HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week: We play music by the comedian, actor and singer Wayne Brady ... And answer a listener question about the most literate cities in the United States ... But

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(三)月

Ed Trinka shares 45 years of memories as a doorman to stars and others at New York's Plaza Hotel It's Friday morning, which means it's time again for StoryCorps, the project that records Americans talking about their lives and talking with each othe

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Lesson 1 Steven,you worry too much about small things. [00:-0.50]史蒂文,你在小事上操的心太多了 [00:-1.00]Look,I found a sweater.I got it yesterday. [00:-1.50]瞧,我找到了一件毛衣,我昨天买的。 [00:-2.00]Mmm..I don't k

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Indian cabinet members, speaking before parliament Thursday, said those who laid siege to Mumbai certainly came from Pakistan, but they are ruling out military retaliation. An opposition leader calls the challenge facing India a war-like situation.

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White House: June Jobs Numbers 'Disappointing' With the United States' unemployment rate at its highest level this year, President Barack Obama is calling on lawmakers to pass a series of his administration's proposals to improve the economy. Opposit

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Kids Making Horror Movie Uncover Mystery in 'Super 8' Writer-director J.J. Abrams teams up with producer Steven Spielberg for a sci-fi adventure set in the 1970's about kids who dream of making movies when they grow up. Things get exciting when their

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For the first time since eight British soldiers died in Afghanistan last week, Britain's Defense Secretary Bob Ainsworth addressed parliament as he tried to rebut claims British forces are under-equipped for the tough mission they are engaged in. Th

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Advanced - Just In Time Strategy (E0047) A: I called this meeting today in order to discuss our manufacturing plan. As Im sure youre all aware,with the credit crunch, and the global financial crisis,were obligated to look for more cost efficient ways

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By Deborah Tate Washington 15 May 2007 The White House says President Bush still has confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, despite controversy over his handling of the firing of federal prosecutors and of the reauthorization of a clandesti

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By Paula Wolfson Washington, D.C. 05 July 2007 President Bush is calling on Americans to be patient, as the U.S. troop buildup takes effect in Iraq. Mr. Bush spoke at an Independence Day event in the state of West Virginia -- as Americans across the

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By Larry London Washington 12 March 2007 watch Good Charlotte Good Charlotte Band After selling 5 million albums and touring the world, edgy, street-smart punk rockers Good Charlotte delayed releasing their third album for one year. In an interview

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 10 July 2006 Huge celebrations are being held in Italy after the national team's victory over France at the World Soccer Cup championship in Germany. --------- Italian soccer fans cheer and wave their flags by the Vittori

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By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 01 December 2006 watch World AIDS Day report HIV/AIDS-affected children sit on a chair, waiting for their lunch at Opot pagoda, a healing center run by a non-government organization in Cambodia (File) In advance of Wo

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 02 April 2007 Israel is observing the biblical holiday of Passover under tight security. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the holiday brings ancient traditions together with the complex realities of a m

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 12 April 2006 Israelis are celebrating the weeklong biblical holiday of Passover under tight security. Ultra-Orthodox Jews, some in prayer, gather around a fire as they burn

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By Alan Silverman Hollywood 14 October 2007 For many, the music of the Beatles was the soundtrack for the turbulent 1960s. In her new film musical set in that decade, award-winning director Julie Taymor uses almost three dozen of those songs to tell

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 11 January 2006 watch Stopping Bird Flu report Turkey this week announced 10 additional cases of bird flu in humans, bringing the total in that country to 14. Birds ha

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 08 April 2007 Christian Orthodox worshippers pray and hold candles at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, 07 Apr 2007 Christians celebrated Easter Sunday in Jerusalem with services in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher and

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The U.N. refugee agency's annual conference opens in Geneva on Monday. Representatives from the UNHCR's 76-nation governing body will attend the week-long meeting to set the work agenda for the coming year. They will focus on the needs and actions t

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For 17 months, until he left the job in September 2007, Tony Snow was the White House press secretary, the voice of the Bush administration. Now, he is being remembered and mourned by the president he served, and the reporters who sparred with him i

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