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发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

WASHINGTON Robots are becoming commonplace in many areas of society -- from manufacturing to medicine to our homes. But now, a robot has taken to the stage, in a British play called Spillikin, where a humanoid robot plays the male companion of a woma

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2017年(三月)

1. The longest-serving senator in history has died. Robert Byrd died overnight at the age of 92. He had been in the hospital since late last week. Byrd was first elected to Congress in 1952. His elevation to the Senate came six years later. 2. Confir

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(109) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(六月)

AS IT IS 2015-07-29 Louisiana Using BP Settlement Money to Restore Coast 路易斯安那州利用BP结算资金来恢复海岸 Five years ago, work crews successfully stopped a major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The workers blocked the release of

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Members of the British Petroleum executive, from left, outgoing CEO Tony Hayward, Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg, and incoming CEO Bob Dudley, pose for the media outside their global headquarters in London, 27 Jul 2010 The international oil giant BP h

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(七)月

The title of today's lesson is Responsibility Reflects Character 今天课程的题目是:责任感可以反映出你的性格 As I read the latest news regarding BP oil spill, I was reminded once again about this important subject of accepting res

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 生活英语听力文章

unit 133 弄脏物品致歉(2) dialogue 英语情景对话 A:Oh, the ink is spilled on the desk. A:哦,墨水泼到书桌上了。 B:Did it spill on your clothes? B:洒到你的衣服上了吗? A:No, but the table cloth was dirty. A:没有,但

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03 Lying and Telling the Truth GLOSSARY full of it saying something that isnt true; lying or exaggerating * Youre so full of it! Theres no way you used to be a professional footballplayer. I dont believe you. Gods honest truth something that is absol

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[00:05.43]Last month, a deadly accident took place at a gold mining operation in northern Romania. [00:13.69]Cyanide poison accidentally overflowed a dam and flowed into streams leading to two major rivers in Hungary and Yugoslavia. [00:25.89]Million

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Do not start your day with a broken piece of yesterday Stop crying over the spilt milk You have to move on, have a fresh start You have to start a new journey Write a new chapter of your life. 不要让崭新的今天笼罩昨日的阴影 不要为无法

发表于:2018-12-29 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 瞬间秒杀听力

1. President Barack Obama toured the white sand beaches of the Florida Panhandle Tuesday, vowing to fight the oil spill with (quote) everything we got. The president spoke in Pensacola to wrap up a two-day visit to the Gulf Coast before returning to

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(154) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(六月)

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Attention turned to Washington this week over the continuing oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. On Thursday, the chief executive officer of BP faced hours of intense questioning at a House of Representatives

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年VOA慢速英语(六)月

AS IT IS 2013-08-04 Thailand Analyzes Cost of Oil Spill泰国分析漏油带来的损失 Hi, again! Nice to have you with us on As It Is. Today we tell the story of a worker at Londons Buckingham Palace. He became famous in announcing the birth of Br

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(八)月

President Barack Obama, standing with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, center, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, left, delivers remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington following his closed meeting with his Cabinet a

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(五)月

The director of US National Parks says more than 40 parks and wildlife refuges on the Gulf of Mexico could be affected by the BP oil spill. He said there is no clear end to the spill at this point but he downplayed the potential impact when the slick

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(171) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(五)月

After eating a dozen chocolate cookies, he drank a glass of nonfat milk. He figured the good milk would offset the bad cookies. He poured himself another glass. Then he changed his mind. He opened the refrigerator to put the glass inside. His wife as

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 英文短篇故事(纽约)

今天我们要学的词是turf war。 Turf是地盘的意思,turf war地盘之争,势力范围之争。墨西哥联邦部队拘捕了十名市长和另外十八名官员,因为他们涉嫌保护贩毒集团。In Mexico, turf wars between drug

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

1. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen says the cap of the broken wellhead is now collecting more than 620,000 gallons of oil in a day, but even as the amount of oil captured increases daily, officials still can't say how much additional oil is still esca

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2010(六月)

Radical Face-Holy Branches When you were young You'd bite your tongue Calm always did what you were told Never ran your mouth Lived life on tiptoes Only felt peace if by yourself When mistakes don't count There's a hole in your chest From the time th

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 英文摇滚歌曲

I got my shades on, top back, Rollin with the music jacked, One on the wheel, one around you baby Little sun left to burn in the blue sky, Shinnin' of the cross Hangin' from the mirror of my ride, Breeze blowin' in, your hair blowin' round You're sca

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