Did the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus really discover America? It's believed that travelers from China got there first. They crossed the Pacific to Mexico in the fifth century. In fact, Columb

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(300) / 评论(0) 分类 赖世雄初级美国英语

雪莉公司准备组织举行一次素质拓展运动,雪莉和她的同事在商量着做一些计划工作,到底该怎样安排呢? Listen Read Learn Maria: Hi, have you got the exact number of people who are going take part in this activity? Shirley: Yes, there are 62 in totals, and 2

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Chapter 20 Pirate Seas 第20章 海盗的海洋 I was once on a train leaving Baltimore when a man asked me where I was going. I told him I was going to Baltimore. 我有一次坐火车正要离开巴尔的摩,这时一个男子问我到哪去。我告

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By Paula Wolfson The U.S. presidential election campaign is focusing on just a few states where the race is extremely close. The two major party candidates are spending most of their time now in these

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(THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Nicole Nichols. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about discoveries of the past on the island of Saint John, in the United States Virgin Islands. Saint John

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(九)月

By VOA News 12 February 2008 Astronauts from the space shuttle Atlantis are formally opening the new laboratory at the International Space Station Tuesday. Crew members set up electrical and data lines linking the new Columbus laboratory to the stati

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The gods of ancient Greece rarely get featured roles in movies any more; but Zeus, Poseidon, Hades and the rest are at the center of at Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, a new film adventure adapted from the first in a series of n

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开拓人还是掠夺者 美国哥伦布日引发争议 October 12 is significant as the date explorer Christopher Columbus landed in what became known as the New World. 为了纪念克里斯托弗哥伦布于1492年10月12日首次登上美洲大陆,

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A request to this effect was presented to the commander. The commander stood his ground. 关于回航的建议向舰长提出来了。舰民不听,坚持自己的意见。 His sailors couldn't hide their discontent, and their work suffered because

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By Michael Bowman Washington 12 April 2007 A U.S. citizen has been arrested in Ohio and charged with conspiring to support terrorist activities both at home and abroad. VOA's Michael Bowman has details from Washington. Photograph of Christopher Paul,

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By Brian Wagner Miami 07 February 2008 Atlantis lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Thursday, carrying seven astronauts and a European built research module. The launch follows a two-month delay needed to fix a problem in the fuel ga

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今天我们要学的词是 around-the-clock. Around-the-clock 意思是日夜不停的,连续不断的。The two sides talked around-the-clock, trying to reach an agreement before the approaching deadline. 双方夜以继日地谈判,努力在最后

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Atlantis lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Thursday, carrying seven astronauts and a European built research module. The launch follows a two-month delay needed to fix a problem in the fuel gauge on the shuttle's external fuel tank

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By Paul Sisco Washington 05 December 2007 The Shuttle Atlantis is on the launch pad and ready to lift off on Thursday. The crew is scheduled to ferry a European laboratory module to the International Space Station. VOA's Paul Sisco has more. All seve

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A Homeless Man Achieves Overnight Stardom 乞丐一夜成名 Here is a heart-warming story to help you fight the freezing weather. Two weeks ago, Ted Williams was homeless and begging for change on the streets of Columbus in Ohio, USA. Now his fortun

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When the brave Columbus saw the land, he thought it was the India which he had come to seek. 看到陆地的那一刻,勇敢的哥伦布以为这就是他一直在寻找的印度, So he called it India. Afterwards, when it was found that this was

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