What would life be like without music? I wonder how music started. It is an important part of every culture on Earth. I wonder when we first became interested in music. I also wonder when we first become interested in music. Is it when we are a baby?

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 听一分钟英文-M

Birthdays are brilliant. Im 62 years old and I still love them. I dont think Ive ever had a bad birthday. In fact, I think birthdays get better and better the older you become. Sure, kids love birthdays because they get presents and get to eat cake.

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1. There is more trouble on the way for Lincoln County, Missouri. It's here where residents are still days away from the crest on the Mississippi River. Meanwhile, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa this city library is a total loss. An entire floor is now a was

发表于:2018-12-15 / 阅读(107) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2008年6月

1. It is a weekend to remember those serving the country. President Bush is asking Americans to pause on Monday for a moment of remembrance. At Arlington National Cemetery, each headstone is being marked with an American flag. 2. Presidential candid

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1. The government says US home prices fell in April at their fastest rates since 1991. Meanwhile, the Senate has overwhelmingly voted to speed up work on a 300-billion dollar foreclosure rescue plan. And a private survey says consumer confidence is

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I dream almost every night. I have a lot of dreams and I remember most of them. Im not sure what they mean. Some of them are quite strange. One day Ill have to buy a book on dreams and see if I can interpret them. When I was a little kid, I had reall

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I have a passion for furniture. I love it. I particularly love antique furniture. I love going round old houses and looking at all the beautiful sofas and chests and cabinets from hundreds of years ago. Making furniture used to be a real art. They do

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Im a bit shy when I have to speak in English. Im a little worried about making mistakes. I also still lack confidence. Many of my friends dont worry about mistakes. They just talk and talk. They always get their message across, even if their grammar

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I never know what to do with my hair. Sometimes I want it long, sometimes I want to cut it all off. My hair is a little unmanageable. It never does what I want it to. Its very thick. When its long and I have lots of split ends so I have to go to the

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I hate gossip. It really gets on my nerves. I really dont understand why people gossip about other people. My office is full of gossips. They have nothing better to do. Surely there are more important things to talk about. Gossip isnt true. Thats why

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Home is where the heart is. Thats so true. Ive lived in many different houses during my life but not all of them have been home. When you are growing up, home is where your family lives. I left home when I was 18 and slowly my childhood home was no l

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People say intelligence is a lot more attractive than beauty. I often ask people if they would prefer a partner who is intelligent or good looking. They almost always say they want someone who is intelligent. I wonder why it is some of us are so inte

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Without laws the world would end. OK, maybe the actual Earth might not end, but life as we know it would end. Wed all end up fighting and killing each other. It would become the survival of the strongest, or perhaps the survival of the nastiest. If t

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I love restaurants. I never get tired of going to them. I go to restaurants a lot. Maybe three times a week. I have my favourite restaurants, which I go to regularly. The waiters know me and I usually get very good service. But I also like trying new

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Scientists and doctors cant make their minds up about coffee. One study says its really bad for us and the next report says its good for us. Ive even read that 10 cups a day is good for our brain. I like a cup of coffee at certain times of the day. I

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1. Havana was the scene of a major military parade in honor of Cuban leader Fidel Castro's 80th birthday. However, the ailing Castro wasn't in attendance . US officials believe Castro is suffering fro

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(105) / 评论(0) 分类 美联社新闻一分钟2006

1. The UN Security Council could vote Saturday on sanctions against North Korea in response to the country's reported testing of a nuclear weapon. The US and Japan want a quick vote on the measure, bu

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Michael Devlin has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping Ben Ownby. The 13-year-old boy was snatched minutes after he stepped off his school bus. He was found later in Devlin's St. Louis area apartment along with anothe

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1. Hurricane Dean has lost some of its punch as it crosses the Yucatan Peninsula. But it's expected to gain strength as it sweeps the lower Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile Texas is breathing easier because the storm is too far south to threaten the state w

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1. Hurricane warnings for Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica as Hurricane Dean bear s down on the Caribbean islands. Dean is about 175 miles south of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, moving to the west-northwest at about 17 miles an ho

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