Work and Pleasure To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real. It is no use starting late in life to say: I will take an interest in this or that. Such an attempt only aggravates the

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(146) / 评论(0) 分类 王强英语美文

Matthew: Hi, everybody. My name's Matthew White and I'm here interviewing Mary Birch-Harmon, who we lovingly call MB. MB, we know you go on lots of trips for Habitat For Humanity. Could you please explain exactly what is Habitat? MB: Sure. Habitat Fo

发表于:2019-01-04 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

1.It's been hail ed as a major announcement regarding US policy in Iraq. But President Bush isn't giving any hints about the plan he is working on. He welcomed Iraq's vice president to the White House

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(113) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2006

Farmer Jamie Butler is testing a new worker on his farm in Englands Hampshire countryside. Butler hopes the new worker will help the 180-hectare farm produce more wheat and not harm the environment. The laborer does not say a thing while inspecting B

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

It was 10 p.m. Fritz said good night to his wife. She was watching TV. He went to bed. Tomorrow was a big day. It was his last day of work. Thirty years with the federal government. Thirty years of flying out of town for weeks on end. Thirty years of

发表于:2019-01-10 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 365个英语简短小故事

VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: Union members and their supporters march during a Labor Day parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2007 And I'm Barbara Klein. Most of the world observes Labo

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Adults drink tea as a child laborer works in Bangalore, India, last June. A new report estimates the cost of forced labor. Millions of workers worldwide are denied more than twenty billion dollars

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VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. Most of the world observes Labor Day on May first. But the United States has its workers holiday on the first Monday in September. Today

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(91) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(九)月

Although Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party seems to have accepted, in public at least, that elections are not possible before year end, many new black farmers north of the capital were told Tuesday by senior army personnel there would

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May Day Rallies Held Around the World A May Day labor union strike in Greece has disrupted ferry service to the Greek islands and public transportation in Athens where demonstrators are protesting against prolonged economic austerity policies. Worker

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(五月)

Through the hushed air the whitening shower descends, 万籁俱寂,飘落迷蒙的漫天碎雪, At first thin wavering; till at last the flakes fall broad and wide and fast, dimming the day, with a continual flow. 霓裳起舞,化作羽毛的柔软

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 美国语文第五册

主餐一道:泛听练习 以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,掌握

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This partially submerged palm tree is a stark(鲜明的) reminder that climate change is bringing real changes to the world's landscape. The vanishing Indian island of Ghoramara is part of Sundarbans, the world's largest delta, which straddles(横跨

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2009年

I wanna ask you what part of the country you come from. I was raised in Canada. Guess where it is? I know where Canada is. I've been there myself. You are a travelling slave. Solomon Northup is an expert player of violin. I was born a free man, lived

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Afghanistan 10 Years Later Afghans are expressing a mixture of disappointment and uncertainty about their future, as they mark the anniversary of the start of the Afghan war. The United States launched its military campaign in Afghanistan, shortly af

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十月)

Don't be afraid, said the stranger; this is not Mr. Toil, the schoolmaster, but a brother of his, who was bred a farmer. 不要害怕,陌生人说,这不是特劳校长,而是他的一个当农民的兄弟。 He won't trouble you, unless you be

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 美国语文第四册

Todd: So CleAnn, youre from Trinidad and Tobago and you were saying that your country has a very diverse multicultural mix? CleAnn: Yes. Todd: Can you talk about that? CleAnn: Oh sure. Trinidad and Tobago mostly were made up of people from Africa (Af

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语趣味课堂

今天我们要学的词是,downturn。Downturn, 是衰退和下降的意思。日本最大的汽车制造商丰田汽车公司星期二警告说,国内需求可能会出现急剧下降, Toyota warned on Tuesday that there will be a sharp downt

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

Topic1 Most seniors in Beijing exclude in-laws from willsNearly 7,000 elderly citizens in Beijing have registered their last wills and testaments at a welfare center since last March. According to the China Will Register Center, nearly all of them ex

发表于:2019-02-22 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议

Topic1-Child Laborer Dies in S. China Factory The sudden death of a 14-year-old boy working in a factory in Foshan, Guangdong Province, has brought our attention towards child labor. How should we avoid such tragedies from happening again? Topic2-Goo

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