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利萨是丹尼尔家的远房亲戚,彼此有三年时间都没见过面了。她现在是北京大学一年级的学生,利用课外时间去拜访丹尼尔一家。 对话原文 Benjamin: Lisa, Im so glad to see you. How are you doing? 本杰明
Just as the Games had begun, fireworks and pageantry filled Beijing's National Stadium at the end of 16 days of competition. Only this time, the massive Olympic torch which had burnt constantly over the stadium throughout slowly faded out. The closin
Reuters To European protesters this may seem a way to help the Chinese people. But Chinese aren't exactly excited about what's happening along the international lag of the torch relay, and take it as a shameful thing. Ma Xianming works for an insura
The 21st Winter Olympics in Vancouver enter their final week Sunday. Local organizers have received high marks for the way the Games have gone so far. 第21届温哥华冬季奥运会星期天进入比赛最后一个星期,到目前为止当地组织
AZUZ: The torch has been lit. In Olympia, Greece, the site of the ancient Olympic Games. It was rainy yesterday, so, the flame-lighting ceremony couldn't take place the old fashioned way, in which a mirror is used to reflect the sun's rays unto the t
Don Gonyea: After 17 days of skiing, skating, sliding and yes, even a little doping , the Winter Olympics end today. For NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman, the Turin Games are the seventh Olympic he has covered. Looking back, he has this essay on
Triumphantly returning home after their best medal total in a century, British athletes and government officials turn their attention now to the next summer games in four years in London. After Beijing bid farewell to the 2008 Olympics, celebrations
The Beijing Olympics have been declared a sporting success. Attention is now turning to the Paralympics, which many hope will improve the situation for the disabled in China. Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing. The Beijing Olympics ended Sunday nig
Beijing is considering taking further measures to try to reduce the city's polluted air before the Olympic Games. Chinese authorities have already taken drastic steps, but with little visible progress. Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing. China's st
After Security Concerns, No Serious Breaches at Olympics Some days at the Olympic Park there were so many people it was difficult to move around. That, and the many other venues around London and throughout Britain, might have been an attractive targ
In Rio's Favelas, Hoped-For Benefits From Olympics Have Yet To Materialize AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Brazil's favelas or shantytowns were celebrated during the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games as the birthplace of a lot of Brazil's culture. Well, t
By Peter Fedynsky Sochi, Russia 11 April 2008 Sochi's winning bid for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games has been a mixed blessing for many of the Russian resort city's residents. The joy of hosting such a prestigious event has been accompanied by rising
今天我们要学的词是countdown。 Countdown是倒计时的意思。美国每次航天飞机发射升空前,控制中心都会countdown to the launch。 每年新年前夜,纽约时代广场都会挤满人,getting ready for the official co
By Liu Enming Washington 20 February 2008 American gymnast Shawn Johnson is expected to be one of the brightest stars at the Beijing Olympic Games later this year. For her coaches, a trip to the summer games would be a homecoming. Elaine Lu and prod
今天我们要学的词是ride out. Ride out的意思是经受得住,挺过难关。The sailboat rode out the storm. 帆船抵挡住了暴风雨的袭击。There are signs that a global economic slowdown is hitting U.S. companies that rode out the
By Steve Schy Turin 14 February 2006 Around the world, ringing a cowbell has long been associated with cheering for athletic competitors. But it is a fairly new phenomenon at the Olympics. So, who bet
By Akiko Fujita Tokyo 01 October 2009 Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama pledges Thursday, 01 Oct. 2009 to do his utmost to bring the Olympics to Tokyo in 2016 as he prepared to go to Copenhagen for the big vote The International Olympic Committ
China says it will step up drug enforcement efforts during the Olympic Games in Beijing in August. Meanwhile, Chinese officials are expressing alarm about the opium traffic from neighboring Afghanistan, the country that has become the world's leading
IN THE NEWS - London Olympics Begins; Punishment for Penn State This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Seventeen thousand athletes and officials from more than two hundred countries will take part in the London Olympics. (SOUND) Hours before the
The Olympic medal ceremonies have already begun. But some athletes hardly disguise their disappointment when silver and not gold is hung around their necks. The British judo silver medallist Neil Adams calls his two from the 1980s 'loser's medals'. U