THIS IS AMERICA - Kids, Before the Age of TV There Was a Funny Thing Called Radio STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week on our program, we bring you some

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年VOA慢速英语(一)月

Stand Clear Of The Doors: TV Finally Gets On Board With Mass Transit play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0003:47repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your F

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Nowadays, GEICO is a well-known insurance company. For many years, however, it was unnoticed. Other companies, like Allstate and Farmers, were more popular. Then GEICO tried something different; it got a new ad agency. The owner of the agency, Billy

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Do you ever watch English TV shows to improve your listening comprehension? Television can be a great learning tool, or if youre not in the mood for thinking, it can also be a great way to relax and veg out! In this Chatterbox episode, were chatting

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Marion: Im trying to decide whether to get cable or satellite TV. Which one do you have at your apartment? Cesar: I have satellite, but I used to have cable. Marion: Whats the difference? Cesar: Not a lot. With satellite, you have to have a satellite

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THIS IS AMERICA - Catching Up With Vivica A. Fox, Shaft, the Hulk and TV's Batman BARBARA KLEIN: Welcome to the VOA Special English program THIS IS AMERICA. Im Barbara Klein. CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: And Im Christopher Cruise. This week we tell about seve

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Lucille Ball Was The Funniest Woman on TV MARY TILLOTSON: This is Mary Tillotson. STEVE EMBER: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about the much-loved performer Lucille B

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Iran's capital, Tehran, was tense Sunday, following a week of sometimes violent opposition protests against a disputed election victory by incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad June 12. In this photograph posted on the internet, a man holds up his

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Controversy Surrounds Muslim-American Reality TV Show A new controversy over Islam has arisen in the United States, this time over a reality TV show that profiles Muslim Americans and a home improvement chain's decision to pull its advertising from t

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Analysts say this is the closest election in Britain in decades, so television viewers might be watching not only for who wins the debates, but also for leaders who can work together in a possible coalition government. Jennifer Glasse | London 15 Apr

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Three dimensional movies, like Avatar, are wowing us with their visual display. The science fiction epic Avatar won best drama and top director for filmmaker James Cameron at this year's Golden Globe awards. But a study at the University of Californi

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RAY SUAREZ, HOST: We're going to take a moment now to talk about some of the year's groundbreaking moments in television - well, groundbreaking according to our very own TV critic Eric Deggans. And a warning - this conversation may contain some spoil

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: The 2016 presidential election was so much more than just a political race for Tom Forman. TOM FORMAN: It was the best reality TV show. Who knew how it was going to end? Constant elimination - a big field that got narrowed over th

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: This is what pillow talk on television sounds like these days. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, I LOVE DICK) KATHRYN HAHN: (As Chris) Why do you think that we are - have been monogamous all these years when we don't even believe in it? Lik

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By David McAlary Washington 13 July 2006 We often hear that imagining something will not make it so. But scientists have now overturned that adage, making a science-fiction dream come true. U.S. researchers have shown that a paralyzed patient can us

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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 18 January 2007 For months, Iraqi and U.S. officials have been trying to shut down a satellite television station that shows Iraqi insurgent videos and denounces the Shi'ite-led government of Iraq. But the station continu

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今天我们要学的词是reality TV show。 Reality TV show, 真人秀节目。美国第一夫人将参加电视真人秀的节目录制。 First lady Michelle Obama will appear as a guest star on an ABC reality TV show, 第一夫人米歇尔将做为

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LOS ANGELES, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (BTJA) on Monday presented two top prizes of the Critics Choice Television Awards to ABC's hit Modern Family and AMC's Mad Men. Modern Family was named best comedy seri

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She Didn't Say Anything A mother and son were washing dishes while the father and daughter were watching TV in the room. Suddenly, there was a crash of breaking dishes, then complete silence. The girl looked at her father and said, It was Mom. How do

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African American TV Pioneer Exposed Audiences to Black Culture I had a burning desire to see black people presented on television in a positive light, said Cornelius. Cornelius created Soul Train in 1970, with just $400. He hosted the hugely popular

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