Remembering Earl Scruggs Before Earl Scruggs, most banjo players used a two- fingered picking style. But all that changed after the 21-year-old North Carolina native joined Bill Monroes Bluegrass Boys in 1945, and brought his three- fingered rolls to

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(三月)

Remembering Davy Jones Most of his fans first heard of Davy Jones in 1966, when the Monkees television program invaded living rooms worldwide. In reality, the then 21-year-old actor and singer from Manchester in the United Kingdom was a show business

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(二月)

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 24 January 2008 South and Southeast Asian countries are grappling with new outbreaks of bird flu as winter weather sweeps across the region. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, the latest outbreaks are still confin

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(一月)

By Jeffrey Young Washington 30 May 2008 With only three relatively minor primary elections for U.S. president left - Puerto Rico, South Dakota, and Montana, Democratic White House-hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton continues to campaign aggressively for

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'Freedom Riders' Remembered 50 Years Later The American South was a segregated society 50 years ago. In 1960, the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation in restaurants and bus terminals serving interstate travel, but African-Americans who tri

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(五月)

Chet and Eliot had been running around all day. It had been hot. They were unshaved, and wearing shorts, T-shirts, and flip-flops. At about 6 p.m., they felt like eating something. They were on south Lake, which had several restaurants. Eliot suggest

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This is Morning Edition from NPR news, I am Rene Montagne with Steve Inskeep. 229 years ago, independence for America was not certain; a new book explains how the young Revolutionary campaign took hold, Steve Inskeep talks to the author of 1776. Davi

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(253) / 评论(0) 分类 2005年NPR美国国家公共电台

AMERICAN MOSAIC - Remembering Don Cornelius and his Soul Train JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im June Simms. Today, we remember Don Cornelius, the creator of the influential American television show, Soul Train

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Technology Report - Steve Jobs Remembered 科技报道 - 缅怀一代巨头乔布斯 This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 Steve Jobs made technology fun. The co-founder of Apple died last

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(十)月

By Patricia Nunan Kathmandu 19 April 2006 A police personnel stands next to a car that was burnt during a demonstration against King Gyanendra in Kathmandu Diplomatic efforts to stop Nepal from fallin

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(四月)

By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 17 February 2006 watch G8 Democracy report Russia recently assumed the rotating presidency of the G-8, prompting a discussion in the United States about whether that c

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A shop owner sits in front of his shop waiting for customers at the Bab el-Yemen old city market of the capital Sana'a, 03 Jan 2010 Officially, Yemen's economy is growing. Unofficially, the nation appears to be trapped in a disastrous downward econom

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Remembering Hazel Dickens Trailblazing bluegrass and folk singer-songwriter Hazel Dickens recently died at the age of 76. Dickens was a performer whose childhood in a West Virginia coal mining town led her to become a labor activist and inspired a li

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Army of Tiny Soldiers Replicates Battle of Waterloo FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA Next year marks the bicentennial of the Battle of Waterloo, when French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by an international force led by England and Prussia. Just in time f

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(七月)

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: City planning is portrayed as a contact sport in the new documentary Citizen Jane: Battle For The City. The film is about activist Jane Jacobs, who fought New York's master builder, Robert Moses, when he was at the height of his

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Tens of thousands of opposition demonstrators in Ukraine are vowing to keep up their street protests until opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko is recognized as the new president of Ukraine. The official announcement from Ukraines Central Electoral Co

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During a visit to an isolated desert settlement outside Yemen's capital Sanaa, VOA's Heather Murdock reports on the despair of some of the thousands of people who have fled their homes since the war in northern Yemen began in 2004 Heather Murdock | S

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(二月)

Randal: Hurry up. Rob will be here any minute. Marjorie: I cant remember the combination to this lock. Randal: I thought you knew it by heart. Marjorie: Its on the tip of my tongue, but I cant seem to remember the last two digits. Its 73 or 63 or 38.

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you wont find him drinking at the tables rolling dice and staying out til 3 you wont ever find him being [w]unfaithful [/w]you will find him, youll find him next to me you wont find him trying to chase the devil for money, fame, for power, out of gri

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Artist: Mariah Carey Song: Triumphant (Get'Em) Get Em, Get Em, Get Em (Go) Hit Em, Hit Em, Hit Em (Go) Get Em, Get Em, Get Em (Go) Hit Em, Hit Em, Hit Em (Go) Get Em, Get Em, Get Em (Go) Hit Em, Hit Em, Hit Em (Go) They told me get em, I got em, I sw

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