ESL Podcast 1154 Visiting Historic Sites Mary: I think we should call it a day. Will: I think we still have time to visit one more historic site and this one is amazing. Theyve done a great job with preservation and restoration. Mary: Its not another

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年ESL之旅行交通购物

Historic Ferry Keeps Giving Passengers Enjoyable Rides WASHINGTON Ferries once were a vital means of transportation across rivers. On the Potomac River, which runs through the Washington region into the Chesapeake Bay on the U.S. East Coast, there on

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2013年(八月)

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember. This week, we go for a ride through the colorful history of Route 66, a road that has been called The Main Street of America. ((MUSIC: Ro

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 01 October 2007 South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun Tuesday made a historic walk across the heavily-fortified border with North Korea to attend a summit with Kim Jong Il. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, few details are kn

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As a former frontier mining camp, Tombstone, Arizona has faced its share of threats and calamities over the years, earning it a reputation as the town too tough to die. Now the southwestern community is dealing with an official warning from the U.S.

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 Bilingual News

Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is the difference between the words historic and historical. A listener, Denise, wants to know if she should say, We sell historic replicas or We sell historical replicas. Was an event a historic occasion or was it a h

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

THIS IS AMERICA - A New 'Old' Look for Historic Montpelier By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, July 25, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VO

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(147) / 评论(0) 分类 This is America

AS IT IS 2016-01-13 Terror Rips Open Historic Istanbul Square An explosion in the historic square of Sultanahmet in Istanbul left at least 10 people dead and wounded 15 others Tuesday. We heard a really big explosion. I didnt really understand what w

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(一)月

News reports are sometimes referred to as the first draft of history. But Russia has turned the adage on its head by creating news out of history. In a year filled with historic anniversaries, the Kremlin raised controversy in 2009 with claims of cer

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十二月)

The Wang-Koo meeting refers to a meeting held in Singapore in April 1993 between Wang Daohan, head of the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, and Koo Chen-fu, chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation. The m

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By Challiss McDonough The new Pan-African Parliament will open its second session Thursday in South Africa. It is the first time the all-African body will be meeting in its permanent host country. It

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(下)--新闻盘点

By Mil Arcega Washington 27 February 2008 Wheat futures shot up this week to near the all-time high ($11.6975 a bushel) as foreign buyers scrambled to lock in supplies. A combination of bad weather, increasing global demand and export slowdowns in wh

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An exhibition of historic Antarctic photographs opened at Canterbury museum in Christchurch today. Some of the photos were taken during Captain Scotts journey to the South Pole 100 years ago while the other photos were of Shackletons expedition from

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Historic Plantation Endures in Louisiana The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., owns 19 historic properties, including a beautiful site in the little town of New Iberia, Louisiana, in the hea

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MELBOURNE, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Defending champion and world No. 1 Novak Djokovic won his third Australian Open title after beating 10-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal of Spain 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5) and 7-5 in a historic final here Sunday evening.

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 05 November 2009 US Capitol, Washington DC The stage is set for a historic debate in the U.S. Congress on legislation crafted by majority Democrats to reform the U.S. health care system. The debate expected in a special

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十一月)

Eurozone launches ESM as historic milestone in shaping monetary union LUXEMBOURG, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The euro area on Monday launched its permanent bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), as a historic milestone in shaping the future of

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天我们要学的词是historic。 Historic, 历史性的。 A historic moment, 历史性时刻。美国总统大选尘埃落定,巴拉克.奥巴马当选,将成为美国历史上第一位黑人总统。 Obama won the historic election, 共和党

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今天我们要学的词是historic。 Historic, 历史性的。 A historic moment, 历史性时刻。美国总统大选尘埃落定,巴拉克.奥巴马当选,将成为美国历史上第一位黑人总统。 Obama won the historic election, 共和党

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US President Barack Obama will make an historic visit to Hiroshima during a trip to Japan this month. Obama will visit Hiroshima with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He will be the first US president to visit Hiroshima, the site of a US nuclear a

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