思是热切的,强烈的。 Thousands of South Koreans gathered in a passionate display of excitement after learning the city of Pyeongchang was named to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, 得知平

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

The Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker dominated the Oscars Sunday evening. The film about a bomb disposal unit earned six Academy Awards, including for best picture. The Hurt Locker also brought the first Oscar for directing for a woman, filmmaker Kathr

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(三月)

Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen were big winners at this year's Academy Awards ceremony Sunday. Their grisly crime tale No Country for Old Men earned four of Hollywood's top honors. 在星期天举行的今年奥斯卡颁奖典礼上,导演乔尔.科恩

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今天我们要学的词是rival。 Rival, 是对头的意思。 President-elect Obama named his one-time chief Democratic rival Senator Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, 美国当选总统奥巴马提名自己原来的民主党对手,联邦参议

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If these walls could talk 如果,这些墙壁,能说话 They tell stories and drama, adversity and triumph 它们会跟我们讲,好多好多的故事,精彩如戏的故事,有过艰难困苦,也有胜利喜悦 They tell you about the bir

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