Topics: Movie The Shawshank Redemption; The Pentagon; to go ahead versus straight ahead; cheesy and quirky; a few quarters short of a buck Words: redemption to be convicted sentence parole inmate tax warden diploma swamp stable Cold War mission to go

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

A strong aftershock jolted Central China today, even as emergency workers were looking for more victims from this month's earthquake there. Today's temblor had a magnitude of six and it destroyed thousands of mainly vacant homes and buildings, at le

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(80) / 评论(0) 分类 2008年NPR美国国家公共电台五月

By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 31 March 2008 African Union peacekeepers in Somalia say the year-old mission needs at least 20,000 troops to stabilized the war-ravaged country, 12,000 more than the mission's original mandate. From the Somali capital, Mogadis

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(三月)

Iraq War: Mission Accomplished? The Mission Accomplished banner across the bridge of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, helped President George W. Bush convey a sense of achievement to Americans less than two months after the invasion of

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(102) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(五月)

A: Could we borrow the company van for a fundraiser this weekend? B: That would be a possibility. Where is this fundraiser taking place? A: It is in the hotel ballroom down the street. B: Do you need it for the whole weekend? A: We will need it for b

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语情景对话-工作

1. You grow When you stretch your comfort zone, you grow as a person. Something that you were once afraid of or felt impossible to do is now part of your skillset. 收获成长 当你扩展了自己的舒适区,你就会收获成长。那些你曾经

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 大学四六级阅读

一个英语单词可分为三部分:前缀(prefix)词根(root)后缀(suffix)。位于词根前面的部分就是前缀。前缀,可以改变单词的意思。 dis- 表示去除,剥夺 disable = dis + able(能够)v. 使丧失能力

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语PK台

汤姆和丹尼尔走在上学的路上,两人聊起了UFO,丹尼尔说他见过UFO,而且还和外星人说了话。这是真的吗? Listen Read Learn Tom: Do you believe in UFOs? Daniel: Of course, they are out there. Tom: But I never saw them. Daniel: Are you stupid? They are called

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语大赢家

Would you kill him? Many New-yorkers are leaving the city in fear of a fifth attack by the Fizzle Bomber. Maybe he's doing the city a favor. That kind of talk will get you in trouble. No worse than I already been through. There's something this job h

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英文电影预告片填空

Human exploration of Mars is now an official goal of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill to increase NASAs budget. The law sets spending at $19.5 billion for the 12-month per

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(四)月

NASA's Cassini Death Dives into Saturn, Ending Mission The spacecraft Cassini ended its 20-year mission on Friday with a final death dive into the planet Saturn. 卡西尼宇宙飞船周五最后一次冲向土星,结束了它20年的使命。 NASA

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(262) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(九)月

By David McAlary The U.S. space agency is planning to conduct its first completely automated rendezvous in space Tuesday. In a test of new technology, a spacecraft is scheduled to be launched to track

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(下)--健康科技

By Patricia Nunan This week, the U.N. Security Council is continuing its discussions on its mission in Iraq, where the world body has been mandated to help coordinate nationwide elections in a securit

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(下)--新闻盘点

听歌学英语:桑妮回家Sunny Came Home Sunny Came Home在1998年以黑马姿态爆冷勇夺格莱美奖年度最佳歌曲奖。这是一首讲述关于仇恨,创伤及毁灭的歌曲。Sunny最后放了一把火烧掉了家园的故事。这是

发表于:2019-01-10 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 听歌学英语

In June, were washing in the water, we are walking to the sand. In the summer of a hard year, you are swinging both our hands, in Rhode Island. Rhode Island. Now we will go gleaming into tomorrow. I am leaning, leaning into tomorrow, from Rhode Islan

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 美国乡村音乐

Look out for Spring, the life underground, the life underground. The thawing and the overflow. Oh early, early in the morning well go. Seven shades of green are painted on your door, painted on your door, the field alive under the snow. Oh early, ear

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 美国乡村音乐

Rain or shine This street of mine is golden Rain or shine This street of mine is golden With the gold of hickory leaves I can walk under these clouds Rain or shine This street of mine is golden God is love And love will never fail me God is love And

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 美国乡村音乐

GARFIELD:Lets play astronaut(宇航员) again today. NERMAL:Yeah? GARFIELD:Yeah.I love that game.Youre such a brave little astronaut. NERMAL:All right. GARFIELD:Prepare to jump into your spaceship,commander(指挥官) Nermal. NERMAL:But wh-w

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 跟着美剧练发音

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition UN observers end mission in Syria at the failure to reduce violence in the country. South Africa's mining company Lonmin PLC describes the police shooting at its stri

发表于:2019-02-28 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 2012CRI中国国际广播电台

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition China's Shenzhou-9 successfully completes manned space mission. Hong Kong marks 15th Anniversary of Its Return to China. European leaders agree to a plan to funnel mo

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