Dialogue A Tina and Larry are waiting on a dock. Larry: Are you ready for our whale-watching adventure? Tina: I'm ready to go, but I'm a little uneasy. I've always been a bit scared of whales. Larry: Scared of whales? Why? Tina: I don't know. They're

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(192) / 评论(0) 分类 常春藤生活英语

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin with her husband Todd and two of their daughters, Piper, center, and Bristol, at the gathering in Dayton, Ohio, where John McCain named Governor Palin his vice presidential choi

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Unit 14 It was a real scorcher! Vocabulary Task Answers Spring Summer Fall Winter breezy thunder chilly freezing showers lightning rainy overcast damp scorching flurries humid blizzard muggy Script In spring, the city of Washington is breezy and ther

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Balto, the Best Lead-dog in Alaska 阿拉斯加最优秀的领头狗巴尔图 Frances Margaret Fox 作者:弗朗西丝玛格丽特福克斯 Perhaps you think that dogs are used only as pets. 或许你会认为狗只是宠物。 Do you know that for

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Experts Meet to Understand Decrease in Humpback Whales Off Hawaii Every winter, thousands of humpback whales migrate from Alaska to the warmer waters near the Hawaiian Islands. There, they have sex and give birth before making their return trip north

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(236) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

Sarah Palin (born 1964) is the first woman to be selected by Americas Republican Party as vice-presidential nominee. She is also governor of Alaska. Although she was little-known by most Americans, those in her party have taken her to their hearts. H

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - October 11, 2002: Question About Native Alaskans / Music by Raphael Saadiq / TV's Oprah Winfrey Wins a Special Emmy HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC --VOA’s radio magazine in Speci

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For years, European and American researchers dug up land where Native Americans buried their dead. They recovered countless bones and cultural artifacts as part of their studies. Now, museum officials have begun returning some of these artifacts to N

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1. Philippine officials say the death toll from a powerful typhoon has risen to more than 200 people. More than 60 villagers and soldiers perished in a flash flood that swamped two emergence storm shelters in the military campus. Scores of people are

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This is AP News Minute. President Trump is embracing the possibility of trade war after announcing plans to place tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. He is rejecting allies who want to be exempted from the stiff new tariffs. Two populist parties

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Most native villages in the western part of Alaska are built on permafrost. That's a thick layer of frozen soil. And with climate change, the permafrost has started to thaw. In one town, this means their cemetery is melting. People

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: It is too warm in rural Alaska. In the state's southwestern region, high temperatures of 10 to 20 degrees above average are affecting everything from recreation to survival. From member station KYUK in Bethel, Anna Rose MacArthur r

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Voice 1 Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight. Im Joshua Leo. Voice 2 And Im Sara DeKoster. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 The tow

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On the sidelines of U.S. President Donald Trump's state visit to China, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Donald Trump have witnessed the signing of deals worth 253.5 billion U.S. dollars, making the US head of state's visit to China one of the most f

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Alaska Accelerates Indoor Agriculture阿拉斯加农业大爆发 What comes to mind when you think of Alaska? Probably snow. And ice. And extreme cold. But what about tomatoes? 当你想到阿拉斯加时脑海里会想到什么?可能是雪、冰、

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Extreme ice melting led to thousands of walruses making an unusual gathering on the barrier island in Alaska. Biologists with the U.S. geological survey say the situation can be very dangerous, because walruses are easily startled and can't stampede.

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Every year, in mid-September, about 100,000 bar-tailed godwits return to New Zealand from Alaska. This godwit is a sea bird about 40cm in height. It wades on long legs in the mudflats at low tides on some beaches and eats insects, crabs and small pla

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Senator John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate is proving to be very popular with delegates to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. Most delegates remain supportive of Pa

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Topics: Cities: Anchorage, Alaska; John Henry; you might as well, to hit the ground running, the caf in English Caf, what goes around comes around, breaking news Words: folk hero spikes railroad tracks hammer working class to displace to chop down ax

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Christchurch city is holding a ceremony tonight at 6.30pm to farewell the godwits. People are encouraged to come to the beach with their cameras to see the godwits leave. The day and time are chosen because of the tides at that time. Not all the godw

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