A report by the Consumer Electronics Association says electronics are among the most popular gifts being bought this holiday season. It also predicts that spending on these devices will set new records. The CEA says consumers will spend an average of

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

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发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(129) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年ESL之餐饮娱乐

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny sat around the kitchen table. Jessie had her notebook open to a new page. On it was a list of names shed written: AMY JOEY DAN BRINKER MR. DUKE One of these people, the children were sure, had been causing the trouble

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1.A LOOK Back Read the story to find out the kind of show Ben works on. 1 This is great! Hurry, Ben, and sit down to watch this tape of last year's show. Your part is almost on. Said Robert. 2 Ben was feeling his way into the dark room when he bumped

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China's first astronaut to walk in space, waved to its countrymen and then uttered these words: Greetings to all the people in China and the world. Back on earth, they responded with pride. I love China. I'm proud to be Chinese, says this man and man

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26 Renting an Apartment GLOSSARY apartment manager a person whose job is to take care of problems in an apartment building, collect the rent, and find peopleto live in the building * When our toilet stopped working, we called the apartment manager. v

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Task 2: Ill get a camera. One day just before closing time, John rushed into a TV store to buy a color TV set with the money he had saved for three months. The friendly shop assistant was waiting for the days last and 100th customer to reach his sale

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An EU delegation is in Washington today to meet members of Congress and demand answers regarding the NSA spying controversy. The European lawmakers say trust across the Atlantic has been broken following allegations the NSA spied on some allies. Isra

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Lesson 32 Smoke 1.Can I borrow a smoke from you? 2.He smokes like a chimney. 3.They're just blowing smoke when they say that. 4.What he said is smoke and mirrors. 5.My dream went up in smoke. 6.It's a smoke screen to hide his fear. 7.We've got to smo

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Before he became a film critic, NPR's Bob Mondello worked for a chain of movie theaters. He spent a lot of time in projection booths, which is where he's taking us this week as part of the NPR series Backstage Pass. It's been a w

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Can Slow-Moving Art Disrupt Our Hectic Routines? GUY RAZ, HOST: On the show today, ideas about slowing down and savoring the moment. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) GABRIEL BARCIA-COLOMBO: It's kind of funny because I speak very fast. And I think my mind is ver

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A film-featured carnival is now being held in suburban Beijing, attracting large crowds of people to experience new tricks of filmmaking and entertain themselves in multiple ways. This year's film carnival carries the theme Dream of Star Coming True.

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She goes to the movie theater. The movie starts to play. A monster appears on the screen. She screams. She is scared. She continues to watch. The screen is completely black. She reaches for some popcorn. The monster screams, Boo! She jumps and drops

发表于:2019-01-24 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语第2级听力-English Level 2

First Madonna did it and now Kylie's doing it. Two of the world's best known pop divas have been branching out. Instead of performing concerts in packed stadiums around the world and recording multi-million selling albums, they have turned their atte

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Broadcast on Coast to Coast: August 22, 2002 Rebroadcast on VOA News Now: August 25, 2002 AA: I'm Avi Arditti, Rosanne Skirble has the week off. This week on Wordmaster -- making the Web more welcoming to the disabled. John Slatin is director of the

发表于:2019-01-25 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 词汇大师(Wordmaster)

Victor turned on his computer. White letters appeared near the bottom of the black screen: Resuming Windows. Victor wondered how long it was going to take this time. Five minutes later, the light blue screen appeared: To begin, click your user name.

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3Mini-Sub Youvereallydoneitnow,Annie!saidJack. Sorry,sorry.Butlookoutthewindow!Anniesaid.Look! Forgetit!Wehavetofigurethisout!Jackstaredatthecomputer. Hesawarowofpicturesatthetopofthescreen. Whatdidyoudo?heasked. IjustpressedtheONbutton,saidAnn

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Byung: This is what Im talking about! Its time to upgrade to a big-screen TV and this is the perfect place to buy one. Nelly: They certainly have a large selection. These new TVs have pictures that are much sharper than our current one. Byung: Theres

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