In 1945, representatives of 50 nations met to plan this organization. It was called the United Nations. After the war, many more nations joined. There are two major parts of the United Nations. One is called the General Assembly, m the General Assemb

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(137) / 评论(0) 分类 英语专业四级听力50篇

AILSA CHANG, HOST: A hundred years ago, this country entered the first global war, World War I. That ugly, dirty, agonizing conflict cost millions of lives and changed the world. The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is observing the centen

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In the course of our coverage of this nation's wars, we try everyday here to focus on the sacrifice of those who serve and their families. Nowhere is that sight more striking than when you come across the graves of those Americans who have served. A

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Child Soldiers Return to Congolese Wars Since 2003, tens of thousands of children have been removed from warring militias in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Boys and girls return from the bush traumatized, isolated, uneducated and too old to go bac

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Lesson 38 第38章 Wars and Fairy-Tales 战争和童话故事 Though Italian is the language of music, the people of Germany are quite as musical as the Italians. 尽管意大利语是音乐的语言,德国这个民族像意大利人一样喜爱音乐

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76 war words battle(field) fighting troop warplane bomb warship gun missile tank refugee relief agency aid causualty dead wounded destroy target military killed soldier civilian ceasefire shooting uniform phrases cause causalties destroy tanks kill c

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1. When is the reality showing on TV? What channel is showing the program? A. at 7:00 on channel 5 B. at 7:30 on channel 7 C. at 8:00 on channel 11 2. Why does the man not want to watch the reality show? A. He watched the same program last week. B. H

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Peace is the one thing we all hope for in the world. I wonder if it will ever come. It seems so simple, really. Why cant everyone live in peace? It seems a lot easier to do that than to fight useless wars. If there was peace in the world, everyones l

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The problem of refugees is getting bigger and bigger. In fact, it is such a problem that there are now many different words for refugees. There are refugees, political refugees, displaced persons, internally displaced persons, migrants, and more. A l

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Fans of the Star Wars movies have a special day to celebrate the films, characters and culture of the franchise. That day is May the 4th. Why this day? It is not the day on which the first Star Wars was released, nor is it director George Lucas' birt

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Todd: So Mark, if you don't mind me asking, how old are you? Mark: I'm 31. Todd: 31. OK, and so you probably don't remember but like... I'm 37 and I remember watching television with no remote control. Like just the big square box you have to go up a

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

《Civil War》是美国硬摇滚乐队枪炮与玫瑰的一首单曲,首次收录于1990年的群星慈善专辑《Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal》。这是一首反战歌曲,指出一切战争皆为内战,战争唯独喂肥了富人,却

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Veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan Become a Force in Politics 从伊拉克和阿富汗退伍的军人成新一股政治力量 Today, Tammy Duckworth is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a candidate for the Senate. Eleven years ago, she was

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A: What does she look like? B: Well, she was pretty tall, about 5 feet 10 inches and kind of scary looking! A: What do you mean, scary? B: Well, she had a crazy sounding laugh and wild hair. Do you know what I mean? A: Yes, I know what you mean. B: A

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A: Can you describe her for me? B: She was large, hairy, and scary! A: What are you talking about? B: When she laughed, it sent chills up my spine. Have you ever met someone like that? A: Yes, one time I met someone like that. B: She had eyes like la

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他们的这首《Poison Wine》除了出现在《吸血鬼日记》S03E15集中以外,也曾经出现在美剧《实习医生格蕾》中。这两部美剧的插曲都是出了名的棒,相信有这两大保证的歌也不会让各位失望。 Y

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Weekly Address: President Obama Announces Changes to Help Veterans with PTSD Receive the Benefits They Need 每周电视讲话:奥巴马总统宣布改变将为患创伤后压力心理障碍症的退伍军人带来福音 WASHINGTON In this weeks ad

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The PR department of online retailer 360buy.com says the company raised more than 700 million U.S. dollars in its latest round of financing from Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Kingdom Holdings Company. What I can confirm with you is we indeed hav

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今天我们要学的词儿是anniversary。 Anniversary是周年纪念,周年纪念日的意思。生活中有些日子是绝对不能忘记的。比如说 wedding anniversary, 结婚纪念日,再比如anniversary of his death, 指某人的祭日。

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Well, at least without Sheldon here, we got to start with Episode IV. Mm, true. 至少谢尔顿不在,我们可以从第四部看起。没错 I do feel guilty about him. Me, too. 我觉得对他有点愧疚。我也是 Maybe we should see how he's

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