EXPLORATIONS - Where Did the English Language Come From? This is Steve Ember. And this is Shirley Griffith with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we present the first of two programs about the history of the English Language. More p

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Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel海峡隧道 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音,然后回答以下问题。 Why was the first tunnel not completed? In 1858, a French engineer, Aime Tho

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The talk is of political and diplomatic negotiation but this looks ominously like the early deployment of an invading army. Heavy artillery, convoys of trucks bringing supplies and soldiers as many as 100,000, it's believed. As well as helicopter gu

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The Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will use today's front bench reshuffle to reward Coalition MPs who spoke out against emissions trading. It comes a week after Mr. Abbott won a leadership's bill over Malcolm Turnbull. Liberal Senate Leader Ni

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The government is pressing ahead with its emissions trading scheme, reintroducing legislation into parliament for a third time last night. Former Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull signaled hell vote for it. And the government is challenging other Co

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出兵十年后伊拉克战争在美不得人心 Public opinion surveys in 2011, at the end of U.S. military involvement in Iraq, revealed a majority of Americans felt the U.S. invasion there was a mistake. War casualties had a major role in shaping

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In 1930s, the northeast China was one of the most developed parts in the country. It produced a large amount of iron, steel and coal, and had an abundance of soy beans, which made the Japanese invaders lick their lips. Japan Tanaka Cabine Positive Po

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1. The Hawaiian Island of Kauai is bracing for several more days of rain. This's just days after a dam burst into reservoir killing up to 7 people; the state of emergency remains in effect on the rain

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: World War Two Continues with the D-Day Invasion in Normandy STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. (MUSIC) On June fifth, nineteen forty-f

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AS IT IS 2016-01-26 Refugees Storm British Ferry at French Port About 200 refugees attacked the French port of Calais on Saturday, and about 50 got on a passenger ferry. A spokeswoman for the ships operator confirmed the refugees gained entry to an o

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Iraq Invasion, Occupation Forged New US War Strategy It was a war that began in a conventional way. U.S. forces went against Iraqi forces with a clear objective: to bring down the government of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The long, drawn-out war tha

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has taken the opportunity to criticize those in Japan who would white-wash the history of Japanese aggression during its invasion of China. The President's comments have been made at a ceremony commemorating the start of

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says it was right to go to war in Iraq in 2003, but laments the loss of life and mistakes made. Mr. Brown testified for over four hours before a public inquiry panel about Britain's role in the conflict and its aft

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Protesters in several US cities held anti-war rallies Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, March 20th. More rallies are planned in coming days in other U.S. cities. Several thousand joined an anti-war protest in Lo

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October 30th, 1938A fictional invasion by Martians on the radio spooks Americans on Halloween Eve. As the live dramathe War of the Worlds starring Orson Welles airs on CBS, the play's fake news reports panic some listeners who think the Martian invas

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October 30th, 1938A fictional invasion by Martians on the radio spooks Americans on Halloween Eve. As the live dramathe War of the Worlds starring Orson Welles airs on CBS, the play's fake news reports panic some listeners who think the Martian invas

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迷你对话: A: The trouble is not that. It is that he may suddenly remember something I promised him a couple of weeks ago, out of a clear blue sky. Then he complains that I have gone back on my words. 麻烦不在这儿,而在于他突然出人意

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Nick: In Australia, theres a lot of snakes as well. Is there snakes in Guam? Cheryl: Yeah, theres plenty of snakes in Guam, one of which is very famous. Its the brown tree snake. Now the brown tree snake was brought over to Guam a long time ago in ca

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Topic1 Rating TricksThe hit reality show Dad, where are we going and talent show the Voice of China both declare themselves the top rated program recently. However, these two shows are both aired on Friday night. How is possible? Is one of them is ly

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President Donald Trump may have ended a battle over the federal budget, but he opened a door to a much bigger dispute when he declared a national emergency to build his border wall. Its a great thing to do, because we have an invasion of drugs, invas

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