Israel says it will not halt its air offensive in the Gaza Strip until rocket attacks into southern Israel have been neutralized. Israel's UN ambassador Gabriela Shalev says Hamas left Israel with no choice but to take military action to stop the at

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 2008年NPR美国国家公共电台12月

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Liz Waid. Voice 2 And Im Rena Dam. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 I am encouraged by what people do in

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 环球英语 Spotlight

Magnifying glass, calipers, teeny tiny tape measure, these are the weapons with which researchers are fighting it out to find the world's smallest frog. One team just announced the discovery of the unaverage 7.7 millimeter p* which can sit comfortabl

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世贸成员国WTO membership A: Xiao Jin, could I ask you some questions about membership of the WTO? 小金,我能向您提几个有关WTO的成员国的问题吗? B: Yes, please. 可以,请吧。 A: Do you know how many countries belong to i

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 外贸英语一点通

How Did Thanksgiving 'Turkey' Get Its Name? The U.S. Thanksgiving holiday is symbolized by its traditional food, a large bird we call a turkey. But turkey is certainly not from Turkey. In fact, its English name is based on one big mistake. We could s

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

Our story today is called Pigs is Pigs. It was written by Ellis Parker Butler. Mike Flannery, the agent of the Interurban Express Company, leaned over the desk in the company's office in Westcote and shook his fist. Mr. Morehouse, angry and red, stoo

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(296) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(三)月

The recent legislative and municipal elections in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea were a chance for the government there to live up to the goal of widening the country's democratic space; a goal that was the focus of Equatorial Guinea's celebrated

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Pigs Is Pigs by Ellis Parker Butler 英语短篇小说:艾利斯帕克巴特勒《猪就是猪》 Our story today is called Pigs is Pigs. It was written by Ellis Parker Butler. Mike Flannery, the agent of the Interurban Express Company, leaned over t

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(九)月

AS IT IS 2015-03-05 China's Aid to South Pacific Rises 中国增加对南太平洋国家援助 A new report says China has provided South Pacific countries with financial assistance worth more than a billion dollars in 10 years. The Lowy Institute fo

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AS IT IS 2016-05-04 Piracy, Kidnapping Increase in West Africas Gulf of Guinea 西非几内亚湾抢劫和绑架案件数量上升 Pirates have been active in the waters of West Africas Gulf of Guinea for many years. West Africa has some of the world

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Guinea Bissau Looks to Power Transfer After Presidents Death Recently strengthened relations between Guinea Bissaus Prime Minister and the military should help the country transition to new leadership after the death of President Malam Bacai Sanha wa

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陈豪是个勤快的年轻人,ABC美国公司的总裁很喜欢他, 正在逐渐给他增加一些任务.陈豪也很机灵,凡是没有把握的事都去请教美籍华人Mary. (Office ambience) M:陈豪,你好象很激动,What happened? C:啊呀,我

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

文本: Whoever tipped me in Monopoly money can go directly to jail. A dollar? Fake money and they're still under-tipping. Oh, look. I love it when people dress Guinea pigs up in adorable costumes. Han, you look like Babe Ruth. Well, baby Ruth.

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In a scientific triumph that will change the way the world fights a killer, an experimental Ebola vaccine tested on humans in the waning days of the West African epidemic has been shown to provide 100 percent protection against the lethal disease. 在西

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A 59-member Chinese team has arrived in Sierra Leone as China says it will continue to do its part to contain Ebola. The team will be based at the Sierra Leone-China Friendship Hospital, some 30 kilometers east of the capital city of Freetown. They w

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Test case in Africa [20] This week, MPRI expects to get government approval to go into Equatorial Guinea, an agreement that illustrates the questions some critics have with a so-called privatization o

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(125) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

The World Health Organization has announced the establishment of a new fund to deal with future pandemics. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan says the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has taught them a valuable lesson. With the support of Member States,

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The spread of Ebola 埃博拉的扩展 Bridges or walls 疏通还是围堵 A panicky response in the West may worsen conditions in west Africa 西方国家担心西非的疫情会进一步恶化 THE death toll from Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

It is 50 years since the first breast enlargement using silicone implants. Today it rates as the second-most popular form of cosmetic surgery worldwide, undergone by 1.5 million women in 2010. It is just behind liposuction in popularity. It was sprin

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力精选进阶版

I'm Bear Grylls.I'm gonna show you what it takes to get out alive from some of the most dangerous places on earth. 我是贝尔格里尔斯 我将向您展示 如何从地球上 最危险的地带 逃出生天 I've got to make it through a week of ch

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