Broadcast: Jan 20 20031` The movie musical Chicago and the drama The Hours have taken top honors in Hollywood's Golden Globe awards. Martin Scorsese was named best director for Gangs of New York, whil

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2003(上)-文艺之窗

Topics: American Authors J.D. Salinger; Comedy in Print Mad Magazine and The Onion; scanty versus inadequate versus deficient; inquiry versus investigation versus research; so-called Words: to be drafted stress first person slang phony recluse seclus

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A special performance for the festive season In winter in Britain, many children and adults enjoy going to the theatre to watch a pantomime . Pantomimes are a very old form of entertainment, but the modern version is as popular as ever. Pantomimes t

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Barney and Debbie are on vacation in Bangkok. D: So where are you taking me out to dinner tonight, Barney? B: Let's go to Phuket. It has the most beautiful sunsets that you will ever see. That's also

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American Wedding 美国婚礼 Eventually Jim got hitched. 最后吉姆结婚了。 Now, they're going all the way. 现在他们要结婚了 Get hitched = get married 结婚 Propose 求婚 He proposed to her at a fancy restaurant. 他在一个美好的餐

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I think humour is one of the best things in life. Without it, nothing in life would be funny. Its strange how we start laughing from such a young age. I wonder what makes tiny babies laugh. What do they find funny. Babies laugh and smile all the time

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Topics:Famous Americans Stephen F. Austin; Classic TV M*A*S*H; disability versus handicap versus impairment; recourse versus resort; to fly in the face of (something) Words: frontier economy land grant colony to negotiate contract revolution to annex

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Transcript: Jack: Hi, Ismael. How are you? Ismael: Hi, Jack. I'm OK but Ive got loads of homework. Jack: Me too, but would you like to come with us to the cinema tonight? Ismael: Who's 'us'? Jack: Me, Jamie, Nicola and Selina. Ismael: OK, and what's

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So...uh...I'm an Iranian-American Muslim female, like all of you. And I'm also a social justice comedian, something that I insist is an actual job. To explain what that is, let me tell you how I got here. I've performed all over the country. And let

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当我们和外国人聊天的时候,大家要记住非常重要的一点:back and forth 你来我往。每人一两句,减少长篇大论。 比如当你和对方聊电影的时候,你就要说一下这个电影是什么类型的,那么不同

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文艺光影缤纷 Situation Comedy A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. Sitcoms usually consist of recurring characters in a format in which there are one

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They've already demonstrated on-screen chemistry by kissing in public, and now two of the biggest movie stars in the world are taking their relationship one step further. Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock are attached to star in the next movie from Mic

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Revenant, Martian Win Big at Golden Globes 《复仇勇者》与《火星救援》获最佳影片金球奖 Stars from the years top movies and television shows gathered Sunday in Beverly Hills, California for the 73rd Golden Globe Awards. The Revenan

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In its third season, the XYZ Show is using puppets and humor to lampoon Kenyan politicians, while tackling controversial issues for 15 minutes each week on Kenyan television. It uses sketch comedy to tackle issues such as corruption and political pri

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Skiptrace, an action comedy starring Jackie Chan and Fan Bingbing, will be premiered in China on Christmas Eve. 一部由成龙和范冰冰联袂主演的动作喜剧大片《绝地逃亡》,预计将于圣诞节前夕在中国首映。 Renny Harli

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July 5th,1954Well, thats all right, mama. Thats all right for you. Thats all right mama, just anyway you do.A chapter during the dawn of rock and roll takes place at Sun records in Memphis, Tennessee. Thats where Elvis Presley records the song Thats

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Steve! _________1__________. Higher education comes at the expense of experience. Woz! What do you work out? It's a computer terminal that hooks up to the TV for the display. Steve? Whoa... These are state of the art. Nobody's making anything like th

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In Fear and Faith is an American post-hardcore band from San Diego, California. Formed in 2006, the group was signed to Rise Records and released three studio albums and two EPs. Their debut full-length, Your World on Fire, being released nearly a ye

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LOS ANGELES, March 18 (Xinhua) -- 21 Jump Street opened in the first place this weekend, garnering 35 million U.S. dollars in ticket receipts as was widely expected. Holdover Dr. Seuss' The Lorax continued to cast a spell on moviegoers, as it finishe

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讲解文本: punch line 喜剧里的包袱,笑点,(故事、戏剧、笑话等中的)妙语 I don't get his punch lines. 我不知道他的笑点在哪里。 In comedy you need a good punch line. 喜剧里,你必须要有好的包袱。 疯

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