今天我们要学的词是assassination。 Assassination, 是刺杀的意思。巴基斯坦反对党领袖布托去年年底遇刺。Bhutto's assassination threw Pakistan into turmoil, 布托的遇刺让巴基斯坦陷入了混乱。Detectives from

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Richard Nixon used to say that the first civil right of every American is the right to be free from domestic violence. That was forty years ago, a time of civil disorder and high crime. Domestic

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(二)月

Britain has officially sunk into recession, with its economy shrinking by 1.5 percent in the fourth quarter of last year. This comes amid the growing financial crisis around the world. It's official - the British economy is in recession. Government

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: Dwayne Speller, 22, waits to talk to a job adviser in Las Vegas, Nevada, earlier this month. The nation's unemployment rate rose to 8.1 percent in February,

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. We all know that some people do not seem as emotionally strong as others when life gets difficult. But why is that? A study published in two thousand three in the journal Science offered an answer. The

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A: What are you going to eat with your sandwich? B: I think I'm going to eat a piece of fruit. A: What kind do you like? B: I really like apples and grapes. A: What kind of apples do you like to eat? B: I love green apples. A: I don't like green appl

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A: What are you going to have along with your sandwich? B: I may have a piece of fruit. A: What's your favorite kind of fruit? B: I really only eat apples and grapes. A: What is your favorite kind of apples? B: Green apples are the best! A: Green app

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A: How are you? B: Im great. Thanks. A: Did you need something? B: I need your help. A: How may I help you? B: I need to find this newspaper article. A: Have you checked the periodicals section yet? B: I forgot about that section. A: If youd like, I

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Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm only going to talk to you just for a minute or so this evening, because I have some -- some very sad news for all of you -- Could you lower those signs, please? -- I have some very sad news for all of you, and, I think, sad

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Every November 22, people worldwide remember and ponder the assassination in 1963 of President John F. Kennedy. He was sitting in the back seat of a convertible (the top was down) when bullets fired from a rifle tore into him and a fellow passenger.

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By Meredith Buel Islamabad 19 February 2008 An influential member of the U.S. Congress, Senator Joseph Biden, is proposing a massive increase in non-military financial aid to Pakistan. Senator Biden made the proposal during a news conference in Islam

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Todd: OK, Nanju, I'm going to ask you about your favorites. What is your favorite color? Nanju: My favorite color, black. Todd: Black! Really, OK, and what is your favorite fruit? Nanju: Fruit? OK, it's mango. Todd: Oh, mango. Nanju: Yeah. Todd: OK.

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 19 June 2008 The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization is calling for urgent aid for thousands of farm families that suffered losses during last month's cyclone in Burma. As Ron Corben reports from Bangkok, while aid experts s

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Following Asia's lead, European markets are down Thursday due to persistent worries about the length and depth of the unfolding global recession. In Britain, yet another large central bank interest rate cut was announced to combat the downward econo

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在2008年度的EG大会上,艺术家Miru Kim讲述了自己的作品。Kim搜寻纽约地下的工业废墟作为拍摄地点,自己裸体出镜将这些巨大、危险、隐秘的空间带入了一个明亮的视界。

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 October 2007 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, warns that thousands of African Union and UN peacekeepers will be unable to guarantee security in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur w

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By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 16 November 2006 Students chat after practicing to chant verses of the holy book of Koran at Al Mukmin Islamic boarding school in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia (File photo) The U.S. launched an initiative in 2003 meant to bo

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 17 April 2007 The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, is calling for a greater effort by the international community to help millions of Iraqis uprooted by the war. Guterres made his call at a conference in G

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今天我们要学的词是assistance。Assistance, 是帮助的意思。美国国务卿希拉里.克林顿星期天表示, The Obama administration stands ready to offer 'any type of assistance' to Libyans seeking to oust Muammar Gaddafi, 美国政府

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Voice 1 Hello, Im Ryan Geertsma. Voice 2 And Im Ruby Jones. Thank you for joining us for todays Spotlight program. Voice 3 I had my first and only child in 2001. I went through a long labour and delivery - about twenty-six [26] hours. My parents came

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