[00:01.20]Deciding to Live [00:04.27]I believe I am a climber. Three years ago, [00:09.29]a series of medical and personal crises took what was a clinical depression [00:14.43]and made it something much darker. [00:16.95]I thought of it as fallingas

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(129) / 评论(0) 分类 英语专业晨读美文

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Haiti holds elections on Sunday for a new president and National Assembly. The nation has struggled with damage from the January earthquake -- and now a deadly outbreak of cholera. This election is seen as

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

Greg Flakus The Iowa caucuses held on Monday produced a big win for Massachusetts Senator John Kerry in the race for the Democratic party presidential nomination. Many analysts, however, say the real

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(上)--美国大选

Senior African finance officials say per capita income in Africa fell for the first time in a decade because of the global economic recession. But during a meeting in Malawi they also noted that the economic rebound had improved growth prospects for

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(三月)

看过Gossip Girl的朋友是否还记得第一季第十集里舞会上唱歌的那两个女生,那就是The Pierces,而唱的其中一首就是Secret。这首歌讲的是好友Serena和Blair互相讲述秘密的事,仔细一想,其实我们和亲密的好友之间都有过这种secret的约定。而这首歌用了轻松调皮的节奏来怀

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Studies Link Bee Decline to Insecticide Billion-dollar bees Bees pollinate the flowers that become fruits, nuts and vegetables. The work these insects do is worth about $18 billion a year to U.S. farmers. But honeybee colonies in the United States ha

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(三月)

Secret Monitoring Clouds 9/11 Proceedings It was a bizarre twist in a case that has dragged on for years after the September 11 attacks in the effort to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other accused co-conspirators to justice. Prosecutors were

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(二月)

A: Your office called and left a message that several offers had come in on our home. B: Yes, we received three offers in one day for your home! A: Were the offers for a good price? B: One offer was for the full asking price, one slightly below, and

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A: I received your e-mail about the many purchase offers for my house. B: It has been quite a busy day regarding your home. We just received three offers! A: Did the potential buyers offer a good price? B: There were offers above and below your askin

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A: My friend said that you had called regarding multiple offers for my home. B: The Open House was quite a success. Last night we received three offers on your home! A: I am anxious to hear how good an offer we received! B: Offers above and below the

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1. Excuse me. Is there a grocery store around here? Yeah. There's one right across the street. 2. Can you tell me how to get to Phoenix? Sorry. I don't live around here. 3. Where's Tanner's Leather Shop? It's on the corner of Holly and Vine. Next to

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A: Can I collect unemployment benefits? B: Are you still working? A: My employer cut back on my hours. B: If you got laid off or are working a lot fewer hours, you may qualify. A: Do I definitely get to collect unemployment? B: Not all jobs pay into

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Economics Report - Germany, France Seek 'True European Economic Government' 经济报道 - 德法提议建立欧元区经济政府以加强经济治理和预算税收合作 This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(163) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(八)月

FAO: Food Prices Fell Sharply in December International food prices fell sharply in December. However, a U.N. agency says overall prices remained high in 2011. The Food and Agriculture Organization also says that price trends are uncertain for 2012.

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Secret Life of Egyptian Pigs A city of 18 million people produces a lot of trash. Much of Cairo's ends up in a Coptic Christian enclave called Garbage City, where people recycle just about everything. Lately, they are getting help from a secret sourc

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(五月)

Maria and Lisa were best friends. They shared a two-bedroom apartment in Hollywood. Maria was a clerk at a clothing store, and Lisa was a clerk at a supermarket. Their hours varied, so they didnt get to spend a whole lot of time together. But last we

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 365个英语简短小故事

PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Louis Khan Helped Define Modern Architecture By Dana Demange Broadcast: Sunday, August 21, 2005 VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein with the VOA Special En

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(149) / 评论(0) 分类 People in America

By Nick Simeone Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is holding firm to his plans for the country's first free elections to happen in January. But U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan says he doubts

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(下)--新闻盘点

Australia's top climate adviser has unveiled the likely costs of an emissions trading program. Professor Ross Garnaut has proposed cautious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and recommends that Australia's total emissions should to be c

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(九月)

Agriculture Report - Tomato's Genetic Secrets Are Peeled Away This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Scientists have made a genetic map of the tomato. Tomatoes are second only to potatoes as the world's most valuable vegetable crop. Eigh

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