VOICE ONE: I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. The United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., is one of the most recognized buildings in the world. Its design was influenced by the classical bui

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年慢速英语(一)月

Sculpture 雕像 Where can people easily see a sculpture in their life? 生活中,人们在哪儿容易看到雕像? They usually see a huge sculpture in front of a large buildings these days. 如今,他们一般能在大型建筑物前看到巨大

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By George Dwyer Takoma Park, Maryland 06 September 2007 Just outside Washington, D.C. lies the small suburban city of Takoma Park, Maryland, a community characterized by some as offbeat. It is a place that takes great pride in its independent mindedn

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How do you spend your Valentine's Day? 你们怎样过情人节呢? How do you spend your Valentine's Day? 你们怎样过情人节呢? Usually we'll have a party and to see a film. 通常情况下我们会有个聚会,并看一场电影。 Tel

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He went to the visitors' center in the nearby library. He spoke to a young woman. I can't figure that sculpture out. What is it a sculpture of? he asked. You're not the first person to ask about that sculpture. It's called 'Bellerophon Taming Pegasus

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He took the No. 1 train to Columbia University. He explored the campus. There were many sculptures. The sculpture at Greene Hall was massive. The sculpture was about 10 yards high and wide. It sat on top of the entranceway roof. The roof was about 12

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Idiom: Make ends meet ( make a living ) Hit the book: Landscape Erosion Incredible Hoodoo Canyon Skeleton Carve Sculpture

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Yesterday Waiheke Island was in the news because of fire. Listen to Jan 24th 2013 to hear more about this. Today an outdoor sculpture exhibition opens in Waiheke Island. It runs for three weeks. Sculptures are along a 2.5km path on the coast. This ex

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PARIS (Reuters) - French artist Abraham Poincheval, who famously spent a week inside a rock and two weeks inside a bear sculpture, has succeeded in hatching chicken eggs after incubating them for some three weeks. 巴黎(路透社)曾因在一个石

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The ducks and geese at a lake in Londons Hyde Park have a new neighbor: a floating structure of 7,506 barrels in the colors of red, mauve and blue. The floating structure, called The London Mastaba, is the latest creation of Christo. He is the Bulgar

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VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English We begin a series of programs about efforts to keep alive old ways of doing things that are culturally important. Today we tell about a large ou

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By Carolyn Weaver New York City 21 May 2008 Every two years, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City mounts an exhibition of new art made in the U.S. The show aims to survey contemporary art's newest trends and methods. Not surprisingly,

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Tomorrow, a sculpture that was recently installed in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden will be dismantled. Later on, it will be burned in a ceremony. This was not the original intention of the artist. As Minnesota Public Radio's E

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Nothing can elicit an emotional response -- 任何事物都无法像人体一样 from joy to complete disgust -- more than the human body. 表达诸多情感--从快乐到厌恶至极。 And today, artists armed with that emotion, 当今,艺术家正

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Controversy over 'Michelangelo' sculpture 米开朗琪罗雕塑引发争议 The Italian art world is in a messy is it or isn't it debate over a wooden sculpture that may or may not have been made by Michelangelo. Standing just 40cm (16 inches) high, it depicts

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An international art fair in Hong Kong is displaying a provocative sculpture by jailed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, in what it is billing as a show of support for the outspoken dissident. The Art HK fair opened Wednesday with a display of Ai's 2007 Marb

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The Northeast Chinese city of Harbin is hosting its 30th International Ice and Snow Festival. The city offers special winter experiences like nowhere else in China: an ice and snow world, snow sculpture park, ice lantern fair, and dog sledding. Our r

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A crumpled banknote issued by the first Ming emperor has been discovered hidden within a cavity inside a 13th-century Chinese wooden sculpture. 一张由明朝开国皇帝发行的皱巴巴的纸币,被发现藏于一座13世纪雕刻的中国木雕内

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Do you know how stainless steel sculptures are made? An exhibition titled Unbreakable Poise will show visitors the story behind these finely-made shining sculptures. Qi Yafeng's solo exhibition, which opened on Sunday afternoon in Today Art Museum in

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recommend 动词,意思是 推荐,介绍;劝告,建议.其结构有: 1) recommend sb. ... (= recommend ... to sb.) 向某人推荐/介绍?? . 例如: Can you recommend me a good dentist?你能给我推荐一个好的牙医吗? Perhaps you can

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