AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: We're joined by Deborah Tannen, the Georgetown University linguist and author of best-selling books on how we communicate. Her early work focused on the different conversation sty

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 词汇大师(Wordmaster)

Burma's Tourist Industry Booms This week in Rangoon 20 contestants competed for the title of Miss Tourism Myanmar 2012, a beauty pageant organized by the tourism board to appeal to foreign visitors. Tourism Board Secretary Kyaw Htun says Aung San Suu

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A: I'm going to go shopping for groceries in a little bit. B: Why, do we need groceries? A: I believe we are all out of food. B: Do you know what to get? A: I don't know what we need. B: Why don't you go and check the refrigerator? A: I would appreci

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A: I may go grocery shopping later. B: We need to get food? A: I don't think we have any food. B: What are you going to buy? A: What food are we out of? B: Go and look in the kitchen. A: Could you look for me? B: You should just get the basics. A: Wh

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[00:00.00]Christmas trees [00:02.31]The first Christmas tree probably started [00:05.32]about 400 years ago in Germany. [00:09.64]Around that time,people began to put whole [00:13.28]trees into their homes at Christmas. [00:16.97]They put apples,swee

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by Michael W. Flynn First, a disclaimer: While I am an attorney, the legal information in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for seeking personalized legal advice from an attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction. Todays episode

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还记得那一头飘逸的长发吗?还记得那位阿根廷的

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By Jim Malone Washington 21 September 2007 Senator Barack Obama of Illinois hopes to become the first African-American president in U.S. history. But to do so, he will first have to defeat Democratic rivals, who include the current frontrunner, Senat

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'Don'tAsk'RepealGivesGayActivistsRenewedHope The law banning homosexuals from openly serving in the U.S. military has been repealed, sparking celebrations among gay organizations. Since its implementation in 1993, thousands of service people have bee

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Obama Hosts Top Teenage Scientists Fourteen-year-old business owner Joe Hudy and one of his inventions, a compressed air cannon that shoots marshmallows, attracted President Obamas attention at the White House Science Fair. The president invited Joe

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A: Good morning. I have an interview scheduled this morning. B: The interviewer will be with you in a moment. Would you care for some water? A: Yes, that would be great. B: Just help yourself to whatever you would like from the table in the waiting a

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 01 October 2007 The African Union says it is still trying to find out what prompted a large group of rebels to launch a deadly attack on its peacekeeping force in Sudan's western Darfur region on Saturday. At least 10 A.U. sold

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Many people were enjoying themselves in the park that Christmas day. A group of people were playing volleyball. All the tennis courts were packed. Some people were lawn bowling. Holding hands, Hugo and Kayleen walked all the way around the park. They

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi, Kenya 07 December 2007 Military officers from 12 African countries were in Kenya recently training to be peacekeepers in Darfur and other African Union missions. Cathy Majtenyi attended part of the session and filed this re

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It sure looks a lot like Christmas at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas. Trees are decorated, the presents wrapped, but the lights have gone out on the extravagant holiday party. We have had a couple of major ones back out. The rooms are along this aisle.

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By Ricci Shryock Ouagadougou 01 May 2008 Health leaders warn that malnutrition will soon increase among children in West Africa. As a World Health Organization-led conference held in Burkina Faso this week addresses primary healthcare in Africa, some

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By Catherine Drew London 04 February 2008 The international auction house Bonhams has held a sale of South African art in London that achieved record prices for a number of works. The auction house says this marks a coming of age for South African ar

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By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 08 November 2007 South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of the prosecution in four applications that will give the state access to important evidence in its corruption case against Jacob Zuma, the co

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By Tom Rivers London 05 April 2008 Despite the delay in the release of Zimbabwe's official election results, South African President Thabo Mbeki said Saturday that the international community should wait for first round results to come out before con

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By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 12 April 2008 Southern African leaders are meeting in the Zambian capital to discuss the political crisis in Zimbabwe following the country's failure to release the results of its presidential poll. The embattled Zimba

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