In the U.S.A. people celebrate the birthday of their first president, George Washington. They dont always celebrate on his birth date, which is February 22, because if it falls on a weekend, people dont get the day off. So, on the third Monday in Feb

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 英语课程学习计划和讲义

北京奥运28大项 参与,竞争,分享,进步 Badminton 羽毛球 Badminton was contested as a demonstration sport during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. It debuted as a full medal sport in 1992 at Barcelona. Men and women compete at the Olympics in both sin

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MARIO RITTER: Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Mario Ritter. This week on our program, we take a look at some scary movies, just in time for Halloween... We also answer a question about the Kennedy Center, in Washington..

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(十)月

A gift of friendship from Japan nearly a century ago is in full bloom here in Washington. This time each year, thousands of cherry trees display white and pink flowers throughout the city, and prominently around the Tidal Basin near the Washington Mo

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A: How are you? B: Im great. Thank you for asking. A: What can I do for you? B: Do I owe any fees? A: You sure do. B: Could you tell me how much I owe? A: You owe $235.13 in fees. B: I cant believe that. A: When will you be paying these fees off? B:

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文本: I should remind you that there are plentyof young girls who will be glad of a position in this house. -And when I hand in my notice, I shall behappy to think one of them will be taking my place. -What makes you think we'll wait till then? -

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文本: -She wants to keep it private, not secret. There's a difference. -I've done nothing to be ashamed of. I've bought a typewriter and I've taken a postal course in shorthand. I'm not aware that either of these actions is illegal. -Will you tel

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George wore a pair of blue shorts around the house. They were old, faded, and ugly, but they were comfortable. And when you are at home, you want to be comfortable. It wouldn't be called Home, Sweet Home if you didn't feel comfortable there. But when

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(316) / 评论(0) 分类 365个英语简短小故事

Milton Berle was Mister Television to the Millions of Americans Who Watched Him VOICE ONE: I'm Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: Milton Berle And I'm Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell the story of Milton Ber

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Science on View and Not at the Museum of Natural History in Washington DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our show, we play new music from Gillian Welch and we ans

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A Washington Gym Combines Politics and Exercise Not many people can say they have punched the president. But at the Washington Sports Club in Alexandria, Virginia, participants get their shot at Barack Obama - and his rival Mitt Romney. Its just one

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Archeologists in Frederick, Maryland are digging up the past, trying to piece together what the lives of slaves might have been like. French refugee farmers from Haiti kept slaves there in the early 1800s, and the National Park Service says the large

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JONATHAN COULTON: From NPR and WNYC, coming to you from a studio in a skyscraper in midtown Manhattan, it's NPR's hour of puzzles, word games and trivia, ASK ME ANOTHER. I'm Jonathan Coulton. Now, here's your host, Ophira Eisenberg. OPHIRA EISENBERG,

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年NPR美国国家公共电台12月

Connie Britton: TV Mothers' Day play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0009:23repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. JONATHAN COULTON: This i

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Upper-Intermediate - Live from Washington (D0034) A: This is Madeline Wright, for BCC News reporting live from Washington D. C. where, very shortly,the new President will deliver his inaugural address.Just moments ago, the President was sworn-in to o

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 纯正地道美语

文本: -Mr Drake, your heart is not functioning properly and, as a result, your pericardial sac is full of fluid. I am proposing first to withdraw the fluid, and then to inject theadrenaline to stimulate the heart and restore normal activity . -Is

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文本: -You don't have to worry. She may be president, but I'mthe patron, so you're quite safe with me. Please. -My mother was right, then? The man's life was saved? -Well, I-- I like to think that we were both right, but I'm not sure LadyGrantham

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原文: 原文欣赏: -Aboutyour scheme for restoring the estate cottages... You don't mind my interfering? -My dear fellow, I brought you here to interfere. In fact, why don't you stayfor dinner and we'll talk about it? We'll send down to Molesl

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文本: -Well, we can improve on that. He must come here. He can send the horses up early if he wants. -He'll know why you're asking him. -I can't think what you mean. His mother's a friend of mine; she'll be pleased at the idea. -Not very pleased.

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文本: Is Her Ladyship awake? Yes, Milord. I'm just going to take in her breakfast. Thank you. May I come in? Isn't this terrible? When you think how excited Lucy Rothfuss was at the prospect. It's too awful for any words. Did J.J. Aster get off?

发表于:2019-02-27 / 阅读(184) / 评论(0) 分类 跟着英剧练发音