Remember, a name is for life In Sao Paulo, a baby boy is chortling away, unaware that a court is deciding his fate. If it finds in his father's favour, he is in all kinds of trouble. There may be a law in Brazil against giving your child a name that

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 四级晨读英语美文

VOA美语咖啡屋 Lesson 55:Daytona Bike Week Y: 个位听众好!我是杨晨。欢迎您到美语咖啡屋! J: Hello, I'm Jody and welcome to American Cafe. Hey, Yang Chen, how was your trip down to Florida? Y: 哎呀,玩得太开心了。我

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016B 社会文化: 中级课程 Jane和Will初次约会,聊到彼此的家庭背景。我知道Jane的父母来自中国,所以我很想听听,作为一个亚裔美国人,Jane的成长经历是什么样的。 Professor: That's right, Winnie,

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The Puritans Behind the Myths Who were the real Puritans? And why did Puritan become a derogatory label? In what ways have the Puritans shaped what we believe and how we live today? Most Americans picture the Puritans as people who had no humor and n

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 英语流行话题阅读-单词5500

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发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(170) / 评论(0) 分类 背诵为王第四册

市中心乐团希望吸引青年人才 Most members of this orchestra are African American or Hispanic. 这个乐团的绝大多数成员是非裔或西班牙裔美国人。 They play American standards, pop and classical music. 他们演奏美国当代

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After Aiding Injured Israelis, A Palestinian Is Targeted For Abuse play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0003:56repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Fla

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年NPR美国国家公共电台9月

A college education is out of reach for most state and federal prisoners. Californias San Quentin is one of the few prisons in the country that offers college-level courses. 大学教育在大多数州和联邦监狱都是不可能的。加州圣昆廷

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Poor schools, stereotypes, workplace classroom barriers hold people back Rosanne Skirble | Washington, DC 26 March 2010 Mae Jamison, former astronaut [left], promotes science literacy across the United States to produce more scientists and educate yo

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An online competition is now open for what's being called the first-ever international showcase of short films about Islam and women. The films focus on women of all faiths and backgrounds who are living in Muslim-majority countries, as well as Musli

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纽约戴克高地亮起绚烂圣诞灯饰 When the lights go on, the electricity bills go up. 这些灯亮起来的时候,电费账单也随之升高。 In these other white quite Brooklyn neighborhood called Dyker Heights. 这里是布鲁克林戴克

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Mohawks have hunted, fished and lived by the St. Lawrence River for hundreds of years. After the War of 1812, the United States and Great Britain drew a line on a map, creating today's northern border between New York state and C

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: As Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg testified for Congress today, we sat wondering, how much do Americans care about their online privacy? What's OK for companies to collect about you, and what's not? So we went out here in Washing

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: And, you know, there have been these musical acts over the years, like The Monkees, The Jackson 5, New Kids on The Block, 'NSync - all of them had one thing in common. They had individual members leave the group and try to find th

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When you hear the term, computer geek, what image immediately pops into mind? Is the geek in your mind's eye a woman? Probably not. There's a reason the stereotype of the computer geek is almost always depicted as male. Around the world, significantl

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 英语时差8,16

I was telling my friend, Gina, a joke. I began it by saying, An Irishman, an Englishman, and a Frenchman walk into this bar, and Suddenly, Gina grabbed my arm and shook her head. I turned around and our coworker, Colin, was standing right behind me.

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Sticks and stones may break your bones but words can never hurt you? Not so. In fact, science has shown that negative stereotypes can cause a very specific type of harm, even to people who do not believe the stereotypes; they can significantly affect

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Although there has been much debate about whether race has a biological or social basis, the bottom line is that race is a psychological reality for many people. That is, many folks assign other individuals to racial categories based on their appeara

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One look at Movie Director and Writer Lena Han, and its obvious she doesnt fit the Hollywood director stereotype. Its very hard to be a female filmmaker in Hollywood. That is for sure. I think they feel like you dont have as much authority, or you ca

发表于:2019-02-25 / 阅读(1781) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2019年(二月)

Odd things are happening to Brits... we seem to be developing green fingers! The number of people growing their own fruit and veg has almost doubled in the past year, according to Gardeners' World magazine. Gardens and allotments across the UK have b

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