Today's topic is active voice versus passive voice. Here's Brian from Iowa: It drives me crazy when people write in passive voice. How can I teach people how to tell the difference between passive and active voice and stay away from passive voice? Th

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

AS IT IS 2013-07-13 Filmmaking Classes Give Disabled a Creative Outlet Hello there, Im June Simms. Welcome back for more As It Is! The United States has given birth to many types of music, including rock and roll, jazz, country and blues. Today we he

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Smaller Fingers Mean More Sensitive Fingertips A study in the Journal of Neuroscience finds that people with smaller fingers have more sensitive fingertips, probably due to a higher concentration of touch receptors in a given area. Cynthia Graber rep

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 60秒科学

by Jason Marshall Weve spent the last few articles building our numerical vocabulary from the ground up. Today, were going to talk about something that sounds hard, but is actually pretty easy...and very useful too: the commutative property of additi

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Where Do the Worlds Poor Live? Most of the worlds poor do not live in poor countries. New research says nearly 80 percent are actually in middle income countries. Two billion poor people those who live on two dollars a day or less live in middle inco

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(八月)

Fistula Surgery Changes Nigerian Women's Lives Allowing the patient to live a normal life and giving her back some dignity is the objective of this surgery performed in Jahun hospital, in northeast Nigeria. Since 2008, the aid group Doctors Without B

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African Migrants in Libya Live in Fear Human rights organizations say tens of thousands of African migrants in Libya have been displaced from their homes and jobs by months of fighting between forces loyal to former leader Moammar Gadhafi and the tra

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Reality TV Show Helps Farmers Improve Livelihoods Entertaining, educating audiences David Campbell has lived in Kenya since 1979, using the mass media to teach farmers how to improve their techniques. As director of the company Mediae, Campbell aims

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A: What a wonderful dinner! B: Thank you. I am glad that you are enjoying it. A: Where did you get your fantastic recipes? B: I grew up cooking. My mother shared her recipes with me. A: I especially like the wonderful chicken dish. B: That is a speci

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A: I really love this meal. B: Thanks. I was hoping that you would all enjoy this meal. A: Where did you learn to cook these amazing dishes? B: I got a really wonderful cookbook for my birthday and decided to try out a few of the recipes. A: The chic

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A: What can I do for you? B: I need to return something. A: What do you need to return? B: I need to return this cellphone that I just bought. A: What is wrong with it? B: It isn't working properly. A: What is the problem with it? B: For some reason

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Travis and Paul were best friends and in the ninth grade. They didnt like anything about school except the girls and the baseball. They were both on the junior high baseball team. Both wanted to be major league baseball players when they grew up. On

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SCIENCE REPORT – January 3, 2002: Seasonal Affective Disorder By George Grow This is the VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT. Some people feel sad or depressed during the winter months in northern ar

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DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Polio Vaccine 50th Anniversary By Karen Legget and Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, May 03, 2004 This is Robert Cohen with the VOA Special English Development Report. Fifty years ago,

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今天我们要学的词是fugitive。 Fugitive, 在逃犯。星期天是美国联邦调查局十大通缉要犯名单推出六十周年。 The first FBI director J. Edgar Hoover started the 10 most wanted fugitives program on March 14, 1950, 美国联

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Olivia: Dad, can I ask you a question? Dad: You just did. Olivia: I mean, can I ask you another question? Dad: Ask away . Olivia: Where do babies come from? Dad: What? Where did you come up with that one? Olivia: I don't know. Dad: Let me tell you .

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今天我们要学的词是thrive。 Thrive是兴旺发达、茁壮成长的意思。Business is thriving in the newly-developed area, 意思是这个新开发区的商业发展欣欣向荣。This dancer thrives under pressure, 意思是说这个舞蹈

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今天我们要学的词是positive。 Positive, 是积极的,正面的。A positive attitude, 积极的态度。He has received positive feedback for the work he has done, 他的工作得到了好评。She remained positive even in face of failure

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UN's 'Every Woman Every Child' Program Saves Lives A year ago, the United Nations launched a global campaign called Every Woman, Every Child, a public health project aimed at reducing the number of women dying from pregnancy and childbirth-related co

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十月)

According to a new study more people live in poverty in eight Indian states than in 26 of sub-Saharan Africa's poorest countries. The creators of the new study said the level of poverty in South Asia compared to Africa was a surprising discovery. The

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