Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember, and today we bring you music for the New Year. (MUSIC) T.J. MacDonald, left, and Stacey Fox, both of Syracuse, New York, welcoming 2008 in Times Square in New York City In the Unite

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LAUREN FRAYER, HOST: For New Year's Eve, the musical tradition has long been this old chestnut... (SOUNDBITE OF GUY LOMBARDO AND HIS ROYAL CANADIANS' PERFORMANCE OF AULD LANG SYNE) FRAYER: If Guy Lombardo's rendition of Auld Lang Syne is decidedly, w

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January 25 Burns Night Robert Burns 1 , the eighteenth century “common man’s poet” who wrote of humble matters in his brash 2 “ Lallans 3 ” dialect 4 , remains Scotland’s favorite native s

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[00:01.34]Uh, this whole evening did not work out well at all, and, uh-- 今天晚上一切都不对劲 [00:05.78]Oh, and I'm supposed to share some responsibility in that? 我该分担一部份责任吗 [00:07.60]No. Now-- Would you slow down a litt

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Welcome to This Is America with VOA Learning English. Steve Ember brings you music for the New Year. In the United States and other countries, this old Scottish song, Auld Lang Syne is played when a new year begins. The song is about remembering old

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Happy New Year! Now, VOA Special English presents a special program for New Years Eve. That is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Years Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne. It is the traditional music played during the New Years celebration

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In 1957, Brooklyn Dodgers fans were devastated when they learned their team was moving to Los Angeles. Fifty years ago this week, the team played its last game at Ebbets Field. Harvey Sherman was in the stands. Time now for StoryCorps, the project t

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本单元是关于新一年愿望的对话。 Alice: Oh it's nearly the New Year. Has everyone got their champagne glasses ready? There's still time to think about our New Year's resolutions. Tim, you go first. Tim: OK, this year I'm going to work really hard a

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Before you listen We suggest you do the vocabulary activity below before you listen. Then listen to the episode and do the first task to check your understanding. Finally, practise some vocabulary and grammar. Match the words and phrases in the boxes

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核心句型: She will go whole hog in planning the program. 她会全力以赴筹办项目的。 hog在很久以前是对钱币的俗称,go whole hog直译为花上全部的金钱,其引申意思是:全力以赴,干脆彻底地做一件事。

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New Year celebrations in London For lots of people in Britain, the 31st of December, or New Years Eve as we call it, is the biggest party of the year. Its a time to get together with friends or family and welcome in the coming year. New Years partie

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THIS IS AMERICA - December 30, 2002: New Year's Traditions By Jerilyn Watson (THEME) VOICE ONE: On December thirty-first, Americans and other people around the world welcome the New Year. I’m Mary T

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By Jordan Davis Dakar 30 October 2006 More than 100 cyclists from around the world are pedaling their way across Burkina Faso this week in the 20th annual Tour de Faso. Burkinabes are passionate for the event. Cyclists on the road In the capital Oua

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Vancouver Winter Games officials have made some major changes to the viewing area by the Olympic cauldron that sits on a downtown waterfront plaza. The changes came after a huge public outcry. An unsightly tall, chain-link fence some 50 meters from t

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'Lesser Bohemians' Uses Playful Language For A Classic Love Story play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0006:28repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flas

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Never, surely, was there such a scene as that which followed. 眼前未曾出现的一幕就这样发生了。 Not a heart in the residency of Lucknow but bowed itself before God. 勒克瑙使馆区无人不感激涕零地臣服上帝的力量, All

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Auld lang syne Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days of auld long syne? And here's a hand,my trusty friend And gie's a hand o' thine; We'll take a cup o' kindness yet. For auld

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Part 4. What's your New Year's resolution? Keywords. New Year, celebration, resolution. Vocabulary. signify, folk song, alcohol, resolution, debt, shopaholic, temptation, bargain, Hogmanay, Edinburgh, Glasgow. A. In this part, you are going to hear a

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In the podcast today, we will talk about fact and fiction. A fact is something which is true; something which I, or someone else, can prove to be true. For instance, it is a fact that the earth is round. And fiction is the opposite of fact. It means

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