Dialogue A Tina and Larry are waiting on a dock. Larry: Are you ready for our whale-watching adventure? Tina: I'm ready to go, but I'm a little uneasy. I've always been a bit scared of whales. Larry: Scared of whales? Why? Tina: I don't know. They're

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WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Tinpan Alley By Susan Kelen Broadcast: Sunday, October 10, 2004 Now, the VOA Special English Program Words and Their Stories. Today, we tell about the expression, tinpan alle

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By Joseph Mok and Zhan Jun Juneau, Alaska 30 May 2006 watch Glacier Trekkers report Juneau, the capital of Alaska, was founded as a gold-mining camp 200 years ago. Today, it is filled with cruise ship passengers and people known as trekkers, who are

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'Rin Tin Tin' Recounts Dog's Rise to Stardom Susan Orlean, author of Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend, has vivid memories of the German Shepherd from her 1950s childhood, when the animal performed daring rescues on a television series. But as she

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Science and Technolgy. 科技。 The Square Kilometre Array. SKA项目。 Divide and rule. 分工合作。 The world's biggest astronomy project is split between Africa and Australasia. That gives South Africa, in particular, a chance to show its sci

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UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon, who is currently on a visit to the Middle East, will meet with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to support the Egyptian- led goal of an early cease-fire between Israel and the

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Palestinian official expects vote on bid of UN recognition at year- end RAMALLAH, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- A senior Palestinian official expected on Friday that the vote in the UN on the Palestinian bid of recognizing the state of Palestine as a non-memb

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By Tendai Maphosa Harare 09 August 2006 Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa The trial of Zimbabwe's justice minister for attempting to obstruct the course of justice finally got under way after a retired magistrate was appointed to preside over the c

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Sometimes I find that I get too sentimental when I think of you Sometimes it helps to play some heavy heavy metal But somehow heavy metal makes me think of you too I met you on a road of corduroy and maple and I sang to you Early one morning drinking

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Todd: So, Asako, you lived in the United States for a long time. Asako: For six years. Todd: That's a pretty long time. Asako: That's right. Todd: Where did you live? Asako: I lived in Alaska. Todd: Alaska. Asako: That's right. Todd: The last frontie

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Alaska Governor Palin to resign Former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has announced she will resign as governor of Alaska on 26 July and not run for re-election. Mrs Palin's term of office was due to end in 2010. Some have specul

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. The United States has had fifty states for fifty years. Alaska and Hawaii both joined the Union in nineteen fifty-nine. They were the fi

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Having been married ten years and still living in an apartment, the wife would often complain about anything, as she was tired of saving every penny to buy a dream home.Trying to placate (安抚)her, the husband found a new apartment, within their bu

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Teen Inventors Fight Tinnitus Irish teenagers Eimear OCarroll and Rhona Togher developed a treatment they hope will help people with tinnitus, an unpleasant ringing in the ears. Cynthia Graber reports Ever get a ringing in your ears after a loud blas

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MELBOURNE, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Former French Open champion Li Na knocked out fourth-seeded Polish Agnieszka Radwanska in straight sets to reach her third Australian Open semifinals here on Tuesday. The Chinese top player's 7-5, 6-3 victory will set h

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BEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Czech third seed Tomas Berdych muscled out top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France here on Saturday to reach the final of the 2.1-million-U.S.-dollar China Open ATP tournament, while Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska saw off Ital

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As Afghanistan continues its struggle to defeat Taliban insurgents and rebuild its infrastructure, the nation is finding strong support from the middle of the United States, in the state of Nebraska. Since 1973, long before Afghanistan gained world

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当别人对你说一些无聊的话的时候,你不想再听,这时可以用you wastin my minutes回答,意思是别浪费我的时间。与bitch please用法相同。 英文释义: for use when someone says something stupid and you just don

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Sittin' in silence on my own 独自安静的坐在这里 Wait 'til everybody's gone 等待着其他人全部离场 And only I can see what it means to be 但只有我看得出这意味着什么 Sittin' here in silence on my own 独自安静的坐在这

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