THIS IS AMERICA - Exploring the Art of Rhetoric STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we learn about the art of rhetoric and tell you about

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

Supporters of Gay Marriage Await US Court Rulings Supporters of same-sex marriage are rallying this week in Los Angeles and other U.S. cities, urging the Supreme Court to overturn California's 2008 gay marriage ban, called Proposition 8, and the Defe

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Art Outside the Law 另类的街头涂鸦艺术 by Matthew Brown What seems like modern street art is a tradition that dates back to a time before there were streets. 看似现代的街头艺术其实早存在于尚无街道的远古时代。 A teena

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经典歌曲-最后的华尔滋 THE LAST WALTZ-- ENGELBORT THE LAST WALTZ i wondered should i go or should i stay the band had only one more song to play and then i saw you out the corner of my eyes a little girl alone and so shy i had the last waltz

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Prisons as Art Studios FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Faith Lapidus. Today on our show, we play music by blues artist Joe Louis Walker We also read from some of your recent comments ...

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Amber: Hello, I'm Amber and you're listening to bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we visit the largest art event in the Arab world - the Sharjah Art Biennial in the United Arab Emirates. (A biennial is an event that happens every 2 yea

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Topic1-My First Half Life, full-time housewife The TV drama, My First Half Life, has collected more than 5 billion hits online, and top ratings on TV. The series has put female independence in the center of discussion, with the perspective of a house

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Topic1-More singles bad for economy or not A recent media report says the population of single people in the Chinese mainland equals to the total population of Russia and the UK combined. The general impression goes like this: single ladies and guys

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Playback of RT's off-line fan meeting: Heyang and Ryan meet RT's hard core fans and talks about studying abroad with a mysterious expert and a representative of oversea returnees, Huang Shan.

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Topic1-Guangzhou offers tenants equal rights as house owners Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, will offer rental tenants the same rights as house owners to educational access, tax rebates and monetary support. What does the policy entail? Wil

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3.Ships in the Desert I was standing in the sun on the hot steel deck of a fishing ship capable of processing a fifty-ton catch on a good day. But it wasn' t a good day. We were anchored in what used to be the most productive fishing site in all of c

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Jenny went to the lake. She went to the lake with her dad. It was a big lake. It was a big, blue lake. It had a lot of water in it. It had a lot of fish in it. Big fish were in the lake. Little fish were in the lake. Jenny didnt see any fish. I dont

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Relinquunt Omnia Servare Rem Publicam. The old South Boston Aquarium stands In a Sahara of snow now. Its broken windows are boarded. The bronze weathervane cod has lost half its scales. The airy tanks are dry. Once my nose crawled like a snail on th

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New York Celebrates the Arts of Cambodia Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English. Im June Simms. Today, we play hit songs from the songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. We also talk about The Great Gatsby, the movie that ope

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EXPLORATIONS - At the Vatican, Some of the Worlds Greatest Art FAITH LAPIDUS: Im Faith Lapidus. MARIO RITTER: And Im Mario Ritter with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. The Vatican in Rome is the world headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. Bu

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - The Art of Fielding is a Novel About Baseball and Much More DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. Im Doug Johnson. Today, we play music by the new country western group Pistol Annies. We also answer a ques

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Thirty New US Citizens Swear Their Allegiance Among them was Ashraf Mokhdar from Egypt. Im so proud Im a U.S. citizen. I wish to do my promise to be a good citizen, said Mokhdar. And Jacqueline Frye from the United Kingdom. Its been hard. Its been a

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A: Are you here about your ticket? B: Yes, I am, Your Honor. A: What is your argument? B: Your Honor, the police officer pulled me over for speeding. A: You must've been speeding. B: No, Your Honor, I was not. A: Tell me how many miles per hour you w

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A: You want to argue your ticket today? B: Yes. That is why I'm here. A: Tell me your argument. B: I was pulled over for allegedly speeding. A: Are you sure you weren't speeding? B: To be honest, I really wasn't. A: What speed were you going? B: I wa

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BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Supreme People's Court (SPC) on Wednesday announced plans to improve its work style, echoing a call by the newly elected leadership of China's ruling party to reject extravagance and reduce bureaucracy. The SPC's plan

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