图片1 Buying a home can be a very different process depending on where in the world you would like to buy one. Find out about buying one in Canada is like! Harp talks about buying a home in this episode, and discusses types of homes and how to pay

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

What's been happening in Ireland is quite interesting because five, ten years ago, Ireland was seen as the poster child economy of the European Union, have grown very fast, has attracted a lot of eminent investment, (it was) called the Celtic tiger,

发表于:2018-12-11 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 访谈录2010

This episode were talking about moments that people usually dont like to talk about their embarrassing ones! We go over some things that embarrass most people, like flying low. Then we discuss how people react to the moments, like turning red or brus

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

Heres another Catch Word episode! This one focuses on expressions with the word scratch . We look at to start from scratch , to scratch the surface , and to make something from scratch . Scratch in these expressions talks about starting at the beginn

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 There are so many different kinds of conversation to have! Small talk is the simple kind of conversation that people often have with others that they dont know very well. In this episode, we give examples of what you can talk about to break t

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 Our eating habits around the world are so different, from the food to eat, to the time we eat, to what we eat. But no matter where you are or where youre from, you snack! In this episode Maura and Harp talk about popular snack habits in Canad

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 Are you working right now? Are you thinking about coming to Canada to work? Are you going to working one day? I think thats about everybody! Listen to this episode to find out about working in Canada. Harp and Maura talk about what it is like

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 Happy Holidays wherever you are! This year we asked what people wanted to know about the holiday season in Canada and we got some questions! In this episode, Harp and Maura answer these questions, talking about clementines and whether Christm

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

By Mandy Clark Dublin 08 January 2008 Ireland's economic miracle of the 1990s transformed one of Europe's poorer countries into one of its wealthiest. But, that transformation has brought with it change and the Irish are having to cope with an influx

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(一月)

Finance ministers from the 16-member zone that shares the euro currency are meeting Tuesday in Brussels to figure out how to help debt-strapped Ireland, and avoid chances Dublin's fiscal problems will spread elsewhere. Earlier this year, the Europe U

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(十一)月

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. March seventeenth is Saint Patrick's Day, a time to celebrate Irish culture. The Census Bureau says that in two thousand seven, thirt

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(三)月

Pope Benedict XVI waves to faithful during his weekly general audience at St. Peter's square at The Vatican, 17 Mar 2010 Pope Benedict has written to Catholics in Ireland to apologize for the sexual abuses carried out by the clergy in that country ov

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(三月)

MaverickCop,FBIAgentTeamUptoSolveIrishMurderin'TheGuard' The cops-and-robbers genre gets an Irish twist in a new film by writer-director John Michael McDonagh. Irish actor Brendan Gleeson co-stars with American Don Cheadle in this story set in the wi

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(九月)

Colm O'Riain is an Irish violinist. Pireeni Sundaralingam is a Sri Lankan Tamil poet. They're married and have created a unique music that sounds out their common experience of exile and immigration. Perhaps the best way to introduce the marital and

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(三月)

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: If you're looking to settle in for a long, meaty read as the days get shorter, the new novel The World Of Tomorrow is the sprawling story of three Irish brothers and their adventures in an America on the cusp of World War I

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台9月

图片1 In honour of Harp and Mauras birthdays we decided to do a podcast about birthdays! In this episode, we talk about birthday parties (mostly for kids and teenagers) and what activities are a usually part of them. We also talk about the special

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客-北美风情

图片1 Happy Valentines Day! In this episode we are talking about the phenomenon of falling in love at first sight. Actually Robin and Harp are continuing their conversation from last episode and Maura explains some of the expressions they use. Youl

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Full coverage: 6.5-Magnitude Quake Hits Southwest China's Yunnan Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for intensified rescue efforts, saying life is the most important thing. The President also stressed efforts to relocate people, and handle relie

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 CCTV9英语新闻2014年08月

By Selah Hennessy London 02 October 2009 A voter casts their vote in north Dublin, 02 Oct 2009 Irish voters headed to the polls Friday to decide on a referendum on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty. Observers say turn-out has been slow on a vote th

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十月)

Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern says he will resign on May 6, because of growing pressure on him from a tribunal probing alleged financial irregularities. 爱尔兰总理埃亨说,他将于5月6号辞职,因为一家特别法庭调查他有关财

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年4月