Germanys Merkel Calls for Ban on Full-Face Covers 德国总理默克尔呼吁禁止蒙脸面纱 German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a ban on full-face veils worn by some Muslim women. 德国总理默克尔呼吁禁止穆斯林女性佩戴蒙

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(136) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

How would you like to sip a glass of cold beer while sitting in the shadow of a Chinese pagoda surrounded by English gardens in the middle of a southern German city? It may sound unlikely, but that is what millions of visitors from around the world e

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力小短文走遍全世界

Peter Crouch in action, photo by Phil Chambers Hes big, hes red; his feet stick out the bed ! Peter Crouch, Peter Crouch! Thats what Liverpool Football Club fans sing about their teams striker, Peter Crouch, and standing at 2.01 meters its no wonder

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Mein Kampf is the one book title by which Adolf Hitler is known. But he wrote a second book, one that was never published... 阿道夫.希特勒的《我的奋斗》已是广为人知。但你知道吗?

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(188) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

今天我们要学的词组是take steps。 Take steps的意思是采取步骤、措施。比如, 美国大学在维州理工大学发生重大枪杀事件后纷纷采取防范措施,They are taking steps to prevent campus shootings. 还比如,美

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Circumcision in Germany 割礼在德国 Incisive arguments 激烈的争辩 A row over a ruling that circumcision for non-medical reasons is a crime 法院对出于非医疗原因实行割礼构成犯罪的裁定引发争议 The parents, both Muslims,

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A new cafe in Germany has become a social media star as everything is upside down. 德国一家新开的咖啡馆因为所有东西都是颠倒的而走红社交媒体。 The Toppels' roadside cafe in Wertheim opened earlier this year and it was an i

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 趣味英语

来自德国的年轻摇滚:Tokio Hotel - 1000 Oceans 1000 Oceans Tokio Hotel Empty Streets I follow every breath Into the night The wind so cold The sun is frozen The world has lost its light I carry your picture Deep in me Back to you Over 1000 s

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A team of scientists from University of Freiburg in Germany are developing a shoe with a sensor to automatically tie its laces that could be taken off when users click their heels together. 德国弗莱堡大学(University of Freiburg)的一个科学

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Italian Museum Wants Germany to Return Painting Stolen by Nazis The director of a well-known art museum in Italy is urging Germany to return a Dutch painting stolen by Nazi troops during World War II. Eike Schmidt is director of Uffizi Gallery, a mus

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WASHINGTONGermany has temporarily suspended participation in the much-vaunted European Union system of passport-free movement between member countries and has imposed border controls, saying it was forced to do so to limit the influx of refugees from

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Circus staff have been warned by police after taking a 2.5 tonne rhinoceros for a walk in Germany without any restraints. 马戏团的工作人员在德国的大街上,不带任何束缚地溜犀牛之后,被警察警告了。 Panicked locals in

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Chancellor Angela Merkels attempt to choose a new German president by consensus has run into trouble after her Social Democrat coalition partners proposed foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier for the job. 总理安格拉.默克尔(Angela Merkel)试

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JUDY WOODRUFF: It's been a day of horror in the capital cities of Germany and Turkey. First Berlin, where a truck drove into a crowd of Christmas shoppers, leaving the street full of dead and wounded. We get more now from Ira Spitzer. He's the Berlin

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One day after delivering a speech to the Muslim world, U.S. President Barack Obama pushed for progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, and in negotiations on Iran's nuclear ambitions. The president spoke after talks with German Chancellor Ang

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【生词预览】 inspector检查员,cordially热情地,windmill风车,compartment车厢,eyelid眼皮 【笑话原文】 German Visit A man decided to visit his brother who was stationed in Germany. He assumed that most Germans would speak E

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Spying is dangerous work but it has some perks, as 007 knows - high tech gadgets. (SOUNDBITE OF JAMES BOND FILMS) UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: Stun gas. X-ray document scanner. A typical leather belt. Smoke screen, oil slick, A standard iss

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Suddenly, however, there is an American president who, though he said last week that he would strongly support NATO, has also called the alliance obsolete and suggested that his support might be conditional on allies meeting their commitments to spen

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But then we'd say 'better to have a Russian on your belly than an American over your head' 但后来我们说压在你肚子上的苏联人,胜过在你头上的美国人。 This German woman was referring to the allied bombers that pounded her cit

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Pink德国现场再现惊人演出《Try》真的很逆天! 辣妈Pink亮相德国Wetten Dass节目,再现她在今年AMA颁奖礼上的逆天演出,将《Try》中的不可思议的舞蹈现场重现,Pink堪比杂技演员了,但是她的演

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