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

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(三月)

The Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, falls on Feb. 10th this year. Hundreds of millions of people will embark on a journey for family reunion, putting huge pressure on the country's transportation networks. Among them, the railways will hand

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People from all walks of life in Sweden turn out every year to take part in the kite event, which continues to grow in popularity every year. [Photo: China Plus/Chen Xuefei] Over a thousand people have come together in Stockholm, Sweden to take part

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Official data shows China see robust sales during the week-long Chinese New Year holiday. Tourists visit the Ruins of St. Pauls during the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday or Spring Festival in Macau, China, 10 February 2016. [Photo: IC] Tourists visit

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An art exhibition detailing how people in ancient China celebrated the traditional Lantern Festival is now being held at the Minsheng Art Museum in Beijing. Exhibits include calligraphy, paintings, sculptures and live performances. Chinese artist Qiu

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A group of orphans were invited to the Chinese embassy in Zimbabwe to share the happiness of traditional Chinese New Year and Spring Festival celebrations. CRI's correspondent in southern Africa, Gao Junya, brings us the story. At an open house event

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Benny, are you playing with that again? Twelve-year-old Jessie Alden stood watching her six-year-old brother. Benny held a ukulelea very small guitar with four strings. His fingers were struggling to get some sound out of it. I cant seem to make itwo

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 109 The Rock N Roll Mystery

People joke that no one in Los Angeles reads; everyone watches TV, rents videos, or goes to the movies. The most popular reading material is comic books, movie magazines, and TV guides. City libraries have only 10 percent of the traffic that car wash

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EXPLORATIONS – May 29, 2002: Silk Road Folklife Festival By Marilyn Christiano VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, EXPLORATION

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 Explorations

By Doug Levine Washington 21 September 2007 One of the world's longest-running jazz festivals celebrates a milestone anniversary this month (9/21-9/23) with a lineup of jazz stars that's likely to draw a record-breaking attendance. VOA's Doug Levine

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'Slum Film Festival' Showcases Urban Stories The festival is a community-based event, featuring films by and about people living in urban slums, screened in the open air. The event allows filmmakers to show their work to residents of the areas where

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N. Korean Film Screened at S. Korean Festival The festival is Asia's largest and features movies from across the continent and beyond. This year that included a film from North Korea. Comrade Kim Goes Flying is a romantic comedy about a young coal mi

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Canada steals the spotlight from Hollywood for 10 days every September when stars, filmmakers and audiences gather for the Toronto International Film Festival. This year's 35th annual film showcase concludes on Sunday. As a major film production cent

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Festival Brings Musicians and Fans to Austin, Texas AUSTIN, TEX. Austin, Texas is known as the Live Music Capital of the World, and that reputation is enhanced each year during the South by Southwest Festival. The event, which started in 1987, has gr

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元宵节最不能错过的当然就是各式的花灯了。这回花灯可真不少,而且好多花灯外面还写了字,那是什么呢? Listen Read Learn Laura: Wow, there are so many lanterns to appreciate. Now, I can see why it's called the Lantern Festival. It deserves its name. Shirl

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AMERICAN MOSAIC -July 5, 2002: Folklife Festival -Silk Road 03 Jul 2002, 19:07 UTC (Smithsonian photo -Kimberly Freeman) HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC — VOA’s radio magazine in Special English.

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Women in Jazz Festival Features Lundy, Carrington Lundy was introduced to the piano at age six, sang in her church choir, and studied opera at the University of Miami before embarking on a career as a jazz vocalist. She is also an accomplished compos

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Clinton Calls for Reflection on US Ideals During July 4 Independence Day Holiday More than a million people are gathering in Washington ahead of Sunday's Independence Day festivities as well as for the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the Nati

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Disney veteran Tony Bancroft's animation film Magical Circus: Animal Crackers will be released on Saturday. The Sino-US co-production is one of the films nominated for Best Animation at the Golden Goblet Awards during the Shanghai International Film

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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization art festival has opened in Beijing. The festival, hosted by China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, opened together with a folk music concert at Beijing Poly Theater to celebrate the organization's upcoming summ

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