In the U.S.A. people celebrate the birthday of their first president, George Washington. They dont always celebrate on his birth date, which is February 22, because if it falls on a weekend, people dont get the day off. So, on the third Monday in Feb

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 英语课程学习计划和讲义

Before the 1850's, the United States had a number of small colleges, most of them dating from colonial days. They were small, church connected institutions whose primary concern was to shape the moral

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 新东方背诵文选

The White House: Center of Power, Home for Families Welcome to This Is America from VOA Learning English. Im Steve Ember. And I'm Kelly Jean Kelly. This week on our program, we look at the history of the White House, the presidents home in Washington

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - A Soft Body, but the Mind of a Robot SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And I'm Steve Ember. Today, we tell about soft-bodied robots -- robots that can move m

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年VOA慢速英语(一)月

Back now with Day to Day, I'm Madeleine Brand. It's President's Day, so let's talk about presidents and the economy and the old axiom that presidents don't have much control over the economy is not always true. Marketplace's Matthew Algeo joins

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(143) / 评论(0) 分类 2009年NPR美国国家公共电台7月

President Barack Obama has now reached the halfway mark in his first 100 days in office, a traditional benchmark when new presidents are evaluated on their progress. Mr. Obama has laid out an ambitious agenda that has focused on reviving the weak U.S

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Chapter 19 第19章 Organization of the government 政府的组建 192. Washington elected President. 192.华盛顿当选总统 In the early years under the Constitution the Presidents and Vice-Presidents were elected in the following manner. 在早些

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 美国学生历史

An expert on the U.S. vice presidency discusses how the position has changed. Transcript of radio broadcast: 13 June 2008 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. The candidates for president of the United States now face what some call the bigge

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2008年(六)月

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. Today we report about staycations, vacations close to home ... Answer a question about American presidents after they leave office And play music by Isaac Hayes, who

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Buchanan Considered One of the Worst US Presidents 布坎南被视为美国最糟糕总统 From VOA Learning English, this is The Making of a Nation. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. And Im Christopher Cruise. James Buchanan was sworn in as president in 1857. He

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(七)月

AS IT IS 2015-03-24 Landmark to Close as Camp David Hosts Afghan Meeting 戴维营举办的阿富汗会议或达里程碑协议 Since the 1950s, American presidents have been going to Camp David in the mountains of Maryland, just outside Washington,

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Personality Influences Life After Presidency George W. Bush's quiet service When former president George W. Bush left the White House in 2009, he largely left the spotlight. But last year he worked alongside volunteers in Zambia to renovate a clinic

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(一月)

名校励志英语演讲 第151期:跨越物质的藩篱 让世界今非昔比(8)We too often let the external, the material things, serve as indicators that we're doing well, even though something inside us tells us that we're not doing our best; th

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Friday is awsome. Welcome to CNN Students' News. My name is Carol Lezues. First to strat today, we are going to talk about G27. That's G20 is a group of twenty:nineteen countries cross the European Union whose leaders meet every year. These nations a

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2013年(九)月

Topic1 Smart Phone Makers in Predicament2007 to 2014 are the best 7 years for the Smartphone industry. The global smartphone market has grown ten-fold during this period. However, latest data shows that the sector may experience a 7 year-itch soon. I

发表于:2019-01-21 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议

今天我们要学的词是top-tier. Top-tier 意思是一流的。The University of Iowa's football team is looking to return to the top-tier teams in the Big 10 this season. 爱奥华大学美式足球校队鹰眼队本赛季将努力重新成为美国

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

By Lisa Bryant Paris 05 November 2007 French President Nicolas Sarkozy heads for Washington, Monday, for a visit expected to underscore the dramatic improvement in relations between the two countries in recent months. LIsa Bryant has more from Paris.

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Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: September 16, 2004 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: the voice of American presidents. RS: Allan Metcalf of the American Dialect Society has just written a timely book. It's called Pre

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 词汇大师(Wordmaster)

今天我们要学的词是to gain traction。 To gain traction, 是越来越受欢迎的意思。 The idea of becoming an entrepreneur is gaining traction among the youth in China, 在中国,越来越多的年轻人开始走自己创业的道路。

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

Former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are joining with President Barack Obama to aid the earthquake-stricken people of Haiti. The two former presidents returned to the White House to discuss what they and the American people can do t

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