US Military's Language School Draws Positive Attention It is hard to believe that the young U.S. military service members at the school are speaking the most difficult language in the world - Mandarin - fluently. They're among about 3,500 students wh

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(七月)

Burmas political reforms have dominated headlines in the past year, but there is also high anticipation about a series of economic reforms. 尽管缅甸的政治改革已成为去年的主要新闻,但是人们还有更高的期待,希望缅甸也能

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2011年12月

Tina:Hey Michelle, this is my friend James. He' s visiting Shanghai from New York. 米歇尔,这是我的朋友,詹姆斯。他从纽约来上海玩。 Michelle: Oh, hi James. Nice to meet you. So, uh, you visiting for business or pleasure? 哦,詹

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 纯正地道美语

《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词3500》Unit 21 身份危机

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More than 1 billion people count Mandarin as their native language. These sheer numerical dominance plus the fact that China has the world's fastest growing economy has made Mandarin Chinese attractive as a foreign language for more American student

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(133) / 评论(0) 分类 2005年NPR美国国家公共电台

And now a story from Los Angeles, where a radio station is putting itself in the middle of the debate over China and Taiwan. Reporter Rob Schmitz of member station KPCC sent this report. Kay Chao says Taiwanese and Chinese Americans in Los Angeles wo

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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 01 August 2007 In our global world, writer David Burke says, Americans must improve their language skills, and should start at an early age. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan spoke with the author, who has taught American slang to

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(八月)

One not so sudden problem that Chinese media have been reporting a serious shortage of water. Some worry that it could derail the country's rapid economic growth. China's per capita water resources are only a quarter of the world average and the prob

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Chinese Symbols Prove Popular in US 汉字在美国大受欢迎 From the moment Spaniards - or Vikings, some would say - first dropped anchor and encountered the natives whom the Spanish called Indians because they thought they had arrived in India -

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(一月)

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: People who live in places with lots of Chinese immigrants are receiving robocalls that sound like this one. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) COMPUTER-GENERATED VOICE #1: (Speaking Mandarin). CORNISH: A person who doesn't speak M

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STACEY VANEK SMITH, HOST: Asian-Americans are an incredibly diverse group. Now some states are passing laws to help capture that diversity and requiring state agencies to collect more detailed data about Asian-Americans. But those policies are facing

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Think 'Chinese Food' Means Lo Mein? Home Cooking Brings More To The Table play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0004:05repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update y

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年NPR美国国家公共电台10月

By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 01 June 2006 Hollywood producer Tom Lynch is the man behind many popular children's television series. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan spoke with the producer about his shows for

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Screams Heard Round the Animal World 人类与生俱来的尖叫声识别能力 What does panic sound like? clip of Homer Simpson scream Like that, for sure. But also like this pig sound. And this chickadee sound . But maybe you already knew that. Be

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For thousands of years, this powerful current has regenerated the reef. But it can not repair everything. Beneath the waves lie deeper scarsthe largest coral reef on Earth is home to a dazzling diversity of marine species, some found nowhere else on

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While Burmas Chinese Businesses Thrive, Competition Worries Locals Burmas political reforms have dominated headlines in the past year, but there is also high anticipation about a series of economic reforms. The measures could mean more opportunities

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十二月)

As forensic officers continue their work outside the house where the Ding family lived, detectives release details of the man wanted in connection with their murders. Jeff Ding, Helen Chui, and their daughters Alice and Nancy were all stabbed to deat

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英伦广角

十九大闭幕,拿出勇气干劲,创造无愧时代的业绩! Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Suyi. Coming up: --The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China conclud

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(239) / 评论(0) 分类 The Beijing Hour 新闻纵贯线