Former World Lightweight Boxing Champ Keely Thompson is on a mission. He's trying to help at risk youth escape the mean streets of inner-city Washington by teaching them self-respect and how to box. VOA introduces you to him in this week's installmen

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(四)月

Special announcement for Mr. Valans. Would Mr. Valans, passenger on Pan Am Flight Number 35212 to New York, please contact the Pan Am transfer desk immediately. Mr. Valans to contact the Pan Am transfer desk immediately, please. This is a security an

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Ballroom Dancing Strikes Right Note with New Generation 交谊舞对新一辈的冲击 (Music) This scene from the 1936 film “Swingtime” shows how ballroom dancing is practiced by professionals --

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(下)--体育娱乐看台

1.After an early decline, a partial rebound on Wall Street following an unusual and emergency interest rate cut by the Fed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than 400 points after trading began, but closed the day with a milder drop dow

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2008年(一)月

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, former United States senator Fred Thompson announced his candidacy for Fred Thompson president. He joins eight others competing for the Republican Party nomination next year. Fred Thompson arriv

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Todd: So, you were saying you went to Laos, you went to Thailand, by any chance did you go to Malaysia? 你说你去过老挝,去过泰国,那你去过马来西亚吗? Phil: Yeah, I spent, I spent some time in Malaysia. The first stop, we went

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MEGAN THOMPSON: Sisters Beatriz and Elizabeth Vergara attend public high school in a low-income, mostly Hispanic section of northern Los Angeles. The girls are aiming for college, and would be the first in the family with higher degrees. But the Verg

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈教育系列

MEGAN THOMPSON: The Hawaiian island of Kauai is known as the garden isle, luring hundreds of thousands of tourists to its lush northern shores. But fewer make it down to the drier southwest side, home to many native Hawaiians, whove lived here for ge

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JUDGE STEVEN ALM: Since I can't control what youre gonna do, I can control what I'm gonna do. And what that means, in the future, if you violate any of the conditions of probation, you can count on megiving you some jail time. MEGAN THOMPSON: This is

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MEGAN THOMPSON: By all appearances, Leigh Scozzari is living a comfortable suburban life. She baked cookies one recent afternoon with her four-year-old twins at her moms place in Shirley, Long Island - about 65 miles east of New York City. Scozzari o

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Hilcorp, a private oil and natural gas exploration and production company based in Texas, is in the news for its uNPRecedented generosity towards employees. To celebrate an excellent year, CEO Jeff Hildebrand gave the entire company staff huge bonuse

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(44) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

今天我们要学的词是crucial。 Crucial, 是关键的意思。Crucial factor, 是关键因素,crucial decision, 是关键决策。美国2008年总统大选的共和党参选人,原田纳西州参议员汤普森星期二晚上首次参加公开

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

今天我们要学的词是drop out。 Drop out是退出的意思。美国威斯康辛州前州长汤普森在上星期六爱奥华州举行的共和党总统参选人假想选举中位居第六,汤普森因此宣布退出争取共和党总统候选人

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MEGAN THOMPSON: This port city of around 850-thousand is France's second largest, and one of its most diverse. Located on France's southern Mediterranean shore, Marseille is home to tens of thousands of immigrants from throughout Europe and more rece

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Sad Movies《悲伤电影》善意谎言:是电影另我悲伤 - 当好朋友爱上老公 演唱者:Priscilla Cory 这是一首悲伤的心情歌曲,女主人公想和爱人去看场电影,但是她的爱人说,他必须去工作,所以女主

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 美国乡村音乐

92-year-old Harriette Thompson completed the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in San Diego on Sunday, becoming the oldest woman to finish a marathon. She finished the 42.1-kilometer race in 7 hours, 24 minutes and 36 seconds. On this course my son was with me

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MEGAN THOMPSON: Police officer Christopher Ross patrols a precinct on the south side of Memphis an area with a very high rate of crime. Ross sees a lot of violence, drug use and prostitution. But those aren't the only types of calls that Ross respond

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MEGAN THOMPSON: Two-and-a-half million people visit Pompeii every year, making it one of Italy's busiest tourist attractions. The ancient city, close to modern-day Naples, is famous for being frozen in time, preserved as it was when the volcano Mount

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Business. 商业。 The New York Times. 《纽约时报》。 From BBC to NYT. 从 BBC 到 NYT。 A new boss for an old paper. 老报纸,新总裁。 THE New York Times Company, an American newspaper group, has a history of ill-fated acquisitions,

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