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I wanna talk about supporting Coventry City, the team Ive supported since I was a young boy at school. Coventry City are a team from the West Midlands near Birmingham where I grew up and just to give a bit of background on the club, it was founded ba
14.Loving and Hating New York Thomas Griffith 1 Those ad campaigns celebrating the Big Apple, those T-shirts with a heart design proclaiming I love New York, are signs, pathetic in their desperation, of how the mighty has fallen. New York City used t
Butterflies are as beautiful as the flowers they feed on. But they appear to be less abundant than in years past and that has scientists worried. Because butterflies, bees and other beneficial bugs pollinate plants and are crucial to as much as eight
Words and Their Stories: Nicknames for Philadelphia and Boston 词汇典故:费城和波士顿别名 Now, the VOA Special English program, WORDS and THEIR STORIES. Almost all American cities have nicknames. They help establish a citys identity. The
Some US Cities Resort to New Programs to Curb Youth Violence 美国一些城市采取新措施抑制青少年犯罪 NEWARK, NEW JERSEY Murder rates have risen during the first half of the year in several US cities . Many of the homicide victims have
For a city built on beer, the signs surround us. Beverages flow freely for most any event. Ive been around and seen some things, and as far as the drunkest city goes, its still Milwaukee. No.1 thats where Milwaukee landed on the list of 40 drunkest c
美国福克斯新闻:美国最友好和最不友好城市榜出炉.根据美国旅游杂志康泰纳仕旅行者近日公布的统计数据,美国南卡罗莱纳州查尔斯顿凭借其热情好客,美食和自然风光,当选美国最友好城市.而
Robert Neuwirth,《影子城市》(Shadow Cities)的作者,在这个演讲里带领大家寻找世界上的寮屋据点--现在十亿人正住在这样的家园上。Robert发现,这些贫民窟正在当地人的努力下,被建设成为年轻而
Look at these pictures of our city. 看看这些关于我们城市的图片。 Is our city clean? 它干净吗? No, it isn't. 不,不干净。 What makes our city dirty? 什么导致了我们的城市这么脏? Smoke from cars makes the air dir
Dialogue 1 Mark: Well, Jingjing, we sure picked a nice day for a hike. 马克:京晶。我们确定要挑个天气好的日子去远足。 Jingjing: Yeah, this reminds me of the time we went up to the Great Wall. 京晶:是啊。这让我想起了我
The top U.S. military commander in Iraq, Army General Ray Odierno, said Tuesday that American combat forces have completed the planned withdrawal from Baghdad and other urban areas. 美军驻伊拉克最高指挥官、陆军将军奥迪耶诺星期二说
Paul: So Todd, we're talking about football and recently there was the World Cup bidding process that occurred and the English campaign lost to the Russians and the American campaign lost to Qatar. How do you feel about that? Todd: Yeah, it was a bit
Los Angeles Murals Add Color, Character to City 洛杉矶壁画为城市增添色彩,个性 LOS ANGELES The city of Los Angeles is famous for its murals, located on the sides of buildings and highway overpasses. Artists say the murals add character a
Car bombs and mortar attacks have killed at least 54 people in Syrian government-held areas of Damascus and the central city of Homs. Two car bombs exploded in a pro-government neighborhood in Homs on Tuesday, killing at least 40 and wounding over a
A new survey by one of the world's largest human resources firms says Hong Kong has the world's priciest apartment rents. Asia's growing economy and a demand for higher-end housing is to blame for a general price spike in housing throughout Asia. 一家
Demonstrators are holding peaceful rallies in cities across the world to express their concern over the disputed results of last Friday's presidential election in Iran, in which the government declared incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the victor. A rall
Jess: So, Tom, I was reading in the newspaper this morning, and I noticed a story which said that Tokyo and Osaka are now the most expensive cities to live in. I remember you told me you used to live in Tokyo. Was that your experience of living there
Todd: Rebecca, you are from Australia. Can you talk about Sydney and Melbourne? Most people know Sydney and Melbourne and if somebody was going to Australia and could chose one city, what city would you recommend? Rebecca: I would recommend Sydney, o
一人穿行,不走别人的故事Kari Rueslatten-Other People's Stories 厌倦了这个城市,穿过城市,踏进了一片丛林,在穿梭中从未感到如此愉悦,我想就这样在这个光怪陆离的丛林里面拾回城市里面迷失
Rain is essential for life, but too much of it can lead to flooding, causing sewers to overflow and carry contaminants to nearby river systems. 雨水是生命的必需品,但雨量太大会导致洪灾,下水道会积水外溢,并将污染物带