Words and Their Stories: Swan Song 词汇典故:天鹅之歌 Now, the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 (MUSIC) The white swan with its long, graceful neck is among the most beau

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(九)月

AS IT IS 2016-09-29 US Presidential Debate Shows Disagreement on Asia Policy 美国总统候选人辩论彰显亚洲政策上的分歧 Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump set out sharply different ideas about Americas allies in A

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以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。 一、泛听建议: 1、完整听一遍,掌握大意。 2、继续听,特

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As the head of that great department, he controlled more appointments than all the other members of the cabinet put together. 作为这个庞大机构的领导者,他所控制的委任状比起所有其他内阁成员所能委任的人的总和还要

发表于:2018-12-28 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 美国学生历史

我们已经给大家介绍过两个以walk这个字为主的习惯用语。它们是:To walk on air and to walk the floor. To walk on air的意思是,一个人很高兴的时候走路轻飘飘的。

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(112) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

今天我们要学的词是chip away at; chip。 Chip away at, 是削弱的意思。星期三公布的一项最新民调显示,Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama has chipped away at Hillary Clinton's lead in New Hampshire, 美国民主

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 Today, we tell about horse expressions. In the past, many people depended on horses for transportation, farming and other kinds of wo

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(三)月

AS IT IS 2016-10-06 US Vice Presidential Candidates Debate Policies of Trump, Clinton 美副总统候选人辩论:互批对方阵营主帅 Two men seeking to become vice president of the United States were in Virginia Tuesday night for their only pla

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美国呼吁乌干达营造公平公正选举环境 Democracy is critical to Africa's future. 民主对非洲的未来而言至关重要。 But if democracy is to take root and flourish, specific conditions must be met. 但如果民主想要在那里生

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(二月)

The long running battle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination may be in its final days. Both contenders are campaigning for delegates in the final three primaries between now and Tuesday. And both

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2008年6月

370. The Democratic Nominations. 370.民主党的提名 The Democratic convention met at Charleston, South Carolina. 民主党在南卡罗莱纳州的查理斯顿召开会议, It was soon evident that the Northern Democrats and the Southern Democ

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Kenyan Presidential Candidates Make Final Push 肯尼亚总统候选人最后一搏 NAIROBI, KENYA With just under a week to go before Kenyas presidential election, candidates are making their final efforts to court voters. 肯尼亚首都内罗比,距

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2013年(八月)

今天我们要学的词是twilight。 Twilight, 意思是黄昏时分的,引伸为晚年的,晚期的。 The book is about a man who found his true love in his twilight years, 这本书讲的是一个迟暮之年的老人找到了自己的真爱。

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

Zahra' Langhi 曾是利比亚愤怒日运动的一员。愤怒日运动有助于推翻卡扎菲专制政府,然而利比亚之后又该何去何从呢?在利比亚的第一次大选中,人们尝试创新了候选人名单交叉式候选人名单,

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It is less than ten months until Election Day in the United States, but the presidential campaign season has already seen two historic firsts, including the emergence of the first plausible African American presidential candidate and the first female

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Demetris Christofias, who has won the presidential election in Cyprus, and the leader of Turkish Cypriots, Mehmet Ali Talat, have agreed to meet for talks on reunification of the island. There is a new way of electioneering in Cyprus, for the first t

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The war in Iraq continues to be a sharp point of difference between the two presumptive U.S. presidential nominees, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. 在即将成为美国总统候选人的美国民主党的巴拉克.奥巴马和共和党

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从这次开始我们要讲流行在美国政坛的一些习惯用语。今天先讲的两个起源于五十年代宇宙探索事业。第一个是:countdown。 Countdown原意是倒数计时。曾经从电视上看到火箭发射现场转播的人一

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 美国习惯用语

我们前三次讲了几个由骰子和筹码等赌博用具发展而来的习惯用语。今天我们接着谈同纸牌游戏相关的两个习惯用语。这两个习惯用语中都有一个词:card。相信很多听众朋友对card这个词都不陌

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BBC news with Nick Kelly. There have been heated exchanges during the latest televised debate between the main US Republican presidential hopefuls. It was dominated by attacks on the front runner Donald Trump by his two biggest rivals. Senator Ted Cr

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 中英双语新闻