Hobbies Hobbies are great British and American tradition.A hobby is a special interest or activity that you do on your time off. Some people have animals and hobbies. They keep aves or go fishing. They train dogs to do tricks or keep pigeons to raise

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Christmas: The Most Wonderful Day of the Year? 圣诞节:今年最精彩的一天 Welcome to This Is America with VOA Learning English. Barbara Klein and Steve Ember have our special holiday report. For millions of Americans, the most wonderful day o

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Many people especially the aged hold the idea that we should stick to the traditons of our country. Otherwise they think we will lose our distinctive Chinese character. In their eys, we should be pround of the great traditions left by our ancesters,

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What tradition of west wedding ? The wedding tradition of something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue has been around for hundreds of years. Many brides have been asked on their respective wedding days if they have gathered somet

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Millions of Americans will celebrate Christmas on December twenty-fifth. It is the most widely celebrated religious holiday in the United States. For the past few weeks, Americans have been preparing for Christmas. I'm Bob Doughty. Shirley Griffith

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This is Steve Ember with a VOA Special English holiday program. (MUSIC) A scene from the movie ''White Christmas,'' starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney Music fills the air. Colorful lights shine brightly in windows. Children and ad

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Speech Given by Colin Lucas at Beijing University(科林卢卡斯在北京大学的演说) 牛津大学副校长科林卢卡斯在北京大学的演说 Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Colleagues: Because I am the Vice-Chancellor of the oldest of the forei

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Those mothers who marry younger were significantly more likely to have ... infant and child malnutrition. - Anita Raj Child marriage has been outlawed in India for years. Women cannot legally marry before they reach the age of 18. Yet the practice pe

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Christina Meng Zhang [Photo: China Plus/Lu Chang] The innovation-driven growth model for the worlds economy is a heated topic in this years Boao forum for Asia in Hainan Province. Our reporter Lu Chang speaks with Christina Meng Zhang, founder CEO of

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Daniel: Hi Olga, how are you? Olga: Fine, Daniel, how are you? Daniel: Good, thanks. I wanted to ask you something. I'm really interested about Mexican holidays. Olga: What? Daniel: Can you tell me something about it? Olga: Sure but what do you want

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The Valeri Mausoleum, the largest and most luxurious of 22 pagan tombs buried under St. Peter's Basilica [1] in Vatican City, was reopened on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. The mausoleum lies a few hundred feet away from the burial plac

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Do you ever watch the programs (programmes) on television that show the funniest international advertisements? They generally come out about Christmas time, and provide an hour of side-splitting* entertainment. Advertising is to be scrutinized*. Even

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Ramadan Lanterns Brighten Egyptians' Holy Month In the weeks leading up to Ramadan, vendors like Ahmed Abu Kamel start popping up in the markets and streets of Cairo selling fanous - or fawanees as they are called in the plural. Workers start manufac

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Going to a baseball game is an American summer tradition, and a big part of that ballpark experience is the stirring, up-tempo organ music that's played throughout the game. When teams score runs or players make hits, organ music leads the fans in ch

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Invitation to the Business Wedding Event 商务婚礼邀请函 陈豪在北京的ABC美国公司工作。他中午吃饭在餐厅找到美国同事Amy。 (Office ambience) C: Amy,能找到你,太好了。 A: Will you join me? C: 好啊,我正好有

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That I now lead as mayor I want to do something that has probably never been done before at this university. 而我现在则是这座城市的市长我的讲法 可能在这座学校历史上前无古人 I want to stand here as a Christian in all of

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From 1933 to 1941, Shanghai took in around 30,000 Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust in Europe. And this week, a group of Jewish refugees and their descendants are attending an international conference about this period of time and revisiting the

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Traveling in a convoy of buses, the scholars, who are interested in Tibetan culture, were carried from one place to another, to see the development of the holy land. With an average elevation of more than 3,600-metres, altitude sickness didn't seem t

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Jay: We talk a lot about tradition this time of year. But as much as we love our traditions, sometimes our best memories come from the times that are the most / untraditional. We remember the year mom and dad went crazy. We remember / the year Santa

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In modern times, most people choose to use electrical devices, like refrigerators, to keep drinks cool. But summer visitors at Rockywold-Deephaven Camps in New Hampshire cool their drinks the old-fashioned way - using large blocks of ice in wooden bo

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