SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Sports Doping: From the Playing Field to the Laboratory From VOA Learning English, this is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in Special English. Im Mario Ritter. And Im June Simms. Today, we report on sports doping -- the use of drugs or othe

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(三)月

'Play Lady' Encourages Everyone to Play On a recent Sunday afternoon, a street in a neighborhood outside Washington has been closed to traffic and transformed into a playground. Children and adults of all ages came outside. That is my exercise. It is

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US-China Competition Plays Out in Tanzania Its always a hard days work at the Kivukoni fish market in Dar es Salaam. This place was once the center of business and trade in the city by the sea. But that has all changed. Tanzanias economy has a 7% gro

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(七月)

今天我们要讲的习惯用语都包括table这个词。它最普通的意思是桌子。第一个习惯用语是: lay all your cards on the table。Lay可以解释放、搁;cards是纸牌,所以从字面意思来解释,lay all your cards on

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By Jim Stevenson Cleveland, Ohio 15 June 2007 Chinese team The U.S. Women's national soccer team is kicking off a two week series of games before heading to China for the Women's World Cup. VOA's Jim Stevenson reports the United States begins the so-

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The Sri Lankan government has turned down a truce offered by Tamil Tiger rebels as the military presses on with an offensive to capture a key rebel stronghold. From New Delhi, Anjana Pasricha reports the government hopes to crush the rebels, who hav

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'Identity Politics' Play a Role in US Elections While many voters would say they cast their ballots on the basis of where the candidates stand on key issues, some of them are swayed by a candidates coloror ethnicityor other factors. And that's called

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China Plays Bigger Diplomatic Role in Sudan Conflict Most of the recent fighting between Sudan and South Sudan ended when Sudanese troops recaptured the key oil town of Heglig. But the dispute over oil revenue remains, with South Sudan stopping crude

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Turkey Playing Increasing Role in Iraq The U.S. secretary of defense is visiting NATO ally Turkey. He arrived in the Turkish capital, Ankara, after attending a withdrawal ceremony Thursday in Bagdad of American troops all of whom are due to leave by

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New Player Shakes Up Ukraine Before Sunday Vote Vitaly Klitschko stands two meters tall and punches so hard they call him Dr. Ironfist. Now the World Boxing Council's reigning heavyweight champion is fighting a new battle, Ukraine's parliamentary ele

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Remembering Iconic Sitar Player Ravi Shankar World-renowned sitar player Ravi Shankar, one of the greatest ambassadors of Indian music, has died in San Diego, near his Southern California home. He was 92 years old. Shankar, a master of the sitar, a m

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Effort Under Way to Expand US Parks, Playgrounds At the Environmental Charter Middle School in the Los Angeles community of Gardena, several hundred volunteers are building a play area, sanding down benches, putting up swings and slides, and adding a

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Lesson 44 Lay 1.We've got no time to lay back. 2.I won't lay a finger on them. 3.Let me lay it on the line. 4.Let's lay our cards on the table. 5.The flu laid me up for tree days. 6.The monitor's been laying for you. 7.Lay off the sarcastic remarks,O

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Somewhere near its heart, the Middle East conflict is a fight over history. Each side has a story to tell about who was first on the land, and each competing view of history becomes part of the argument over who should rule it no

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MADRID, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona suffered another setback on Thursday as midfielder Ibrahima Affelay injured his knee in training. The Dutch international was taken for tests where it was confirmed he has broken the cruciate ligament in his

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My wife was out of town on business and our nanny was sick, so I took the day off from work to take care of our two kids: Livia, who is two, and Augustus, who is three and a half. I thought that going to the playground would be a good thing to do, bu

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今天我们要学的词是playbook。 Playbook, 原指美式足球里主教练编写的内容保密的战略战术手册。He knows the playbook from inside out, 他把战术手册背得滚瓜烂熟。Rookies get a playbook the size of a dictionary,

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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Silver Linings Playbook finished as the biggest winner at the 28th Independent Spirit Awards held in Santa Monica, California, taking home four top awards including best independent feature on the eve of the 85th Acad

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Despite a raft of new corporate job losses, world stock markets are higher due to indicators out of the United States and China that some say show the global economic downturn starting to stabilize. Demonstrators hold up placards calling for 'Britis

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今天我们要学的词是lay out。Lay out,意思是布置,编排。美国现在正在为升级的朝鲜问题头疼。 As President Donald Trump focuses on fire and fury towards North Korea, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of De

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