Working as a Street Performer Giancarlo: Whoa, where are you going? I thought we were going to hang out. Alana: Im going to work. Giancarlo: Work? I didnt know you got a job. Alana: Im busking on Main Street. Giancarlo: You mean youre panhandling? Th

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年ESL之餐饮娱乐

Negotiating With a Street Vendor Sean: Just look at the quality of that. You wont find a finer one anywhere. Patrice: Its nice, but its more than I want to spend. Sean: Okay, just for you, Ill knock off 10%. What do you say? Patrice: I think its stil

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Occupy Wall Street Protesters Reflect US Diversity Zuccotti Park, located in downtown New York City, is usually where bankers and traders from Wall Street would enjoy a quiet lunch. Recently, though, it has been taken over by people who are protestin

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十月)

The protest was in the news. Hundreds of protesters were living in a park near Wall Street. They had been there for three weeks. They planned to stay there for many more weeks. They marched on Wall Street. They carried signs. One sign said, Tax the g

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Conflicts across the Middle East have had a major effect on children. Millions of boys and girls now live in refugee camps after escaping fighting in places such as Syria and northern Iraq. They have had to spend their early years dealing with the te

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By Jeff Swicord Kabul, Afghanistan 15 November 2006 watch Afghan Street Children After decades of conflict, street children have become a major problem for Afghanistan. Most will never have the opportunity to live a normal life. But Jeff Swicord rep

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这首歌是《蓝色大门》的片尾曲,轻快的节奏让我们回到了童年的某个瞬间。Frente是一支来自澳洲的乐队,却取了一个西班牙文的名字,即英文Front的意思,中文通常翻译为佛朗迪。他们原本把

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AS IT IS 2013-07-09 Street Artist Tests Free Speech Limits in Singapore Hello, Im Steve Ember. Today, in Singapore, we meet a street artist who is testing the limits of free artistic expression in a country where rules are firmly enforced. Next. in t

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JPMorgan Trading Losses Prompts New Probe, Concerns About Wall Street Just days after JPMorgan Chase reported the loss, Jamie Dimon, the bank's embattled CEO, apologized to shareholders. This should have never happened. I can't justify it. Unfortunat

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Occupy Wall Street Neighbors: 'We're Under Siege' The Occupy Wall Street protest in lower Manhattan has not actually occupied the street that is synonymous with American finance, but rather a park several blocks away. The area's small business owners

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十月)

Drug Abuse is Major Threat to Street Kids There are millions of children around the world living or working on the streets. A new study says their struggle to survive is made even harder by high levels of drug use. The journal Addiction has published

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: In the coming weeks, the classic children's TV show Sesame Street will introduce a new Muppet character on the air for the first time in a decade. Her name is Julia, and she has autism. NPR's David Folkenflik paid a visit to the s

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Google launched the New Zealand edition of its Street View software this week. Street View is found on Google maps and is free to use. By typing in an address or dragging a small man on the screen, anyone with an Internet connection has a 360-degree,

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5个帅气阳光的男孩于1999年组成了偶像团体 - Dreamstreet(梦幻街少年) 5位成员分别 Christopher Trousdale,Greg Raposo,Frankie Galasso,Jesse McCartney和Matt Ballinger 组成。才十几岁的年纪 , 却在出道的那几年造成不小的炫风。他们在美国人气超旺,首支单曲It H

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Every year in Indonesia, thousands of rural poor migrate to big cities in hope of finding a better life. But for many of them, the dream never comes true. A private charity, the Learning Farm, is taking the opposite path: teaching former street kids

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'Occupy Wall Street' Protest Joined by Labor, Community Groups Anti-Wall Street protestors were joined Wednesday by labor unions and community organizers demonstrating in New York against what they see as economic injustice. The Occupy Wall Street pr

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今天我们要学的词是Main Street。 Main Street, 在美国,不论大城市还是小城镇,通常会有一条主街叫 Main Street. 如今说起Main Street,一般泛指普通民众、工薪阶层和小企业主的利益,相对于Wall Str

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More Children Fall Victim To Street Shootings Amid Spike In Chicago DAVID GREENE, HOST: So far this year, nearly 370 children in the United States who are 12 years old or younger have been harmed or killed by gunfire. This is according to the non-pro

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年NPR美国国家公共电台8月

C Is For Contract: Longtime Actors In Grown-Up Dispute With 'Sesame Street' AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Sesame Street has been a constant presence in children's entertainment for nearly 50 years. And while the most popular characters - Big Bird, Elmo, Oscar

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Voice 1 Welcome to Spotlight. Im Liz Waid. Voice 2 And Im Joshua Leo. 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 While in Mexico City, Mexico, you mi

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