HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week: We play music by the comedian, actor and singer Wayne Brady ... And answer a listener question about the most literate cities in the United States ... But

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(三)月

Ed Trinka shares 45 years of memories as a doorman to stars and others at New York's Plaza Hotel It's Friday morning, which means it's time again for StoryCorps, the project that records Americans talking about their lives and talking with each othe

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Lesson 1 Steven,you worry too much about small things. [00:-0.50]史蒂文,你在小事上操的心太多了 [00:-1.00]Look,I found a sweater.I got it yesterday. [00:-1.50]瞧,我找到了一件毛衣,我昨天买的。 [00:-2.00]Mmm..I don't k

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北京奥运28大项 参与,竞争,分享,进步 Flatwater 皮划艇静水 英文原文 All kayaks and canoes shall carry a vertical plate, made of non-transparent material, marked with black numbers on a white background, indicating the lane. The numbers on the plate

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By Nina Marie Potts Rotterdam, Netherlands 14 February 2006 watch Rotterdam report Immigrants in Rotterdam European assumptions about how easy it is to integrate immigrant communities are being sharpl

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By Scott Stearns White House 03 May 2006 President Bush is instructing health officials to stockpile anti-viral drugs in preparation for a possible outbreak of Avian Flu. Scientists expect the flu to

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By Roger Wilkison Bangkok 23 July 2007 Thai police have arrested and charged six people following a protest against last year's military coup that turned violent Sunday night, and they say more arrests are likely. From Bangkok, Roger Wilkison reports

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Brazilian aircraft searching for an Air France jet that disappeared with 228 people onboard in an Atlantic storm have spotted debris in the ocean. Members of Brazilian Pelican military squad prepare to depart from Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, t

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By Robert Raffaele Washington, DC 08 February 2008 American medical researchers say they are stunned by the results of a major government study on diabetes and heart disease. They hoped to prove that a long-trusted form of treatment for lowering blo

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By Peter Heinlein United Nations 19 December 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has used his farewell news conference to defend his stewardship of the world body. VOA's correspondent at the U.N. Peter Heinlein reports Mr. Annan is promising to s

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By Benjamin Sand Irbil, Iraq 23 October 2006 In Iraq, celebrations for Eid al-Fitr to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan were unusually somber. Families gathered amid a sharp rise in violence across the country. ----- Iraqi Sunnis pray

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By Michael Bowman Washington 19 July 2006 The Bush administration says it stands with the international community in wanting an end to bloodshed along the Israeli-Lebanese border, but only when the groundwork for a lasting cessation of hostilities h

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By Greg Flakus Albuquerque, New Mexico 25 July 2007 Large scale collection of solar power arrays As the world searches for ways to produce energy without burning fossil fuel, there is increased interest in solar energy. One place associated with sola

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By Meredith Buel Capitol Hill 22 June 2007 The Bush administration says it has no immediate plans to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay Cuba despite demands by some members of Congress and human rights groups. As VOA correspondent Meredith Buel repor

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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 12 April 2006 Israelis are celebrating the weeklong biblical holiday of Passover under tight security. Ultra-Orthodox Jews, some in prayer, gather around a fire as they burn

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By Alan Silverman Hollywood 14 October 2007 For many, the music of the Beatles was the soundtrack for the turbulent 1960s. In her new film musical set in that decade, award-winning director Julie Taymor uses almost three dozen of those songs to tell

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By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 11 January 2006 watch Stopping Bird Flu report Turkey this week announced 10 additional cases of bird flu in humans, bringing the total in that country to 14. Birds ha

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 08 April 2007 Christian Orthodox worshippers pray and hold candles at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, 07 Apr 2007 Christians celebrated Easter Sunday in Jerusalem with services in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher and

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The U.N. refugee agency's annual conference opens in Geneva on Monday. Representatives from the UNHCR's 76-nation governing body will attend the week-long meeting to set the work agenda for the coming year. They will focus on the needs and actions t

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十月)

For 17 months, until he left the job in September 2007, Tony Snow was the White House press secretary, the voice of the Bush administration. Now, he is being remembered and mourned by the president he served, and the reporters who sparred with him i

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