VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA IN VOA Special English. Today we tell about jazz singer and pianist Shirley Horn. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Shirley Horn performing in 2003 Shirley Horn was considered one

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(151) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2008年(十二)月

BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. This week in our series, Steve Ember and Shirley Griffith talk about Calvin Coolidge and how he became president of the United States. STEVE EMBER: The early nine

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STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about the history of radio and the latest technology. (MUSIC) SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Our story begins in Britain in eighteen seventy-three. A scientist named James Max

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FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to People in America in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. Today, Shirley Griffith and Ray Freeman tell about one of the most famous opera singers of the twentieth century, Maria Callas. (MUSIC: March From Norma) SHIRLEY GR

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Shirley: Josh, Im really hungry now. Do you know a good restaurant we could go to? Josh: Yes, theres a really great chicken restaurant near my house. Shirley: Chicken? Josh: Yeah, they have lots of different types of chicken. They have fried chicken,

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That evening The Boxcar Helpers got a late night phone call. Jessie answered the phone. Hello? This is Gail Jackson. Im sorry to call you so late, a womans pleasant voice sounded on the phone. But its something of an emergency, and I saw your signs f

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STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Hoover Dam. It was the largest and most difficult structure of its kind ever built when work started in nineteen thir

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PEOPLEINAMERICA-HelenKeller,1880-1968:OutofaWorldofDarknessandSilence,SheBroughtHopetoMillions SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I'm Shirley Griffith. RAY FREEMAN: And I'm Ray Freeman. Every week we tell about a person who was important in the history of the United

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EXPLORATIONS - For Many Americans Summertime is Reading Time SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Im Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Our subject today is books. For many Americans, summer is a good time to cat

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A: 又到了美语训练班的时间了! 我是杨琳. B: 我是Donny!杨琳, 给大家介绍一下今天要学什么吧。 A: 没问题! 今天,我们要聊聊一边工作一边上学是不是可行, 要看看被朋友硬拉进一个不靠谱的乐

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看完了演出,罗拉余兴未尽,于是和雪莉谈起了京剧,没有想到,她知道的还真不少呢。我们来听听她们都在谈些什么吧! Listen Read Learn Laura: The performance is amazing. I'm curious about how they did it. I mean the way they sing. Shirley: They must have pr

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电梯故障 Elevator Accident 本杰明下班回家,遇到了小小的电梯故障,他会因这次故障发表怎样的感慨呢?让我们来洗耳恭听吧! Listen Read Learn Benjamin: That was really a nightmare! Shirley: Honey, what's up? Benjamin: I was stuck between 15th and 16th flo

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购房 Purchasing a House 本杰明和雪莉今天去看房子,在房子的朝向、价格、周边环境等各方面他们会有什么分歧吗? Listen Read Learn Benjamin: What a fine day! Oh, I can enjoy reading on this balcony in a fine day like this. I like it. Shirley: The balcony

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在卫生间雪莉和一个陌生人搭上腔,两人讨论起补妆所需的化妆品和化妆品品牌等。两个人到底谈论了些什么呢? Listen Read Learn Shirley: Oh, what nice makeup! You look so well! Stranger: Thanks very much! You look great too! Shirley: Whenever I go to dinner.

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本杰明和雪莉今天晚上要去西餐厅吃饭,于是两个人整个下午都在忙着做准备,尤其是本杰明认真地学起了西餐的餐桌礼仪,来看看效果怎么样吧。 Listen Read Learn Benjamin: Honey, which hand should I use to hold the fork? Shirley: Left for the fork and right for

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秀水街是北京老外流连忘返的地方,没有想到雪莉要辛迪陪她去逛秀水街,难道是雪莉也开始赶时髦了吗?一起来看个究竟吧。 Listen Read Learn Shirley: How about we go to Silk Street this afternoon? Cindy: It's surprising. I thought you didn't like that place.

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做会计的雪莉感觉到重复工作的乏味,并且不像原来那么有激情了。到底该怎么办呢? Listen Read Learn Shirley: Oh, my God. I can't take it any more. Colleague: What's wrong, honey? Take it easy. Shirley: I am tired of doing that boring work. I just repeat

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Todd: Shirley, we're talking about your singing career and you sing at weddings but you also sing just at normal events right like at clubs and places like that? Shirley: Yeah, that's right. Yeah, just at live venues and having either a concert or a

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Shirley: David, so earlier, I was telling you I've always wanted to go to Africa and I'm just wondering, is that whole safari scene the cliche... David: It's not a cliche, but it's something real you have to experience when you get there on the safar

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Shirley: Hi, David. How are you? David: I'm fine, thank you, Shirley. Shirley: So, environmental issues ... we were talking about them earlier throughout the world, and you're from Kenya. David: Yes, I'm from Kenya. Shirley: So, what's happening over

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