VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I'm Barbara Klein. VOICE TWO: A modern sign marks the Santa Fe Trail. Behind, an example of adobe architecture. And I'm Steve Ember. This week on our program, we take you to a city in the

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(三)月

Jack and Annie passed under the stone gatewaythat led onto London Bridge. As they started across, Jack was amazed. The bridge was so noisy and smelly! Wagon wheelsrumbled like thunder over the cobblestones. Potsclinked in carts. Horses neighed. Shopk

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You know, I heard something today that I find, it's not funny, but I was amused when I heard itabout you. And I didnt know this about you, that, you, you, you smoke. I actually, if there was an Olympics for smoking; Im kind of, like, more gold medals

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Over the next few months, we're going to hear from people who are in pursuit of the American Dream through the most basic part of life - food. Sometimes, the American Dream involves getting ahead in the world. Today's story isn't l

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Dialogue 1 Jingjing: Hi Mark! Do you know tomorrow is Children's Day? 京晶:嗨,马克!你知道明天是儿童节吗? Mark: That's cool. Are you going to see a ceremony for the Young Pioneers? 马克:不错呢。你会去看少先队的庆祝

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【今日基础词】 Influence 【Transcript】 I had just pulled over someone for driving under the influence when another car pulled up behind us. I stopped what I was doing and walked back to see if the driver needed assistance. No, I dont need a

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经典背诵 Recitation Security guard: There are fifty parking spaces in our community's parking lot. But it's almost empty during the day time because people drive their cars out to work . So I suppose it's a good idea to rent some of the parking s

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Commentator Jill Vaughan has a small farm in upstate New York. And right now, that means she's hiring teenagers who aren't afraid of really working at their summer jobs. We still need peasants in our corner of the country. On our farm, we make hay

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By Greg Flakus Houston, Texas 18 March 2008 Cowboys and cowgirls from around the world are in Houston, Texas for what is billed as the biggest livestock show and rodeo in the world. The annual event includessaddle bronc riding, bull riding, steer ro

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Obama Strategy on Arab Spring Served US Interests December 17, 2010, in Tunisia. A street vendor, Mohamed Bouaziz, sets himself on fire in a protest against government policies and dies, becoming the catalyst for a Tunisian revolution and the Arab Sp

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Circus Museums Pay Tribute to 'Greatest Show on Earth' Ladies and gentlemen, and children of all ages! Thats a favorite ringmasters refrain at the circus, a cherished entertainment tradition across America. And its lovingly preserved at two unusual U

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Recently, we tried one of those word-association games on our colleagues here at VOA. We used the word Indiana and asked for the first thing that came to mind. Farms, one person said. Notre Dame University football, said someone else. Another blurted

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Auschwitz March Highlights Worries about Anti-Semitism in Hungary OSWIECEM, POLAND Amid concerns about the rise of extremist parties in Europe, around 10,000 people from around the world took part in a march Monday between the former Nazi death camps

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The immigration minister is arriving in Geneva later today for meetings on the humanitarian crisis in Syria. Peter D will meet UN officials to ask how Australia can help. Thousands of refugees are flooding within Europe, the government is considering

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TEXT: Six Swedes are about to embark on a special journey - sailing in a novel device called the wind wagon. Used by 19th Century immigrants to travel through the vast plains of America, this wind wagon will retrace one of their paths. Henrik Wallgre

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(71) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻视频

On my way home from work, I stopped at the supermarket . My doctor has been telling me to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, so I finally decided to follow her advice. I resolved to eat better, so I could feel better. I made a beeline for the prod

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Literacy is coming to some rural Ethiopian children on a donkey's back. VOA's Peter Heinlein visited the Ethiopian town of Awassa, to meet an Ethiopian-American man who returned to the land of his birth to Make a Difference with youngsters hungry for

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Valor will be tackling the acid clouds of Venus with little help from flying pan technology. This being two weather balloons are we watched Venus in the mid-1980s. This with wagon machines there were two sep balloons that the Russians put them in the

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Cora: Hi, Im Cora. Antonio: Im Antonio. Nice to meet you. Cora: Same here. Are you from around here ? Antonio: No, Im originally from Arkansas. How about you? Cora: Im a native Californian, but I grew up in the Middle East. My parents were in the mil

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E. T. Phoned. Now What? 外星人来电 Suppose one day scientists pick up a transmission they think is generated by alien s . Now what? Do we build a landing strip and break out the welcome wagon? Well heres the thing about picking up alien broadcas

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