7.Australia Records Highest Birth Rate in 9 Years Australia has recorded its highest annual birth rate in nine years, with indications that couples are encouraged by low unemployment and economic stability to have babies. Population figures from the

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 听美文故事记6级单词

Actor Jet Li has hit the headlines this week because he has broken the record for the highest salary earned by a Chinese film star. Chinas highest-earning star will receive 100m yuan (£6.5 million) for his latest movie, 'The Warlords (投名状)'.

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AS IT IS 2016-08-30 Deaths From Lightning Strikes in US at Highest Since 2010 美国死于雷击人数创2010年以来新高 Two people in the United States died over the weekend after they were struck by lightning. 本周,美国有两人被闪电击

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(八)月

Topic1-Does a World Heritage accolade make a difference Gulangyu Island in east China's Fujian Province, Kekexili National Nature Reserve and Wuyi Mountain in Jiangxi Province have recently joined the ranks of World Culture Heritage and Natural Herit

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文本: S: If you can break any bank, what do you care about the highest bidder? M: I don't, I just like to watch them all competing. Daddy loves me the best. Aren't ordinary people adorable? Well, you know, you've got John. I should get myself a

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(COLOMBO, Reuters) Four Sri Lankan men were arrested after trying to rape two women. (路透社科伦坡电)四名斯里兰卡之狼在试图强暴两位妇女之后遭到逮捕。 The men had dragged the two women into some trees by the road. 这四

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美国全国公共广播电台:一直以来男人选择自杀的几率都大于女人.如今,一群新的自杀高危人群出现了-那就是中年男人. 中年男性成为自杀高危人群 NPR News: Men have historically been more likely to commi

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 双语趣听精彩世界

今天要学的一个词组是:double standard。 Double standard是指双重标准。美国连锁商店沃尔马允许在中国的分店组织工会,却不允许在美国的商店组织工会。媒体报导的标题说:Critics claim double sta

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AS IT IS 2013-09-07 Are Smarthphones Ruining the Concert Experience?智能手机会毁掉音乐体验吗? Hello again and welcome to As It Is. Im June Simms in Washington. Pop star Madonna received the Top Touring Artist Award from Billboard Magazine

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary luxury: expensive abandon: to leave without taking someone or something expat: short for expatriate; a person who lives in a country that he/she is not a citizen of auction: a public sale where the highest bidder gets to buy

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Madonna Tops Highest Paid Entertainers List Madonna tops Forbes magazine's 2013 list of the highest-paid celebrities in the world. In total, the 14 celebrities making the top 10 earned more than $1 billion. Madonna certainly has reason to smile. With

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今天我们要学的词组是felony。 Felony的意思是重罪, 通常指谋杀, 盗窃财物等判刑一年以上的严重犯罪活动。 切尼付总统的前办公厅主任Lewis Libby被控在中情局特工身份泄密案的调查中撒谎。

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今天我们要学的词是hot button。 Hot button, 是热门、焦点。在美国加州进行的最新民意调查发现,支持同性婚姻的选民第一次占据了多数。 The results of the survey showed the highest level of support on the h

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In a new record, Beijings Environmental Protection Bureau has handed down the highest fine to a company for violating pollution standards. The utility boiler manufacturing company was fined after the citys new Air Pollution Prevention Regulation took

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《Yellow Submarine》一歌由Paul McCartney创作(署名为Lennon-McCartney),并以《Eleanor Rigby》作为A面发行双面单曲。单曲占据英国单曲榜冠军位置4周,在榜单上共停留13周,获得了Ivor Novello Award评选的

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Three of these nucleotides are also thought to be associated with sleep and sedation. A team of Spanish researchers collected breast milk over a twenty-four hour period from thirty healthy moms who had been breast-feeding for at least three months. T

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So every day when I practise, all I would like to do is work on staying low 所以每天当我训练的时候,我所专注要做的就是降低重心 Catch, turning and shooting 接球,转身并完成投篮 You guys didn't see that, but I made it

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听歌学英语: 爱你,正如雨中阳光 Sunshine In The Rain 《日不落》在蔡依林的歌声中散发的是一种蜜糖气息,其实有多少人知道这首歌翻唱自国外乐队BWO的Sunshine in the Rain(雨中阳光)。 Sunshine i

发表于:2019-03-04 / 阅读(124) / 评论(0) 分类 听歌学英语

Topics: Explaining TV show names; Mount McKinley and mountaineering; highest versus tallest; CEO versus CFO versus CIO Words: sitcom scrubs on the fringe widow weed trek mountaineering to climb peak route summit to stretch highest tallest CEO CFO CIO

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Todd: Hello! Heidi: Hi! Todd: Hi! What is your name? Heidi: My name is Heidi? Todd: Heidi! Where are you from? Heidi: I'm from the U.S. Todd: OK. Where are you from in the U.S? Heidi: From Connecticut. Todd: OK. Ah..tell us about Connecticut. Heidi:

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