The Birth of A Nation, an Untold True Story of Slave Rebellion The Birth of a Nation, about the 1831 uprising of a slave community in the American south, is a fiery account of a rebellion against injustice and oppression. Based on a true story, the f

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(125) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(十月)

[00:04.78]Lesson 49 [00:08.15]2 Dialogue Two friends are talking about a new movie. [00:14.81]What's on at the cinema this week? [00:18.57]Fight for Freedom. [00:21.81]What's it about? [00:24.74]It's about a time when there were black slaves in North

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[00:00.34]There are very few laws in Utopia, [00:03.06]because there is no need for them. [00:04.77]So there are no lawyers-just imagine that. [00:07.83]But if someone behaves badly then can [00:10.27]be made into slaves- [00:12.18]the slaves in Utop

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By Ricci Shryock Dakar 15 April 2008 Human-rights activists say a slavery trial in Niger last week brought local attention to the persistent problem, but a verdict is not expected until October. For VOA, Ricci Shryock reports from Dakar. Lawyer Helen

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Supreme Court Rules in Amistad Slave Ship Case 美国最高法院接管雅米斯泰德号奴隶船的案件 From VOA Learning English, welcome to The Making of a Nation a weekly program of American history for people learning American English. Im Ste

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By Tendai Maphosa London 23 March 2007 Britain is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the passage of the law that abolished the trans-Atlantic slave trade March 25 1807. One of the most poignant of the events is Slave Britain, a photographic exhib

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Archeologists in Frederick, Maryland are digging up the past, trying to piece together what the lives of slaves might have been like. French refugee farmers from Haiti kept slaves there in the early 1800s, and the National Park Service says the large

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New Audio Book Revives Slave's Firsthand Account Academy-award-winning actor Louis Gossett, Junior, reads the words of Solomon Northup from his autobiography, Twelve Years a Slave, which was published in 1853. It tells how Northup, a free black man f

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One-Time Slave Pen Now a Museum About Horrors of Slavery ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA The award-winning movie 12 Years a Slave is based on the memoir of Solomon Northrup, a free black man from New York who was kidnapped in Washington in 1841. It is also the

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BBC Learning English Weekender The abolition of the slave trade William:Hello and welcome to Weekender Im William Kremer. Lets start by going back to 1807. At that time, Britain was an extremely powerful country with a large empire. Britain made its

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21These are the laws you are to set before them: 2If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. 3If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife when

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Students heading for Bunce Island, Sierra Leone Some former slave ports in Africa are now tourist destinations, but not Bunce Island in Sierra Leone. It's abandoned and its slave castle is in ruins. The British established Bunce Island as a slave por

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 07 April 2008 A woman once forced into a life of sexual slavery and domestic labor has filed suit against the government of Niger. The case is being heard by the court of the Economic Community of West African states. The cour

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编者:《蜗居》真实地展现了房奴的艰辛生活,让每个有着痛苦买房经历的人都有强烈的认同感。对于房奴的英语翻译,有mortgage slave 和 house slave 两种,哪种更地道呢,今天来看一下吧。 如今

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The Head And The Heart,来自美国的民谣-摇滚乐队,不到一年前他们还只是在咖啡馆里唱唱歌, 现在已经签下西雅图最著名的独立厂牌Sub Pop,发行了首张专辑。 Down In The Valley The Head And The Heart I

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Adam Navis. Voice 2 And Im Liz Waid . Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand - no matter where in the world they live. Voice 1 A woman hurries through the dark f

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Today I begin a new life. 今天,我天始新的生活。 Today I shed my old skin, which has too long suffered the bruises of failure and the wounds of mediocrity. 今天,我爬出满是失败创伤的老茧。 Today I am born anew and my birthp

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As we enter 2014, award season is just around the corner. Director Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave is definitely one of the front-runners. 12 Years a Slave is based on the 1853 memoir of Solomon Northup, a free man kidnapped and sold into slavery. T

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Voice 1 Hello, Im Ruby Jones. Voice 2 And Im Rachel Hobson. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 We arrived at the c

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Voice 1 Hello. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me. I once w

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