AMERICAN MOSAIC - New Program Will Soon Make It Easier to Travel to U.S.By Brianna Blake and Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Friday, March 03, 2006 (MUSIC) HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年慢速英语(三)月

VOICE ONE: This is Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we present the second of our two programs about the history of the English Language. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: William the Conq

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Whoever thought learning new words could feel socially responsible? A Web site called FreeRice.com is an English vocabulary game. It explains its purpose like this: For each word you get right, we d

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AS IT IS 2016-04-01 Some New Words for VOA's Word Book Some big news today here at VOA Learning English. We are adding new words to our 1,500-word Word Book. The first edition of the Word Book came out in 1962. Every now and then, we update it. Some

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The 1994 crime film Pulp Fiction tells the story of a gunman, played by Samuel L. Jackson. In the film, the gunman is growing tired of his life of crime. Near the end of the movie, he gives two other criminals a chance to leave a bad situation. -The

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Suppose you are at a birthday party. Everyone has a cell phone. Just as the group begins singing to the birthday girl, someones phone rings loudly and wont stop. You see the noisy phone on the table and ask: Whose phone is this? Someone answers: Its

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Sometimes, the most common words in the English language can cause the most trouble. Today, we will talk about four adverbs that are often unclear to English learners. All four words relate to time in some way. They are just, already, still and yet.

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Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. (MUSIC) Baloney is a kind of sausage that many Americans eat often. The word also has another meaning in English. It is used to describe something 鈥?usually something someone says 鈥?tha

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We answer a question from a listener about Jim Carrey/P Play music from Miranda Lambert/P And report about a national spelling contest. Nation

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WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Losing It: It's Hard When You Lose Control By Jeri Watson / Broadcast: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:00:00 UTC I'm Susan Clark with the Special English program, WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Tom Smith is the best hitter on his company's b

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - OK, Here's the Story of 'America's Greatest Word' JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im June Simms. This week on our program, we have music from Drake ... We also look at the history of the world'

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Are You in the Homeland Generation? 你是土生土长的一代吗? The word homeland is getting new attention in the United States. Soon after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush appointed a director of the Office of H

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What's the Matter? Now, the VOA Learning English program, Words and Their Stories. The English language has a number of hard-working words. People use these words in many different ways and in many different expressions. One such example is the word

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - 'Nine Parts of Desire': Actress Brings to Life Stories of Iraqi WomenBy Dana Demange, Shelley Gollust and Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Friday, October 20, 2006 HOST: Welcome to AMERICA

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Under P-r-e-s-s-u-r-e: National Spelling Bee Goes Big Time on TV (and a German Word Decides the Winner)By Dana Demange and Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Friday, June 09, 2006 (MUSIC) HO

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WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Talking about MouthBy Jill Moss Broadcast: Sunday, July 16, 2006 Many thanks to wangwang1000@hotmail.com for posting the broadcast script! People use their mouths for many th

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - After Almost 20 Years, Superman Returns to Movie TheatersBy Erin Schiavone and Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: Friday, July 14, 2006 HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special Engli

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In English, syllable stress is hugely important for communication. The word stress here means saying part of a word louder and holding the sound a little longer than other parts. For example: movie. I said MO- a little louder and longer than -vie. If

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You may remember last weeks program, in which I talked about rules of English word stress for two-syllable words. If you missed that program, take a few minutes to read and listen to it first and then join us here. This week, we continue talking abou

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The middle of February is winter here in Washington, DC. I walked outside this morning and the temperature was below freezing! And I made the mistake of wearing light clothing. So I went back in the house and put on a sweater under my coat. The words

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