Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Most recently in our series, we have been talking about the War of Eighteen Twelve between the United States and Britain. In the summer of eighteen fourteen, the two countrie

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2008年(八)月

He said and these are his words he said 我引用他的原话 他说 For twenty years I was a slave on these streets 我在这些街道上当了二十年奴隶 It was a penitentiary offense to educate a Negro 为黑人提供教育曾是应处监禁的罪

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 公众人物毕业演讲

That's all I can say 这就是我想说的了 It's like you want to start something up in here, right 你们很期待接下来的内容 对吧 It's like, now we got a commencement going on up in here 这里 我们正在进行着毕业典礼 That was

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New Orleans is the home of jazz.新奥尔良是爵士音乐的发源地。 这具话中的home是指产地或发源地。 home做名词有家的意思,但还可做副词和形容词。 The delegation will be home next week.代表团将于下周回国。这句中home就表示回本国。 I don't know when I can be

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With Bonerama, Three Trombones Lead the Big Parade 新奥尔良乐队Bonerama的三个长号演奏大放异彩 New Orleans is a city famous for its food, mix of cultural influences and of course, its music. The city known as the Big Easy is the birth

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

A Century Later, Candy Man Still Sells Taffy The colorful old southern seaport of New Orleans, Louisiana, is full of character - and characters: mimes and clowns on Jackson Square, Lucky Dog men who sell hot dogs from carts shaped like wieners in a b

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(七月)

By Parke Brewer Phoenix 01 February 2008 The National Football League continues to try to grow the popularity of its sport outside the United States. VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer reports from Phoenix that the league has announced that team owners h

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AS IT IS 2014-05-12 Music You Wont Hear Anywhere Else Hello, and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English! Im Christopher Cruise in Washington. Today on the program we will hear music from one of the oldest neighborhoods in New Orleans, Louisian

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(五)月

By Malcolm Brown Lancaster, Pennsylvania 23 August 2007 Nearly two years have passed since Hurricane Katrina devastated swathes of the U.S. Gulf Coast, including the vibrant city of New Orleans. Since then, some who fled the region have returned, whi

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(八月)

1.大西洋岸(美东E.C):( W.C.=West Coast; E.C.=East Coast)美东岸主要有:NY或NYK(New York);Savannah沙瓦纳;Baltimore巴尔的摩;Norfolk诺福克. Miami迈阿密;Charleston查尔(里)斯顿;Houston休斯顿;B

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Arkansas, Illinois, New Orleans, Chicago...这些美国地名你会怎么念? 如果按照英语发音规律念,那可大错特错啦!今天Jenny, Chris会告诉你这些最坑爹的美国地名究竟应该怎么念。而且美国居然还有个小

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399. New Orleans captured, April, 1862. 399.夺取新奥尔良(1862年4月) Farragut carried his fleet into the Mississippi, but found his way upstream barred by two forts on the river's bank. 法罗哥特带领舰队进入密西西比河,但在

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397. Forts Henry and Donelson, February, 1862. 397.亨利要塞与丹尼尔森要塞(1862年2月) In February, 1862, General Grant and Commodore Foote attacked two forts which the Confederates had built to keep the Federal gunboats from penetra

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AGRICULTURE REPORT - Katrina: Counting the Damage to Agriculture By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 I'm Barbara Klein with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Boats destoye

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 农业与发展

Putumayo Records has come down with a serious case of the blues. Its previous releases feature noted blues musicians from Chicago, New Orleans and the Mississippi Delta, as well as a collection called Blues Around The World. The label rounds out its

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(三月)

今天我们要学的词是, affordable。 Affordable, 的意思是经济上可以负担的,可以承受的。Increasing access to affordable health care is a hot issue for U.S. politicians, 对于美国政界人物来说,使更多的人能够享

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

There is a house in New Orleans They call the 'Rising Sun' And it's been the ruin of many a young poor boy And, God, I know I'm one My mother was a tailor Sewed my new blue jeans My father was a gamblin' man Down in New Orleans Now the only thing he

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August 29th, 2005. America suffers its most destructive natural disaster. Hurricane Katrina, a Category 3 storm blows ashore in Southeast Louisiana, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate. Katrina kills eighteen hundred people across the Gulf Coas

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August 29th, 2005. America suffers its most destructive natural disaster. Hurricane Katrina, a Category 3 storm blows ashore in Southeast Louisiana, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate. Katrina kills eighteen hundred people across the Gulf Coas

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今天我们要学的词是focus。 Focus, 是焦点、重点的意思。She always wants to be the focus of attention, 她总是希望自己能成为大家注意的焦点。德国大陆集团总裁说,The company will keep their focus on growth, n

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃