Sirleaf: Liberia Will not Destabilize its Neighbors Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says she will never allow her country to be used to destabilize neighboring countries. Speaking Wednesday at the 67th session of the UN General Assembly in N

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(九月)

One day a farmers donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway and it just wasnt worth it to retrie

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Did you hear what happened to Mike in Accounts? 你听说财务部的Mike出事了吗? No. What? 不知道。他怎么了? He got arrested on Friday night and spent the night in jail. 他星期五晚上被捕,而且被关了一个晚上。 No. Real

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各位亲爱的朋友们,欢迎来到早间课堂《抛招接招》小节目,我是Juliet。今天您将接到的招仍然是说我们在人际交往中和人聚在一起闲扯随聊。它是什么呢?我们还是先来来听2个例句: 例句

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An Italian couple murdered four people in the house next door. They slit the throats of their neighbor, Maria Como, and her mom. Then they slit the throats of Mrs. Como's 2-year-old little boy, Perry, and a woman who just happened to be visiting. Fin

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 365个英语简短小故事

Those of you who follow my podcast probably remember that I live in a rural area. Our house is located towards the outskirts of a small community. Our neighbors tend to have lots of trees, vegetable gardens, and animals. Across the road from us is a

发表于:2019-01-01 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

Today, the West faces a number of threats, and nowhere is this more evident than in Central Europe. Indeed, Central Europe is one of the battlegrounds where several nations are attempting to increase their influence. There is Russia, which uses energ

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(六月)

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Planting trees around poultry farms can improve air and water quality -- and relations with neighbors. Research has shown that just three rows of trees near poultry houses can reduce the release of

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(111) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(九)月

US Neighborhood Watch Volunteers Help Protect Communities Baruti Jahi, a longtime Washington resident and father, knows he can't take his family's safety for granted. I'm up at four in the morning looking out my window because my dog is barking, and

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Black, Foamy Water Worries Fracking Neighbors There is a lot of construction near Janet McIntyre's home in southwestern Pennsylvania. It's not new houses, but new industry: 10 gas wells, a compressor station and multiple drilling-waste ponds. The sta

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十二月)

The leaders of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to open their future meetings to other parties, which could include the United States. The tri-partite summit was held in Tehran. Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, Iranian President Mahmoud

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Laos Faces Pressure to Alter Hydropower Ambitions Laos plans to build a hydropower dam on the lower Mekong River, but neighboring countries say more study is needed. Analysts say the high-level opposition puts pressure on Laos to alter its hydropower

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I'm calling the police, Barry said. I'm glad you're calling the police, Ruth said. Barry and Ruth had a nice house. They had a nice, quiet house. They had nice neighbors. They had nice, quiet neighbors. But tonight, their neighbors were not quiet. Th

发表于:2019-01-24 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 英语第1级听力-English Level 1

Samantha, like many renters, is tired of renting. One reason is that her annual rent goes up like clockwork. Every year her landlord raises the rent five percent. Another reason is her neighbors. New neighbors always seem to be more inconsiderate tha

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A florist in Delhi, India fell to his death after he was attacked by a gang of monkeys. He was on his balcony watering his plants. Three monkeys, which usually were friendly beggars, sat on his balcony railing and watched. They were hoping that he wo

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In the United States, the typical crop travels nearly 2,500 kilometers from field to table. While U.S. consumers express growing interest in local foods, farmland near urban areas is increasingly unaffordable. These challenges have led a school bus

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十月)

By Sonja Pace Istanbul 03 November 2007 Iraq's leaders vowed to crack down on Kurdish rebels, using northern Iraq as a staging point to launch attacks into neighboring Turkey, while Turkey is leaving its options open to possible retaliation. Pressure

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Neighbors Burying Neighbors in Philippines Community Destroyed by Typhoon 台风肆虐菲律宾,受灾邻里互相埋葬 PALO, PHILIPPINES Bodies continue to be discovered in the central Philippines two weeks after an unprecedented, devastating typho

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In October of 2000, biologists on a research boat off the coast of Chile happened upon what seemed to be a group of sleeping whales. The sperm whales were completely still and hanging vertically in the water with their noses up toward the surface, an

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Topic1 Parents Unable to Get Euthanasia for ChildA couple in Anhui Province plea for euthanasia for their 1-year-old son, who is diagnosed with incurable brain atrophy. However, the request was rejected by the local authorities as euthanasia is illeg

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