HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: We listen to some music from Van Halen /P Answer a question about child care in America /P And report about agricultural fairs held across the

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2007年(九)月

Break 打断,休息。 Take a break 分手。 离职的几种说法: We're going to have to let you go. 我们得辞退你了。 I don't think you're fit for this job. 我认为你不适合这份工作。 I'm quitting my job. 我要辞职。 I go

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文本: C Christopher Tietjens S Sylvia Tietjens M Mrs. Satterthwaite --: Won't be long now, eh? --: No good asking me. Bertram says Asquith and Lord Grey never discuss war in Cabinet. Not in front of the children. The Cabinet talks about women. M:

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A: Can I help you find something? B: I would like to buy a new fridge. A:Is there one in particular that you like? B: I was looking at this Kenmore refrigerator. A: Ah yes, that is a great refrigerator. B: What's so great about it? A: It's both affor

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He shook the squeeze bottle of mustard. The lift-top opened up. Did any mustard come out? He looked on the floor. He didn't see any mustard. He looked on the countertop. He didn't see any mustard. He squeezed mustard onto his two hot dogs. The next d

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Explanation: Do you know which war has been the deadliest war for the United States (or the war that has had the most American deaths)? It was the Civil War, where Americans fought against each other. From 1861 to 1865, northern states fought against

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Explanation: Being the president of the United States is a big job and our Founding Fathers (or the people who created the U.S. government) knew that one person couldnt do everything alone. Thats why the president has the U.S. Cabinet, usually just c

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Explanation: Many people know who the president of the United States is, but what does the president do? The president is the person in charge of (or responsible for) the executive branch. The presidents main job is to be the commander-in-chief, whic

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Every morning, I brush my teeth right after I eat breakfast. I put a little toothpaste on my toothbrush and then brush for about two or three minutes. I brush up and down to reach the spaces between my teeth. I also use dental floss to remove food pa

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I go into my bathroom sometime around 6:45 a.m. 我在早上6点45分左右去卫生间。 My sink and medicine cabinet are on the left when you enter my bathroom. 当你进入我的卫生间时,你会看到水槽和药柜在左边。 The toilet is

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韩国庆尚南道金海市,前来悼念前总统卢武铉的悼念者在卢武铉的遗像前痛哭不已。 据不完全统计,韩国62个自治团体25日设立悼念卢武铉的灵堂等祭奠场所,其中7处设在首都首尔,各政党、宗教团体、市民团体设立的祭所达到180处。 3天来,韩国全国弥漫着悲伤的气息,民众以

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moon river, wider than a mile i'm crossing you in style some day oh, dream maker, you heart breaker wherever you're goin', i'm goin' your way two drifters, off to see the world there's such a lot of w

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文本: C- Christopher Tietjens Mac- MacMaster C: When the war comes, it'll blow right through it, thank God! Mac: War is impossible, at any rate with this country in it. C: Is that what they said at your dinner with the Tories? In two years, round

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THE MAKING OF A NATION #59 - Andrew Jackson, Part 3 By Frank Beardsley Broadcast: Thursday, April 22, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English. (MUSIC) In our las

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CANBERRA, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Kevin Rudd has been sworn in as prime minister of Australia on Thursday following his victory in a ruling Labor party caucus ballot the evening before. Governor-General Quentin Bryce, acting on the advice from the solici

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天我们要学的词是cut-throat。 Cut-throat, 残酷无情的。 Cut-throat competition, 残酷无情的竞争。 Professional football is a cut-throat sport, 职业足球是一项竞争异常激烈的运动。 The cell phone maker declared ba

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Greek cabinet members are discussing how best to implement a series of budget cuts and other austerity measures that have already sparked rioting in the streets. The officials gathered Saturday in Athens, facing several difficult choices. The austeri

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India Pushes Ahead With Economic Reform Agenda The Indian government has pushed ahead with a new set of economic reform proposals aimed at jump starting the country's lagging economy. The Cabinet on Thursday approved a measure to raise the limit on f

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今天小编为大家分享的是托福听力疑难词汇。大家可以参考一下这些词汇,看看自己应该如何攻克托福听力。 1,a while back 不久以前,刚才 -Sam want to be able to play in the basketball game this week ,yeah he

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How to stay away from cell phone? 如何戒掉手机Create rules for living. 立下规定可可电台Having general rulesfor indulging in gadget time are too easy to slack on, just like diets andworkouts. 只制定泛泛的计划,来限制在手机上

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