Amber: Hello, I'm Amber and this is bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we listen to a review of a new Hollywood film, The Painted Veil, and we hear how the film which stars Naomi Watts and Edward Norton is different from the classic Eng

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 Entertainment

April Fools Day is on the first of April every year. It is a day when people can play tricks, practical jokes and hoaxes on each other. No one really knows the exact origin of this day. The writer Mark Twain famously said: This is the day upon which

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Good evening, my fellow citizens: T his afternoon, following a series of threats and defiant statements, the presence of Alabama National Guardsmen was required on the University of Alabama to carry out the final and unequivocal order of the United

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引言: 沉默本身也是一种思想和心境的流露,是灵魂的另一种形式的回声。 Indeed, for a living being there is no such thing as true silence, for silence itself is a revelation of the mind and the heart, an echo of the soul

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VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we get to know more about a famous creature known for its pale skin, pointy teeth and big hunger for human blood. Vampires have held an im

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But their attitude changed when the head of the village fell ill. They blamed the birds and were all set to destroy their nests, but the local government stepped in to protect them. Bendy bamboo may not be the safest nesting place, but at least this

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The ideal date depends on what the weather will do this year, never easy to predict. But there is some surprising help at hand. On the ceiling of the Songs' living room, a pair of red-rumped swallows newly arrived from their winter migration is busy

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA -June 16, 2002: Billy Wilder VOICE ONE: I’m Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today we tell about Billy Wild

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Lil Eddie是一个出色的音乐人,相信一定会比歌手更加懂得如何去理解歌曲,在幕后的辛勤付出终于等来台前的完美演出,他亲自为自己量身打造专辑及单曲,也与众多当红歌星合唱..如今提起Lil' Eddie是无人不知无人不晓了,今年年初,Lil' Eddie发行了一张名为The Official

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - New Movie and Museum Exhibits Shine New Light on Civil War Events DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week, our program is all about the Civil War in a new film and museum

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By Kari Barber Thiaroye, Senegal 23 January 2007 watch Senegalese Immigration Tens of thousands of Senegalese and other West Africans left their homes and set out for the Canary Islands during the past year, hoping to find economic opportunity. The

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The top U.S. military officer retired Friday, and was replaced for the first time by a general from the Marine Corps. 美国军方的最高级官员星期五退休,并且这个职位头一次由海军陆战队的一名将军接任。 On a parade gr

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Darwin was about to give his 1992 Buick Regal to his girlfriends son, Gilroy. But before doing that, Darwin had to make sure the car was safe. If anything was wrong with the car and it caused Gilroy to be injured, Darwin would in turn be injuredby Gi

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Silence Is Bliss 寂静的狂欢 Will and Lyra followed the stream into the wood, walking carefully, saying little, until they were in the very center. There was a little clearing in the middle of the grove, which was floored with soft grass and moss

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As the flower's heat increases, a cloud of odor rises up. The foul perfume carries far and wide. It doesn't go unnoticed. Carrion beetles arrive on the scene. The beetles come in search of a feast of warm decaying flesh, but they've been tricked. Sli

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艾薇儿瑞摩娜拉维妮(Avril Ramona Lavigne) 是一位加拿大流行歌手、歌曲创作者及演员并以滑板少年出名,出生于加拿大的艾薇儿有着很高的音乐天赋和表现欲,十六岁那年独自搬到美国曼哈顿,并开始创作自己首张专辑,随着专辑《展翅高飞》的推出,艾薇儿也走上了完全不同

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. This Saturday night at eight thirty, all the lights will be shut off at the Tokyo Tower in Japan. The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and the Eiffel Tower in Paris are also expected to go dark. So is the

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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has received tacit support from Brazil for his plans to allow US troops(部队) to use Colombian military bases. Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said it considered the agreement to be a sovereign Colombian ma

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RIO DE JANEIRO, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Manchester United could make a move for Brazilian teenager defender Antonio Carlos this summer. Carlos impressed Old Trafford scouts in January while captaining Brazil's under-20 team at the South American champion

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Brazil striker Fabiano on target as Sao Paulo shocks Vasco 2-0 RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- Brazil striker Luis Fabiano scored his 14th goal in as many games as Sao Paulo shocked hosts Vasco da Gama 2-0 in Brazil's Serie A championship on Wedn

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