HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week we travel to Africa with the banjo player Bela Fleck. We hear music from his latest album, Throw Down Your Heart, and discuss a movie about his trip to Afri

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(六)月

CAT'S IN THE CRADLE by Harry Chapin and Sandy Chapin Part 1 My child arrived just the other day; He came to the world in the usual way, But there were planes to catch and bills to pay, He learned to walk while I was away. And he was talking before I

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Yakima is a small city located an hour and a half's drive(1) from Wenatchee. It is a wide valley, famous for its grapes and apples. We were there last weekend for a baseball tournament, the first of the season(2). One interesting fact about Yakima is

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

HEALTH REPORT -May 29, 2002: Staph Vaccine By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Health Report. American researchers say they have developed the first vaccine medicine that can prevent a

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 09 December 2007 NATO and Afghan forces have launched a major offensive in Southern Afghanistan, targeting a key Taliban stronghold. From Pakistan, VOA Correspondent Benjamin Sand reports the operation has already captured

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As New Delhi prepares to host the 11-day Commonwealth Games in October, the city is undergoing an unprecedented $6 billion building boom and beautification campaign. Much of the work is being done by more than 400,000 contract daily wage workers who

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The foreign ministers of Britain and France are heading to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to try to stave off a further humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo where tens of thousands are fleeing advancing rebel forces, despite a cease-fir

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The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund are launching an emergency appeal for $1.6 million to try to contain a cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau, which has affected more than 12,000 people and killed more than 200. Lisa

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The Pakistani army says it has been ordered by the government to begin military operations against al-Qaida-linked Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, but authorities are not giving details of the operation. Clashes have been reported between security

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'The Bricklayer' Details Iranian Exile Experience on Stage Even in last-minute rehearsals on a bare stage, the power of The Bricklayer's story comes through, as well as the sadness at its core. This opera tells of one family's suffering, the son exec

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President Barack Obama awarded the highest U.S. military decoration, the Congressional Medal of Honor, to U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta on November 16, 2010. Since then, the Iowa native has traveled the country to honor the sacrifices of

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(十二)月

今天我们要学的词是standstill。 Standstill, 是停顿的意思。 China came to a standstill on Monday to mourn victims of the earthquake, 星期一,中国全国默哀,悼念四川大地震的死难者。 A police chase caused an hours-l

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Chile's president says it will take several years to rebuild the country after Saturday's powerful earthquake and devastating tsunami that killed at least 800 people. Even as Chile's government struggles to deliver emergency supplies to an estimated

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(三月)

The euro fell against other currencies again on Friday a day after European Union leaders offered their support, but no tangible aid to debt racked Greece. The fall of the European currency was not the only bleak economic news hitting the EU. The 16-

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(二月)

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 16 November 2007 A group of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives is repeating concerns about the possibility of military conflict with Iran. VOA's Dan Robinson reports, lawmakers met with reporters, at the start

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演唱:Juwita Suwito Have you wondered how it feels when its all over Wonder how it feels when you just have to start a new Never knowing where youre going when you face a brand new day It used to be that way Now I just close my eyes and say I just

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Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis is on a state visit to China from January 4-10, at Chinese President Xi Jinpings invitation. A welcoming ceremony will be held this afternoon. Solis will attend a ministerial meeting between officials from C

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Its been a long time since Ive seen my friends Steve and Liz, and I thought this would be a good weekend to drive up to Santa Barbara to see them. Gas prices have been through the roof, but I decided to take the short road trip anyway. Before getting

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今天我们要学的词是, stand up for。 Stand up for, 是维护的意思。美国私人保安公司黑水的雇员因为涉嫌在伊拉克打死平民,受到国会的质询。媒体报导说,The Blackwater chairman stood up for his guards in

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歌词: For the first time in my life I just might be tongue tied For me to wake up with you kissing me Saying you've been missing me What a Beautiful Surprise Cause I wasn't expecting too late tonight, no And I didn't hear you come inside But ther

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