A Good Heart to Lean on When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was severely crippled and very short, and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare. I would inwardly squirm at the s

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(132) / 评论(0) 分类 四级晨读英语美文

Beginning with the earliest pioneers, Americans have always highly valued their freedoms, and fought hard to protect them. And yet, the author points out that there is a basic freedom which Americans are in danger of losing. What is this endangered

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15 Palestinians Killed in Border Protests with Israel Fifteen Palestinians were killed and more than 750 were wounded by Israeli troops Friday during a march to the border of Israel and the Palestinian territory of Gaza. It was the deadliest day Gaza

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(三)月

2010 was a season of change in men's tennis, with Spain's Rafael Nadal taking over the top spot in the world rankings from Switzerland's Roger Federer. Federer can look ahead to the 2011 season with confidence, however, after dominating Nadal Sunday

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(十一)月

Chinese Doctors Use 3-D Spinal Implant 中国医生运用3D脊柱植入物 A Chinese boy suffering from a debilitating bone disease has become the first patient with a part of his spine created in a three-dimensional printer. Doctors say he will soon

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2014年(八月)

2-7-A Dialogue M: Excuse me, do you have a T-shirt of this kind in a larger size? W: What size do you want? M: Medium. W: Pardon? M: I want a medium. W: Here's a medium in black. Do you like it? M: Well, I like the picture on the front, but I'd prefe

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U.S. President Barack Obama is concluding a three-day, five-state trip around the country, defending his administration's progress in repairing the economy. Support for the president's economic plan is fading as mid-term elections for Congress get cl

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From middle east to North Africa, we are moving fast to start the Tuesday show. US air strike in the town Kobani. It's in the northern Syria near the border of Turkey. It becomes a problem for the ISIS terrorist group. Unlike some other town in this

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN2014年(十)月

Donny 在北京学汉语,他的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词,就会来请教他。今天吴琼是要问的:人气。 Donny: Hi, Wuqiong, do you want to go to this concert with me? WQ: 演唱会?让我看看是哪个

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To George and Georgiana Keats, 14th October 1818 My dear George; I am grieved to say that I am not sorry you had not letters at Philadelphia; you could have had no good news of Tom and I have been withheld on his account from beginning these many day

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WHO Issues New HIV Guidelines for Couples The World Health Organization has issued new guidelines for couples in which one partner is HIV positive and the other is not. The guidelines for so-called discordant couples are being praised by UNAIDS, Doct

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(四月)

《变形金刚2》女主角梅根福克斯(Megan Fox)主演的影片《詹妮弗的肉体》(Jennifer's Body)原声大碟中的部分插曲已曝光,获格莱美奖提名的Panic! At The Disco乐队的最新单曲《New Perspective》入选。

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1. Nine people have been injured during a shooting on celebrated Bourbon Street. New Orleans police say the Sunday morning incident was carried out by two men who got angry with each other and began shooting. 2. The Iraqi government says its helicopt

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2014(七)月

This is the VOA Special English Education Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。 President Obama talked a lot about education in his State of the Union speech last week. 奥巴马总统在上周的国情咨文一再谈及教育。 B

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53 Dead in Attack on Iraqi Shites Firefighters hosed down the pavement along the road where the bombing took place, as workers removed pieces of food, shoes and clothing from the scene of the explosion. Dozens were killed and wounded in the blast, bu

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(97) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(一月)

US Advocates Political Solution in Mali The Obama administration says it shares French military goals in the fight against Islamist militants in northern Mali and will help the Economic Community of West African States -- or ECOWAS -- send their own

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Gabonese President Omar Bongo is in a Spanish clinic. Spain says he is very ill. The government in Libreville says the 73-year-old is just resting. Gabon President Omar Bongo (2006 file photo) Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos says Pre

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(五月)

The resignations of 11 Hezbollah cabinet members in Lebanon has plunged the country into its worst political crisis since 2008, when sectarian street clashes claimed dozens of lives and brought Lebanon to the brink of another civil war. The so-called

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(一月)

US Troop Reduction to Test Afghans In his State of the Union address this week, the president put the drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan into high gear ahead of next years withdrawal deadline. This spring our forces will move into a support role

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(二月)

The Obama administration is keeping a close watch on developments in Afghanistan amidst rising violence and growing tensions surrounding last week's national elections. Meanwhile, U.S. military officials admit they are concerned about signs of slipp

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2009年(八月)