California has become the largest American state to legalize the sale of marijuana. The new law took effect on New Years Day. California voters approved a measure to legalize the drug in November 2016. The law permits adults, 21 years and older, to p

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(68) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(一)月

What has the War on Drugs done to the world? 毒品战争对世界有什么影响? Look at the murder and mayhem in Mexico, Central America, so many other parts of the planet, 看看那些发生在墨西哥、中美洲,和世界其他地方的谋杀

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲科学篇

In today for about seven hours,Venus will be passing in front of the sun at least from the perspective of us here on earth.It is called the transit of Venus.And if you do not get a chance to see this today.You will probably not get another one.That i

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2012年(六)月

Topics: The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre; American PlaywrightsDavid Mamet; to atone versus to make amends versus to do penance; compassion versus empathy; to reckon Words: massacre gang reputation to retire bootlegging Prohibition organized crime r

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

by Michael W. Flynn First, a disclaimer: Although I am an attorney, the legal information in this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for seeking personalized legal advice from an attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction. Further, I

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 法律英语 Legal Lad

AS IT IS 2015-07-13 New York Helping Small Distilleries 纽约帮助小型酿酒厂 The United States has a long history of making whiskey -- a kind of alcohol. Many people across the country made the drink before the age of Prohibition. Prohibition

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(95) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(七)月

Some northeastern states are under a state of emergency because of the dangerous snow storm bearing down on the region. It's expected to blanket much of New England with as much as 3 feet of snow. That means major disruptions to travel and possibly l

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年NPR美国国家公共电台2月

MINSK, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended Belarus to reduce dollarization of the economy and adhere to a flexible exchange rate policy. The IMF emphasized the importance of maintaining exchange rate flexibility

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

This is a lesson of history. 历史的经验告诉我们 If you try to prohibit something that people want or need to do, 如果你想禁止民众想要或者需要的 whether that's drinking alcohol or crossing borders or getting an abortion or sell

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(45) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲国际问题篇

Feb 14th, 1929The St. Valentine's Day Massacre takes place in Chicago. Thats where 7 rivals of gangster Al Capone are gunned down in a garage during prohibition . 1989Iran's leader Ayatollah Khomeini calls on Muslims to kill author Salman Rushdie. Kh

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 历史上的今天-2012年

February 14th 1929The St. Valentine's Day Massacre takes place in Chicago. Thats where 7 rivals of gangster Al Capone are gunned down in the garage during prohibition . 1989Iran's leader Ayatollah Khomeini calls on Muslims to kill author Salman Rushd

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 历史上的今天-2014年

Topics: Famous Americans Carrie Nation; The Beach Boys; to pump up versus to balloon versus to beef up; historic versus historical; vigilance Words: temperance alcoholic chapter Prohibition raid hatchet to release surfing hippie hit lyrics hip recess

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

Chinese gov't studying property tax expansion: minister BEIJING, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government is actively studying an expansion of the experimental property tax program in the country and may expand the program when time is appropriate,

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The Real McCoy Now, the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories. Each week, we tell the story of words and expressions used in American English. Our expression today is the real McCoy. If a person tells you that something is the real McC

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(七)月

In Russia, though, death has become a troublingly common consequence of taking selfies. People are attempting to turn the lens on themselves in situations so extreme that the act has cost a number of them their lives. Troubled by the growing number o

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

模仿文本: In late Victorian Britain, it was some hugely successful advertising which created the world's first legally registered brand - Pears Soap. In Prohibition America, it was sophisticated tobacco advertising campaigns which gave birth to m

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 英音模仿秀

Britain Dug prohibition 英国 禁毒 Banning the east African stimulant may backfire 东非的兴奋剂禁令可能会适得其反 OUTSIDE a newsagent's shop in the Clapham Road, a south London thoroughfare, a man sucks on a rolled-up cigarette and

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人文艺系列

Blackjack! 二十一点 Miss... Can you come with me? 小姐...你能跟我来一下吗 Is something wrong? Get up. 有什么事吗?请起身。 Oh, since you ask so nicely. 既然你请求的这么温柔 Oh, there's the bathroom. 卫生间在这里

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 绿箭侠第一季

以下是gre考试写作部分issue的优秀写作实例,通过这些优秀范文或是习作,考生可以借鉴里面的短语、句子或思路,给自己的写作找一些思路和灵感。 题目: Censorship is rarely, if ever, justified. 审

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 GRE作文

Hello! Im June Simms in Washington. Thanks for joining us again for another As It Is! At this time of the year, people all around the world are looking back at the past 12 months. What was good about the year? What was not so good? And what should I

发表于:2019-02-23 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语言学习