World Freedom Declines for 10th Year A human rights group says the slowing world economy, a crackdown on dissidents and dislike of foreigners fleeing their country have led to a sharp drop in freedom around the world for the 10th consecutive year. Fr

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(二)月

Yeah Ohhh oh oh oh Ohhh oh oh oh It's like, chasing shadows I never seem to win Just when I'm over you I feel myself falling again No hope of grace, I'm loosing faith All I can do is pray.. Can you hear me Can you hear me ohh.. Can you hear me Cuz it

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Dave Bast. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 Peter Menzel and I invited ourselves

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World Fair Trade Day is celebrated every year on the second Saturday in May. It is organized by the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO), which operates in 80 countries around the globe. The WFTO boasts a membership of 350 different fair trade organi

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One of the most pressing problems facing our world today is the advance of deserts and the droughts this causes. June 17 is officially the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. It was created by the United Nations to draw attention to the

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October the 16th is World Food Day (WFD). This date is when the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations started in 1945. WFD itself didnt start until 1979. It was created by the FAO at the Organization's 20th General Conference.

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TV: Channel nineteen, Long Island News... Maggie: Five more minutes, Chrissy, then bed time. Chrissy: Oh, great! For the first time I'm drawing inside the lines, I've got to go to bed. Ben: Chrissy, a tip; Mom's a sucker for cute. Trust me, it never

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Now, an ambitious new idea began to take hold in Lewis Williams' mind because he was aware that there were other rock paintings which were very similar to those painted by the San. These were many tho

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 人、艺术、世界

On one side of the hill, archeologists discovered an area that had been used as a quarry . This is where the huge pillars that dominated Gobekli Tepe were cut from the limestone bedrock . Here's a pil

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Augustus had used images to manipulate people into believing one thing when in fact the very opposite was true. So he discovered how to use art to tell a political lie. It was a technique that would b

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The images are of Augustus accepting the surrender of Rome's sworn enemy, the Parthian s. It was his greatest triumph and the gods are shown looking on with approval. The message is clear: Augustus wa

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These two groups were locked in a struggle for the control of ancient Rome. Neither side was prepared to compromise. It looked like the two tribes would be forever divided. That was until a new conten

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It's the power to persuade us to think what they want us to think and to see things the way they do, and even to deceive us. So how did art go from being a tool of political promotion, to being an ins

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He was surrounded by incredible riches, the riches of a king. They showed he was a man of exquisite taste, these are really the most beautiful objects of their kind we have ever discovered. These were

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But how, as a foreign invader, would he ever win the hearts and minds of his new subjects? Alexander understood the power of the visual techniques used by Darius, but he had to come up with an image a

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Jerry was looking at a map. It was a map of the world. The map showed many countries. It showed all the countries in the world. All the countries were different colors. There were red countries, green countries, and blue countries. Jerry pointed at o

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT – November 4, 2002: World Health Report 2002 By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The life expectancy of people around the world could increase by five

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French Celebrate World Cup Victory This is Whats Trending Today Crowds of happy French fans gathered at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on Monday to await the return of their World Cup-winning team. The team was honored with a parade along the Champs

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You light the skies, up above me*你点亮了天空 让我腾空而起 A star, so bright, you blind me, yeah*一颗星 如此明亮 你使我炫目 Don't close your eyes*别闭上你双眼 Don't fade away, don't fade away-*别消失不见 别消

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Why does the sun go on shining? Why does the sea rush to shore? Don't they know it's the end of the world 'Cause you don't love me anymore? Why do the birds go on singing? Why do the starts glow above? Don't they know it's the end of the world It end

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