Time again for StoryCorps. This project has been recording conversations between Americans across the country. Today we are listening to Johnnie Tyson and her niece Sandra Fleming. The two of them sat down together during a StoryCorps stop in Little

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年NPR美国国家公共电台

Few minor injuries are as painful as the dreaded paper cut. Just thinking about it probably makes you cringe. However, these cuts are usually small, hardly noticeable, and rarely bleed. So what makes them so painful? 很少有一些小伤能够像被纸

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 初学者听力文摘精选

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词3500》Unit 30 情人的谎言

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图片1 As Harp and Robin explain in this episode, to tear a strip off someone, is to get very upset at them and to express that emotion in a very harsh and angry way. This could involve yelling or screaming, or just very angry, mean words. As you ca

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

《光辉岁月》这首歌曲是黄家驹先生为南非总统曼德勒所创作。歌词真实反应了曼德拉的一生。至今光辉岁月仍广为流传。激励着每一个人。以下给大家整理的光辉岁月的英文版。一起来欣赏

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(329) / 评论(0) 分类 英语金曲精听

By Peter Fedynsky Stariy Sokil, Ukraine 01 November 2007 The United Nations predicts Ukraine, Russia and Belarus will lose up to 50 percent of their people by the year 2050 due to declining birth rates, low life expectancy and emigration. All of thes

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十一月)

When you have a hobby, and you want to improve your skills, you have to practice. There is no substitute for practice. Those of you who come from disciplined nations will know all about this. In the Western world, I think, dedicating ourselves to lon

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往日情怀 The Way We Were 影片的主题歌往日情怀(The Way We Were),由配乐人马文.汉姆利胥(Marvin Hamlisch)谱写音乐部分,著名的夫妻档作词人艾伦.伯格曼(Alan Bergman)负责填词,曾荣获最佳原作配乐与

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I made you a present, you'll never expect it And when you unravel the secret will travel It's hard to take risks with a pessimist I hope that this shaking will help us awaken Separated by skin 'til we let ourselves in It's hard to take risks with a p

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Words and Their Stories - How to Be a Good Egg and the Salt of the Earth Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 We present more expressions about food. They are from Eleni

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For Freed Inmate, Painful Memories of Life on Death Row The execution in Texas of a man alleged to have been mentally disabled has once again brought attention to the issue of capital punishment in the United States. Nearly 1,300 people have been exe

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Experts Say Political Reforms Needed for Afghanistan's Stability U.S. and NATO combat forces are set to leave Afghanistan by 2014. Afghanistan's neighbors and Western countries are pledging their commitment to the country's security and economic stab

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By Margaret Besheer United Nations 20 October 2009 Ban Ki-moon (Oct 2009 file photo) The U.N. secretary-general says having learned valuable and painful lessons from the widespread fraud that plagued the first round of Afghanistan's presidential ele

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April 19 Brings US Painful Memories They are tragic images seared into Americas collective memory, and both took place on April 19. The 1993 siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Texas and resulting fire killed more than 70 members of a radical re

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By Barry Wood and Crystal Park Washington, DC 06 February 2006 watch Auto Industry report The U.S.-based auto industry is in crisis. Groaning under the weight of billions of dollars of financial losse

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(154) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(二月)

今天我们要学的词是 lingering。Lingering 形容词,持久的,挥之不去的。Despite what he said, I still have a lingering doubt about his real intentions. 尽管他说得好听,可我还是对他的真实目的持怀疑态度。飓风

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是hail。 Hail, 是热烈欢迎,称颂的意思。目前已证实,利比亚前领导人卡扎菲被打死。 The Western world hailed Gaddafi's death as the 'end of a painful chapter' for Libyans, 西方国家欢迎卡扎菲

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Despite the wisdom of the constitution, it is simply not true that all people are created equal. Some are faster than others. Some are better at math and some are musical geniuses. And some people have a higher threshold for pain than others. But as

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

Painful Injections 相信大家都有过去医院打针的经历吧?不论你是因为生病还是去注射疫苗。小孩子尤其害怕打针,一看到针就会使出吃奶的劲哭闹。这下着急的还有护士跟孩子的父母,想尽办法

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Wendi: OK, Rina, I'd like you to tell me about getting your first tattoo. Rina: When I got my first tattoo I was 22 years old and it was supposed to be a very small, maybe one or two hour piece and it's true what they say. They're very addictive beca

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