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Grace: excuse me, could you tell me which line Im supposed to stand in to buy bubble wrap and to post a package? Alexander: you can buy the bubble wrap here, but youll have to stand in line over here to post your paskage. G: thats a really long line.
A: Your assistant said that it was time to come in and sign my escrow papers. B: Dont be intimidated. There is a lot to sign, but I will explain everything to you very clearly. A: Do you need anything from me? B: All the papers have been drawn up, bu
A: Do I need to take any special safety precautions in this city? B: This is a very large city with a lot of crowds to work your way through. Keep in mind that poverty makes people a little more desperate. A: What should I watch out for? B: You have
International Migrants Day takes place on the 18th of December every year. It is on this date because this is when, in 1990, the United Nations adopted an international convention called the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members
By Brian Padden Paris 20 June 2007 The 47th International Paris Air Show is running this week. It is a showcase of aviation and aerospace technology. And as VOA's Brian Padden reports, this is big, big business with more than 2,000 exhibitors from 42
Technology Report - Bigger Ships, So a Bigger Panama Canal This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. The Panama Canal opened almost one hundred years ago. More than one million ships have passed through the waterway since nineteen fourteen.
Martin: Hey Tom, where've you been lately? Tom: Oh, I've been doing loads of job interviews. You know I'm graduating soon. I've just got to work out what to do next. I'm torn between a big company and a small company. Martin: Really? Personally I wou
Todd: OK. Hello! Kevin: Hi! How you doing? Todd: I'm doing pretty good. Kevin: Good. Todd: What's your name? Kevin: My name is Kevin. Todd: Kevin. And where are you from? Kevin: I'm from Phoenix, Arizona. Todd: OK. Nice. Kevin: In the United States.
A quarter of a million wildebeest will die in their yearly odyssey. In the sun burnt Serengeti, hunger keeps the wildebeests thundering northward, following the rain. A collective intelligence keeps the herd on track, neighbor leading neighbor, along
For the delicate monarch, it may as well be a trip to the moon. And yet somehow they do it, their tiny bodies attuned to a seasonal sundial and resonating to the invisible signature of the earth's core--its magnetic field. Around the planet, animals,
Then the brilliant masses take to the wing, heading to a place they've never been. Their only map, imprinted on their genes. A mysterious interplay of sun on eyes and antennae, an uncanny sense of magnetic north guides the way. It will take five mont
Ravenous triggerfish seize the luckless, an unceremonious end to an epic quest. For the surviving males, the odyssey has just begun. The females will arrive within days, urged on by celestial forces demanding they reach the males and the sea in time.
Only the fit and the lucky will inherit the relay race of their lives. It is a race that is increasingly endangered like many of the world's great migrations. Climate change disrupts weather patterns and exploding human populations encroach on their
On Christmas Island, a different kind of home-coming preparation has begun. The males, though exhausted by their long pilgrimage, are readying snug burrows before the demanding females arrive in search of nursery-ready homes. Having dipped in the oce
Soon there may be violence as males joust to win female affections. But for now, everyone enjoys a touching reunion. The calf, out of his depth among these goliaths, returns to the mentoring eye of his mother. He may not leave her for another 10 year
But there is desperation here for the crocs well. Eat well now, and they may survive leaner times for months even a year. It's easy to forget that death is as vital to the herd as life. The young emerge from this brutal baptism stronger and wiser. Ba
Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded On the eve of the Nobel Prize announcements, the Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded at Harvard, for studies into knuckle-cracking and other vital medical and scientific research. Karen Hopkin retorts When there are Nobel prizes ther
My friend Sabrina and I decided to go out dancing last weekend. We went to a club called the Fine Line and when we got there, there was long line outside. That's one thing I hate about L.A. clubs. The hottest ones have long lines and it's hard to get
Craig David 现为白金销量歌手的Craig David出生于英国南安普敦,童年时已发挥出其音乐才华。十五岁时,年纪轻轻的Craig David受到母亲的鼓励下,参加了作曲比赛。他只用了两天时间来完成的参赛歌曲I'm Ready,更令他在比赛中脱颖而出。胜出比赛除了令他的作品被流行乐
Todd: So, greg you were saying you had brothers and they always picked on you like all older brothers do. Do you have any stories about your brothers used to do to you? Greg: Ah, yes, you know I think back on some of the crazy fights we had and it is