A Blind Man Helped Me See the Beautiful World It was late afternoon when the chairman of our Bangkok- based company gave me an assignment: I would leave the next day to accompany an important Chinese businessman to tourist sites in northern Thailand.

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 新视野大学英语读写教程(4)

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we have a test for you -- a vocabulary quiz. The words are all related to agriculture. We start with two questions about terms for plants. Ready? First question: What do we call a plant that l

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From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Our brains are protected by our skull. But that is not the only protection it has. A natural barrier around our brains prevents germs and other damaging substances in the blood from ente

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There are growing signs the uprising in Syria could be sliding into armed conflict. Army defectors have destroyed part of an air force base near the capital Damascus. Arab League nations meeting in Morocco have carried out their threat to suspend Syr

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31. species n. (物)种,种类 specific a. 特有的,明确的,详情的 specifically adv. 特别地,具体地说 specify v. 指定,详细说明 specimen n.样本,标本,样品 spectacular a.引人注目的,壮观的 speculate v. 推测

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俄罗斯发布不受欢迎组织黑名单 美国多家组织在列 The Russian government's list of so-called undesirable organizations has grown yet again. This time authorities have banned the U.S.-based International Republican Institute, or IRI,

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Youve just opened a bottle of wine for dinner. On the label, you see these words: Contains Sulfites. What are sulfites? And what are they doing in your wine? 设想一下,你在晚餐时刚刚打开了一瓶酒,你会在酒瓶的标签上看到:含

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09 Roles Within a Family GLOSSARY to fit right in to become part of a group, usually because one has many thingsin common with the other members; to be welcomed in a warm, friendly way intoa group of people * If you enjoy playing chess, youll fit rig

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Sheepdogs and Wolves If you ever see a sheepdog at work, you might be amazed at how well suited its actions are to the very human concern of keeping a flock of sheep together. Whats more amazing, much of a sheepdogs behavior doesnt have to be trained

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My Advice to Students: Education Counts Hundreds of students send me e-mail each year asking for advice about education. They want to know what to study, or whether it's okay to drop out of college si

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This should be one of the hard-earned lessons of Iraq and Afghanistan where our military became the strongest advocate for diplomacy and development 这是伊拉克和阿富汗的艰苦经历告诉我们的我们的军队已经成为外交和发展最有

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美联社,新闻一分钟,president,Bush,Saudi Arabia,1. President Bush appoints embattled nominee John Bolton as ambassador to the UN, sidestep ping the Senate which is on its August break. 2. Saudi Arabia's King Fahd has died. Fahd who moved the kingdo

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American folklore is rich with tales of western cowboys - hard-working ranch hands who spent all day, every day, punching cows. That's cowpoke talk for herding, roping, and branding cattle under the sun and stars. Library of Congress Sharpshooter Nat

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We were young lets said wed searched for who we are 我们还年轻 我们在寻找自我 And you can try it on your own if youre brave at heart 如果你内心有勇气 你可以自己尝试 Well Ive been on a journey to define my name 我们将会踏

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The new head of Guinea's electoral commission starts work Thursday. His first job is deciding whether the country can hold presidential elections on Sunday. General Siaka Toumany Sangare meets with members of the independent national electoral commis

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Samantha: Hello. Terry: Hey, Samantha. It's Terry. Samantha: Oh, hi Terry. How's it going? Terry: Not bad. Hey, the reason I'm calling is that I heard from Veronica that you're looking for a used car . Samantha: Yeah, I'm hoping to find something rel

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Leaders from the world's biggest industrial nations meet in Japan on Monday for the annual Group of Eight summit. 世界主要工业化国家领导人星期一在日本出席八大工业发达国家高峰会议。 U.S. President George Bush says he w

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Our galactic home, the Milky Way, is big. Mostgalaxies are far smaller. And its not easy being one of those little galaxiesa big galaxys gravity can rob their gas. And gas creates new stars, so losing gas spells the end of star-making. That's what ha

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What are they, captain? I asked. 船长,什么方法呢?我问。 Here I'm naturally led into telling you how the Nautilus is maneuvered. 这样一来,我自然得告诉你我是怎样驾驶诺第留斯号的。 I can't wait to find out. 我很想

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I used to suck at basketball. Gym class in middle school was the worst. I was always the last kid to be picked. The only reason I was even picked at all was because I was good friends with the best player in the class. I still remember how he would l

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