HAMMAM ALEEL Every day, thousands of people are fleeing Mosul, Iraq many running as the walls of their homes collapse. Bombs, airstrikes and helicopter attacks rain down in crowded city neighborhoods while Islamic State militants fire at the families

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(120) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(三月)

President Obama honored veterans today at Arlington National Cemetery. After laying a wreath at the tomb of unknowns, the President said America will never forget the sacrifices made by veterans and their families. The President also noted a special

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年NPR美国国家公共电台11月

(The staircase had lost its lower steps during the fire that was set before the soldiers left. She had gone into the library, removed twenty books and nailed them to the floor and then onto each other, in this way rebuilding the two lowest steps. Mos

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 有声英语文学名著

Between the kitchen and the destroyed chapel a door led into an oval-shaped library. The space inside seemed safe except for a large hole at portrait level in the far wall, caused by mortar-shell attack on the villa two months earlier. The rest of th

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 有声英语文学名著

This is a small segment from the weekly literary program InkQuill. Located in downtown Shanghai, Colourful, or Qian Cai Shu Fang in Chinese, is one of the most iconic bookstores in the city. Sitting right beneath the former residence of Eileen Chang,

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 2017CRI中国国际广播电台

Topic1-Does China have real convenience stores? In today's china, where ecommerce has been eating into the market share of traditional retailers, the number of brick and mortar convenience stores continues to grow. However, an article published on Ba

发表于:2018-12-25 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议

情景对话: A: That reminds me. When's the big shopping day in the US? 对了。美国的大型购物节是什么时候? B: Oh, you're talking about Black Friday. That's the day after Thanksgiving. 喔,你说得是黑五,就是感恩节的后

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 每天三分钟学英语

大家都有一个印象,岁数稍大一点的人一般很难快速接受新鲜事物.但在韩国,喜欢网上购物的40-50岁的中年人增长迅速,尤其是这一年龄段里的女性消费者的数量在过去四年中增长了四倍. 中老年人

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 双语趣听精彩世界

悉尼先驱晨报:在网购迅猛发展的今天,政府是否还应该对实体商场的关门时间进行限制呢? 商场几点关门,政府管得着吗? The Sydney Morning Herald: Bans on retail trading hours should be scrapped, that's accord

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 双语趣听精彩世界

Barrel bombs, missile strikes and mortar shells have reduced much of Aleppo to rubble. Amid the twisted wreckage live an estimated 250,000 people at constant risk of annihilation as the bombs continue to fall. 桶爆弹、导弹轰炸、迫击炮弹已

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(144) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(一月)

[1] President Bush says the US is working toward a strong UN resolution on North Korea. This comes as the United Nations is weighing sanctions against North Korea for its reported nuclear test. The US

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2006

1. The deadline has passed, and still no word about the fate of kidnapped American journalist Jill Carroll. Her captors are demanding a release of all female prisoners in Iraq. Carroll was kidnapped J

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(141) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2006

1. Investigators are looking into what went wrong during a training exercise in Nevada's high desert. A mortar shell explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half dozen others. 2. The death toll in a series of bombings throughout Baghdad is now a

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2013(三月)

Over centuries, the Irish built a rich heritage of castles and monuments, using an abundance of local stone. Now many of the structures are damaged. The stone is decaying. Thanks in part to Irelands notoriously damp weather, these sites are in danger

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(99) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2009年

The number of people buying books across China is steadily declining, which has led to more closures of traditional brick and mortar bookstores. But one independent bookstore in Tianjin has not only survived over the past 15 years, its actually seein

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 CCTV9英语新闻2014年04月

The attacks occurred near the Iranian Embassy, the Foreign Ministry and the Immigration Ministry. Edward Yeranian | Cairo 15 December 2009 An Iraqi man reacts at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, 15 Dec 2009 Iraq police say three blasts

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(十二月)

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is reportedly building its own brick-and-mortar mall in Hangzhou, where Alibaba's headquarters are located. The 5-story shopping center, called More Mall, is being built on a 40,000-sqaure-meter plot of land, and is s

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 2017CRI中国国际广播电台

U.S. Middle East envoy says the United States could withhold loan guarantees if Israel fails to advance the peace process. Robert Berger | Jerusalem 10 January 2010 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen during the weekly cabinet meeting i

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(138) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(一月)

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition ?The Turkish military returns fire after a mortar bomb shot from Syria lands in southern Turkey. ?Preparations get underway across Venezuela ahead of Sunday's preside

发表于:2019-02-28 / 阅读(466) / 评论(0) 分类 2012CRI中国国际广播电台

Syrian opposition groups have called on President Assad to resign immediately and make way for a transition to democracy. It comes as Syrian troops and tanks continue operations in the town of Rastan, where more than 50 people are reported to have be

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(144) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力精选进阶版