Boxing Program Helps People With Parkinson's Disease The physical fitness business Rock Steady Boxing NOVA gym opened in McLean, Virginia last December. That was the good news for 75-year-old Neil Eisner. He was diagnosed with Parkinsons disease six

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(120) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(八)月

Elephants dont need cell phones to hold long distance conversations, their deep calls can travel miles. And although humans cant always hear these vocalizations because of their low frequency, elephants produce them using the same mechanism that lets

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There are a lot of factors that go into choosing a baby name. It could be a fandom thing, such as with the babies named Anakin or the children named after Game of Thrones characters. 给小宝宝起名字有诸多影响因素。给孩子取名阿纳金

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第50届格莱美大奖揭晓。美国乡村歌手Carrie Underwood(凯莉安德伍德)获最佳乡村女歌手(Best Female Country Vocal Performance)称号。以下为大家推荐的就是凯莉的一首《Before He Cheats》,这首歌曲获得2008年格莱美奖年度最佳歌曲、最佳乡村女歌手,以及最佳乡村

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Each time you pick up the phone and chat with a new person, that stranger is subconciously judging you from your first hello. Don't get mad: you, too, are judging them. New research indicates that we begin to form first impressions based on how someo

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We should be seen as being part of the solution to many of the world's ill. - Marty Natalegawa. At his annual briefing to journalists Friday, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa says his country is enjoying enhanced diplomatic status followi

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A Fish That 'Sings' Love Songs? 是一种唱情歌的鱼? This is the sound of a fish singing: 这是鱼唱歌的声音:嗯。。。 It is a male fish a plainfin midshipman, to be exact from the Pacific Ocean.He is singing, or humming, a love son

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Opposition supporters in Ivory Coast plan to demonstrate Tuesday outside state-run television facilities. They say the broadcaster is giving preferential coverage to President Laurent Gbagbo and his ruling party before much-delayed presidential elect

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Love and romance are alive and well on new CDs by Sophie Milman and Roberta Gambarini. Doug Levine | Washington 22 December 2009 Sophie Milman's 'Take Love Easy' CD For arrangement, I look for a presentation that allows the song to be the center of a

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Whitney Houston Remembered as Trailblazer, World Class Entertainer Among all of Houstons groundbreaking achievements, including a tally of more than 400 career awards, her most significant feat was her record-setting string of seven consecutive Numbe

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Dogs have been mans best friend for thousands of years, a source of companionship and loyalty since the Stone Age. 几千年以来,狗狗都是人类最好的朋友,从石器时代开始就是人类忠诚的陪伴。 Now scientists suspect they h

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Their wedding is an occasion when a bride and groom can reasonably expect for all the attention to be on them. 婚礼是新郎新娘成为全场焦点的一个场合。 Stealing the newlyweds' thunder is considered a terrible faux pas. 在新婚夫妇婚

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Lady Bird - Suicice Is Painless Keren Annlai来自法国,一个是拥有多民族血统的混血女创作人, 有名的Vocal pop歌手,而Bradi Johannsson则是冰岛Trip-hop乐队Bang Gang的主唱。 两人走在一起化身为Lady Bird并创作

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It wasnt really sad the way they said goodbye. Or maybe it just hurts so bad she couldnt cry. He packed his things ,walked out the door and drove away. And she became the girl from yesterday. He took a plane across the sea to some foreign land. She

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Females are adopting a croaky drawl known as vocal fry and showcased by the likes of many US celebrities including reality TV stars the Kardashian family. 女性如今都爱拉长调子用沙哑的声音说话,俗称气泡音。许多美国名人都这

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Business 商业报道 Multinationals in emerging markets 新兴市场的跨国公司 Must try harder 要做的还有很多 The ambitions of Western firms in emerging markets far exceed their efforts 西方跨国公司在新兴市场行动滞后于雄心

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BEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- U.S. pop star Beyonce Knowles was questioned after she performed at the inauguration ceremony of U.S. President Barack Obama over whether she lip-synched to the national anthem. On Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the U.S. M

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The video was filmed in Montreal and directed by French Canadian film-maker Xavier Dolan, who said there was an instant connection when he first met the singer in London. 该视频在蒙特利尔拍摄,由法裔加拿大导演哈维尔多兰(Xavi

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四级写作方法与技巧:作文定义法 定义法(definition) 定义法是用下定义的方式去揭示事物本质特征或概念内涵。它能使读者迅速抓住本质属性和基本特点。此法的句型: ① is a/the of which/that ②

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1. A federal judge has sentenced former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to 14 years in prison for corruption. After years of insisting he was innocent, he told the judge he'd made terrible mistakes and acknowledged that he broke the law. 2. A 20-ye

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