Benny was pointing to the mermaid in the fountain. Alice is holding a mirror! Violet caught her breath. And shes made out of stone! Thats it! Benny almost shouted. The code word is Alice. Youre a genius! Jessie said proudly. I guess I am kind of smar

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Strikes in Oklahoma and Kentucky. After teachers in West Virginia held out for a 5 percent pay raise, receiving it after a nine-day walkout in one of the poorest states in the U.S. This is a very unusual spring for us, for some of my teachers theyre

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(37) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2018年(四月)

Unit 17 Tips on Getting More Efficiency out of Women Employees This is an actual excerpt from the July 1943 issue of Mass Transportation. It was written for male supervisors of women in the work force during WW II. There's no longer any question whet

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Captain Nemo was right. I was outdoing him in daring! It was I who was sweeping him to the pole. 船长是对的,我甚至要大胆他说服他了!是我把他拉到南极去了! I was leading the way, I was out in front...but no, you silly foo

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As soon as she feels it is safe, she settles to suckle and reassure them. Bison can shrug off this sudden change in the weather; they are after all built to survive the Yellowstone winter. But this tiny hummingbird is more vulnerable. Flowers damaged

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Most U.S. companies act swiftly and forcefully to root out discrimination based on race, sex, age, or appearance when they discover it. And there are good reasons to do so: intolerance on the job hurts morale and productivity. It's illegal under civ

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(113) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(七月)

By Barry Wood Washington 19 August 2006 America's second largest automaker, the Ford Motor Company, Friday said it will make big cuts in its North American car and truck production in the final three months of this year. Ford is enduring huge financ

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When the audience walks into the Public Theater, the set onstage doesn't even vaguely evoke the jazz age of the 1920s in which F. Scott Fitzgerald set his story. It's the drabbest office imaginable; grey walls, beat-up furniture, an ancient computer,

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The editorial boards of the Miami Herald, Palm Beach Post and South Florida Sun Sentinel are working together to issue a warning with help from WLRN public media. They want people to take the threat of sea level rise seriously. Fre

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If you're not already convinced that regular exercise is important to stay healthy, now there is yet another reason to break a sweat, especially if you're a woman: breast cancer. Several studies have linked exercise to lowering the risk of developing

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Well, Halloween came and went as it does every year, leaving a house full of sweets! We had a lot of fun yesterday. I told my children that I wasn't going to buy them costumes this year. They had to find bits and pieces around the house and make do.

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Americans Sound Off on Budget Woes 美国人对预算困境各抒已见 WASHINGTON In the past three years, Americans have endured three threatened government shutdowns, two legislative brawls over raising the debt limit, and another fight over autom

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