F: with options that you have, what do you think of staying in this community? M: I want to keep our present offices open. F: But M: its time that we spread our wings (一展宏图)a little bit. F: you mean go to another place? M: Yes, we are well-kno

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(125) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA 商务英语

Broadcast: May 9, 2003 By Caty Weaver This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. Seven activists are this year's winners of the Goldman Environmental Foundation awards. The winners received t

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2003(上)-社会广角

Broadcast: January 6, 2002 By Lawan Davis VOICE ONE: It was home to the great jazz performers Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, poet Langston Hughes, and civil rights activist Malcolm X. I'm Mary Ti

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2003(上)-美国故事

Amber goes to the Post Office to buy stamps for the letter she has just written. It's really not so different from what she is used to back home! Clerk: Good afternoon, miss. How can I help you? Amber

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语抢先学

The refugee situation in Uganda has reached crisis proportions, said U.S. Ambassador to Uganda Deborah Malac. In remarks to the Uganda Solidarity Summit on Refugees, she warned, To prevent a broader humanitarian disaster, the response of Ugandan auth

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(165) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(6月)

A: Hey Bob. Whatcha you doing? B: I'm at home painting. A: I didn't know you paint. What type of painting is it? B: I enjoy oil painting. I learned it in one of my extra classes in college. A: That sounds so interesting. I wish I learned a hobby. B:

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 对话类英语听力

Today's podcast will be dedicated to the 'th'. English, being quite irregular at times, has two ways of pronouncing the combination of the t and the h. That may seem simple, but getting it right is a key to sounding like a native. I have met many peo

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

Ilhan Omar made history this week when she began her term as the first Somali-American lawmaker in the United States. Omar was sworn into the Minnesota House of Representatives on January 3, the opening day of its 90th legislative session. Few people

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(158) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(一)月

Do you remember your playmates from childhood? 你还记得你童年时的玩伴吗? One woman from the northern city of Tianjin is hoping to track down a boy who hugged her 18 years ago. 来自中国北方的天津市的一位女子,就希望能找

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Michael Devlin has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping Ben Ownby. The 13-year-old boy was snatched minutes after he stepped off his school bus. He was found later in Devlin's St. Louis area apartment along with anothe

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2007

Back in October, 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed building a close-knit China-ASEAN community under the guidance of a 21st Century Maritime Silk Road to promote maritime cooperation. The initiative fits well with the ASEAN Master Plan for

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

AS IT IS 2015-09-14 Living in a Shipping Container 集装箱改装成新住宅 Many people do not earn enough money to buy a house in the San Francisco Bay area. Housing prices in northern California can be very high. So, some young people have begun

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Even in a recession, communities across the United States are discovering that money invested in the arts can provide a return. That's the case in Rosslyn, Virginia, just a few miles from the nation's capital. Live music draws at least a few people o

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The Harvard Graduate School of Education released a report on Wednesday endorsed by dozens of other schools that proposes radical changes to the way colleges evaluate prospective students. 哈佛大学教育学院在周三发布了一份受到很多其

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss died of cancer at age 80 on Monday. The NBA has lost a visionary owner whose influence on our league is incalculable and will be felt for decades to come, NBA commissioner David Ste

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(124) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao said Friday that the role of the United Nations should be bolstered in handling the global economic downturn, achieving sustainable development, and safeguarding world peace and security. As a

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Whether its court-ordered community service, required for a class, because you feel it is your duty, or for any other reason, volunteering is an enriching experience. We know that volunteering is a chance to serve others and give back to the communit

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

June 26th marks the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Illicit drug use has seen continued increases across the country, especially among young people under the age of 18. Falling into a life of abuse can be devastating to

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 CCTV9英语新闻2013年07月

As immigration activists gathered in Lower Manhattan on Friday afternoon, chanting in Spanish to denounce the Supreme Court deadlock that effectively shut down President Obamas program of deportation relief, a group of eight advocates stood quietly i

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Ryan Geertsma. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 The town of Goma is in the Democr

发表于:2019-03-15 / 阅读(235) / 评论(0) 分类 环球英语 Spotlight