When could Simio have taken Blakes camera? Jessie asked Henry and Benny. Do you remember when we visited the butterfly pavilion after lunch yesterday? Henry asked his sister. After she nodded, he continued. There was a zookeeper carrying a little mon

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 127 Monkey Trouble

DOUG JOHNSON: Im Doug Johnson. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Mars Day at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington is a celebration of our solar systems most famous planet. The event, on July s

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1. similarity /ˌsɪməˈlrɪti:/ -- likeness; resemblance The two pills are alike in color and shape, but there the similarity ends. 这两颗药丸的颜色和形状都很相像,但相似处也仅限于此。 2. simile /ˈsɪməli:/ -- comparison

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Todd: So, Shifani, you are an expert in urban planning, and more specifically, in transport. What do you envision in the future, let's say, in fifty years from now? Shifani: Fifty years from now is quite a long time to project, but future cities woul

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By Mignon Fogarty I decided to write about comma splices because my friend Scott Sigler has a book coming out this week, Ancestor, published by Crown. Over three years ago, when he was publishing an earlier version of the book with a smaller publishe

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how a verb and an adverb messed up the inauguration. I took a break from work Tuesday to watch Barack Obama's inauguration, and like millions of other people, I saw a bit of confusion between Chief Justice John Rob

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by Mignon Fogarty Today, I'm gonna get crazy. I said that if people wrote reviews at iTunes, I would split infinitives, and you wrote a lot of reviews. So, to say thank you, I'm going to purposefully split as many infinitives as I can! My secret, tho

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington 22 February 2007 watch Putin Speech report Recent harsh criticism of the United States by Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised questions about Kremlin intentions and the state of bilateral relations between Washin

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If you look around at the men and women whom you can call happy, you will see that they all have certain things in common. The most important of these things is an activity which at most gradually builds up something that you are glad to see coming

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By Noel King Kigali 08 September 2007 Humanitarian aid groups are sounding the alarm as fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo forces tens of thousands of civilians from their homes in North Kivu Province. Noel King has more in this rep

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FAITH LAPIDUS: Im Faith Lapidus. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we remember six interesting people who died in the past year. FAITH LAPIDUS: We start with Elizabeth Edwards. She was the wife of fo

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Split Tribal Allegiances Deepen Yemen's Crisis As battles in Yemen raged Thursday, the deadly fighting in the streets of the capital between forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and members his own tribe highlights some deeply personal faultl

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EXPLORATIONS - How the Internet Grew from a Simple Idea By Paul Thompson Broadcast: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA

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Spain's acting interior minister says the suspected ringleader behind the March 11 train bombings in Madrid killed himself as police closed in on him. He and others who blew themselves up were prepari

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By Nico Colombant Abuja 17 April 2007 A Nigerian man look at election posters in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 15 Apr 2007 Observers, analysts and ordinary Nigerians are hoping for better presidential and legislative elections Saturday, following the chaot

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-Every year from July 6 through 14, hundreds of thousands of revelers, dancing to traditional pipe bands, pack into the center of Pamplona to kick off Spain's most famous bull-running fiesta in honor of the Navarre capital's patron saint, San Fermin.

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A blonde was being interviewed by the Chief of Police for an opening in the local Police Department. The chief said that before I hire you I have to ask a few questions. Chief: First how much is 1 and 1. Blonde ElevenChief: Well I guess I will accept

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 August 2007 The World Health Organization says all countries, with the exception of Indonesia, are sharing their avian influenza viruses. WHO says the failure to share virus samples could retard the development of an effecti

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By Cindy Saine Washington 16 November 2007 An independent survey on racial attitudes in the United States shows a growing number of African Americans say they are worse off now than they were five years ago, and that they don't expect their lives to

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