While the scale and reach of our business has changed during the past 60 years, our commitment hasn't. The challenge is to continue to shape the impact of corporations as a constructive force, using our heritage and our actions as tools for doing so.

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 林超伦实战口译练习笔记

It's Time for New Orleans Jazz Fest The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is back for its 42nd season (4/29-5/1 and 5/5-5/8), and the word is come early and stay late. The good news is Jazz Fest 2011 is not sold out. Matter of fact, Jazz Fest ne

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(四月)

Over centuries, the Irish built a rich heritage of castles and monuments, using an abundance of local stone. Now many of the structures are damaged. The stone is decaying. Thanks in part to Irelands notoriously damp weather, these sites are in danger

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2010年

富士山开通免费Wi-fi Japan's snow-covered Mount Fuji is one of the most famous mountains in the world. Nearly 300,000 people climb to the top of the 3,776-meter mountain every year. Now they can tweet about their experience or post pictures on

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This monument to Islamic heritage is getting a new lease on life. The Bou Inania Medersa or Koranic school was once an architectural jewel of the medieval city of Fes. But centuries of neglect have taken a toll. Restorers are cleaning layers of white

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African-American Pioneers Helped Shape America’s Midwest 美国黑人先驱者创建了美国中西部文化 A group of African-American cowboys on horseback is a rare sight in the central agricultu

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(下)--文化教育动态

Sports in America represent the international heritage of the people who play. Many sports were imported from other countries. European immigrants brought tennis, golf, bowling and boxing to America.

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 奥运英语

Is there a distinctive Kenyan look? Perhaps not yet. A country-wide competition held six years ago to come up with a Kenyan national dress failed to take off. But in Kenya's burgeoning fashion industry, designers are increasingly drawing upon their h

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HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week on our program, we tell about a new set of Beatles CDs and a video game based on the British rock band ... And we visit the undersea world while staying on

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(九)月

STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about recent efforts by the United Nations to honor and protect different cultural traditions from around the world. U.N. experts meeting in Nairobi, Kenya recent

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AS IT IS 2015-03-07 Trail Rides Kick off Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo 休斯顿牛仔竞技节和牲畜展 The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the largest event of its kind in the world. The yearly event features horse and bull riders from al

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The Crooked Road generally begins in Rocky Mount, where a restored train station is the town's Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center. The tiny mountain town of Floyd, Virginia has one traffic light. Only 500 people live here year-round. But there's

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(七)月

Top 5 Countdown for Week Ending Jan. 18 Were looking at the five most popular songs in the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, for the week ending January 18, 2014. This week, three of our songs change places - thats major movement compared with the

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But today, more and more British people are visiting China to see for themselves the new dynamism of great cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. We are re-discovering China's incomparably rich cultural heritage, as well as its immense economic

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 林超伦实战口译练习笔记

Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Liz Waid. Voice 2 And Im David Bast. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 You write, and we answer! Its time f

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 环球英语 Spotlight

Kara: So, Lupe, in your family setting, when you guys are having family get-togethers, you have a large family, do you normally speak English or Spanish or is it a mix, or how does it all work out at a party? Lupe: It's definitely a big mix, and as s

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

Ladies and Gentleman! Step right this way please. Big ones at the back; little ones at the front. Come in close please ladies and gentleman. I'm going to show you something you'll remember for the rest of your lives. That's close enough there Andrea:

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Todd: So, Tres, can I ask you some questions about your hair? Tres: Sure, go ahead. Todd: So you have dreadlocks. How long have you had dreadlocks? Tres: I've had dreadlocks ever since I was in high school, so I would say over ten years. Todd: And ho

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

Coffee, computers and piston engines - could we imagine a world without them? These are intricate parts of every day life for most of us and the knowledge that led to them was either invented by or passed down through the ancient Muslim world. That's

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(二月)

By CCTV reporter Wu Guoxiu Chinas Zhusuan or the knowledge and practice of arithmetic calculation using an abacus, has been nominated by UNSECO for competition to be listed as World Intangible Cultural Heritage. The final result will be announced ear

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