Silicon Valley in Northern California is home to many of the worlds largest technology companies. These include Apple, Google, Oracle, Intel, Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard. The valley is also home to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(一)月

Barcelonas Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona, Spain, is finally getting a building permit, more than 130 years after work on the structure began. City officials announced the permit agreement earlier this month. It ended a long argument over the

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十)月

It's like thunder and lightning 电闪雷鸣一般 You hurt me without trying 你毫不费力地伤及了我 A tempest, you was rising 如同一场骤然大作的狂风暴雨 And no I don't like to be this way 不我不希望事情发展成这样 And

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《暮光之城4:破晓》主题曲 Christina Perri- A Thousand Years 《暮光之城4:破晓》的上集将于11月18号公映。有如漫漫长夜之后的破晓,这段惊心动魄的罗曼史最终要迎来结局。 小编给大家推荐的这

发表于:2018-12-13 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 影视英文歌曲

Todd: Now, Mark, you're from Canada. Mark: That's right. Todd: Where is it, actually, that you grew up? Mark: I was born in Montreal and I lived there for four years, the first four years but uh, I grew up in Calgary, which is Alberta, in the city of

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语访谈对话

The first album of music from Chuck Berry in thirty-eight years is released this week, three months after his death. The album, called Chuck, has 10 songs, including eight written by Berry. A family affair The album has new songs that he had been wri

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MARIO RITTER: I'm Mario Ritter. BARBARA KLEIN: And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. This week, we talk about the final American space shuttle flight. Last week, space shuttle Atlantis returned to Kennedy Space Center in Flo

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(九)月

I've been thinkin' 我始终在想 Was it all a different scene in my head? 我脑海里的一切是否是与众不同的景象 Ooh You've got powers 你有无穷魔力 You instructed all the demons instead 所有的心魔都听命于你 Mmm Ooh, eve

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This week, Americans mark a turning point in the history of the United States. Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that declared racial segregation in the nation's public schools to be

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(上)--国际时事

The years betray me now They usually count Supposed to be getting by Move along with time Why not this time At least, they should make me feel How long it's been Help me to understand What wasn't real And teach what all means Why, do not these years

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Three Women Freed After Years in Captivity From VOA Learning English, this is In The News. American police are praising the bravery of three women who were found alive this week after 10 years of captivity. The three kidnap victims were recovered lat

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AS IT IS 2016-07-06 Two Years After Legalizing Marijuana Sales, What Has Happened? Two years ago the U.S. states of Washington and Colorado became the worlds first legal marketplaces for recreational marijuana. In other words, people in those states

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Todd: Now, Mark, you're from Canada. Mark,你来自加拿大吗? Mark: That's right. 对呀。 Todd: Where is it, actually, that you grew up? 你是在哪里长大的? Mark: I was born in Montreal and I lived there for four years, the first fou

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A few weeks ago we spoke, with Debra Suierveld about her amazing dog, Abby. Abby went missing from her Apollo, Penn., home 10 years ago. A few weeks ago, she was found in an animal shelter. They checked her for a microchip, and Abb

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台3月

Those Teenage Years When you were 11 years old, she took you and your friends to the different movies. You thanked her by asking to sit in a row. When you were 12 years old, she warned you not to watch certain TV shows. You thanked her by waiting un

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Todd: Now, Mark, you're from Canada. Mark: That's right. Todd: Where is it, actually, that you grew up? Mark: I was born in Montreal and I lived there for four years, the first four years but uh, I grew up in Calgary, which is Alberta, in the city of

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A federal judge sentenced Bruce Jones to 12 years in federal prison for fraud. Over a 10-year period, Jones had managed to swindle almost $10 million from thousands of gullible people throughout the state. He advertised his fantastic ideas on TV. For

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Three years ago, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake jolted southwest China's Sichuan province and killed an estimated 69-thousand people. The tremor could be felt as far as Japan and the Philippines. Beichuan County was one of the worst-hit areas, with more

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On an uncharted island, a scholar was trying to find Amelia Earhart. Instead, she found Pablo. He was skinny and naked. His white hair and beard dragged along the ground. She started asking questions. How'd you get here? How long have you been here?

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Heart beats fast 心跳加速 Colors and promises 眼前摊开斑斓的色彩,耳边你的誓言晕开 How to be brave 该如何变得勇敢 How can I love when I'm afraid to fall 当我害怕爱上 又该怎么去爱 But watching you stand alone 但

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