From NPR News in Washington, Im Giles Snyder. The uncertainty surrounding the fate of General Motor's Saab brand is over. GM says the Dutch carmaker Spyker is buying Saab. Details of the deal are unclear, but the purchase price is reported to be $400

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年NPR美国国家公共电台1月

THIS IS AMERICA - Chicago: Some Big Places to See in the 'City of the Big Shoulders'By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, May 08, 2006 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special Engli

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week on our program, come along to a high school reunion in Illinois. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: A warm sun shines on Scammon Garden on th

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A new fast food war underway and it's not a burger battle this time, and it's not a matter of fried or flame broil. Rebecca Jarvis, Following The Money tonight in a brouhaha between McDonald's and Sta

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Apologies II PART A Micro-Listening Numbers 3-4 Digit Numbers I. Directions: You will hear 10 three or four digit numbers. Listen carefully and write down the numbers as they are read. 10 points 1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____ 6. _____ 7

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VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman pilot. (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Bessie Coleman Bessie Coleman was born in Atla

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第17期:On the Train 在列车上 Y:May I see your ticket,please? Y:我可以看一看你的车票吗? X:I'm afraid I lost my ticket,Can I buy one again now? X:恐怕我的车票掉了,我现在可以补买一张吗? Y:How far are you going? Y

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2 How will the man get to Chicago? [A] By plane [B] By bus [C] By car

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今天我们要学的词组是underdog。 Under是在下面,dog是狗,underdog指的是在比赛、竞争和冲突中被认为是处于劣势的人。 比如美式足球第41届超级杯大赛,芝加哥熊队奋战印第安那波利斯小马队。

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In response to a very public embarrassment for the Pentagon, the Navy has stripped a senior officer of his command of the USS Enterprise. A disgraced captain, Owen Honors, was removed from his post this afternoon several years after he produced and s

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1. In a speech in New York Monday, President Barack Obama says he sees new signs of the kind of high-risk business behaviour that nearly caused a financial meltdown a year ago. He's warning Wall Street there won't be another bailout. Obama also said

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Gwendolyn Brooks, 1917-2000: The Poet was the First African American to Win a Pulitzer Prize for Literature She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding about black culture in America. Transcript of r

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Old Sex Comedy Gets Modern in Spike Lees Chi-Raq 斯派克李的'芝拉克'使性喜剧焕然一新 The musical is a modern, urban telling of the ancient Greek comedy, Lysistrata. In that story, wives stop having sex with their husbands to try to sto

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Diamond life lover boy He move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy City lights and business nights When you require street-car desire for higher heights No place for beginners or sensitive hearts When sentiment is left to chance No place to b

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WASHINGTON, June 25 (Xinhua)-- The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed hotel magnate Penny Pritzker as the new secretary of commerce. The Senate backed President Barack Obama's pick of Pritzker by a sweeping vote of 97-1. I am pleased the Senate took bi

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Presidential libraries 总统图书馆 Style and guile 风格与骗局 The search for a home for Mr Obama's library and museum has begun为奥巴马图书馆和博物馆找家的工作已经展开 AT THEIR best, they are lively classrooms of democrac

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1 I want a package deal including airfare and hotel. 我需要一个成套服务,包括机票和住宿。 2 I'd like to change this ticket to the first class. 我想把这张票换成头等车。 3

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Diamond life lover boy He move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy City lights and business nights When you require street-car desire for higher heights No place for beginners or sensitive hearts When sentiment is left to chance No place to b

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1 I want a package deal including airfare and hotel. 我需要一个成套服务,包括机票和住宿 2 Id like to change this ticket to the first class. 我想把这张票换成头等车。 3 Id like to reserve a sleeper to Chicago. 我要预订去

发表于:2019-03-13 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Lewis 在走廊上遇到同事 Jay. Lewis: Hi, Jay! J: Hi, Lewis. Are you ready for your big trip to Chicago? L: Oh, yeah! I'm gonna nail the presentation. J: I'm sure you will. Hey, I thought I remembered from an earlier conversation that you have r

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