《贫民窟的百万富翁》赢得第81届奥斯卡最佳影片提名,同时也拿到最佳改编剧本、最佳电影剪辑、最佳原创歌曲,最佳原创音乐、最佳音效合成、最佳摄影和最佳导演等瞩目奖项。Jai Ho就是《

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 2015第87届奥斯卡

Caty Weaver: Welcome, Penelope Poulou, our VOA movie correspondent! How are you doing? Penelope Poulou: Im great, its great to be here. CW: Well, thank you very much for doing it. Our listeners really love American movies. Watching them is one of the

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年VOA慢速英语(三)月

今天我们要学的词组是front runner。 Front runner指赛跑中跑在前头的人,也指竞争中的领先者。 美国参议员希拉里.克林顿宣布参加2008年总统竞选。之前除了希拉里以外,民主党内已有前参议员约

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

Outkast - The Way You Move Featuring Sleepy Brown (流浪者合唱团/用你的方式移动) 年度最佳专辑提名 Boom, Boom, Boom. Heh, Heh. [Big Boi] Ready for action, nip it in the butt. We never relaxin', OutKast is everlastin' Not clashi

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 格莱美获奖歌曲

GWEN IFILL:President Obama convened the first Cabinet meeting of his second term today, even as he continued to fill seats left open at that table. Sylvia Burwell, the president of the Wal-Mart Foundation, was nominated to head the Office of Manageme

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈环境系列

It is getting worse,I mean like sometimes I talk,no one really understand what I said 情况变得越来越糟 我的意思是 有些时候我说话 没有人能真正懂得我在说什么 It must be really hard for you because you are very busy to h

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 艾伦脱口秀

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:2019-02-03 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

今天我们要学的词是prior。 Prior, 有先前的意思。 He denied any prior knowledge of the plan, 他拒绝承认事先了解有关计划。美国总统奥巴马提名美国联邦总律师艾琳娜.卡根填补最高法院大法官的空缺。

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1. President Bush is again calling for a ceasefire to be honored in the former Soviet Republic. But there are reports that 100 Russian tanks are moving even deeper into Georgia. Meantime, the Pentagon says there isn't any need for US fighting forces

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1. Rick Santorum quits the presidential campaign, clearing the way for Mitt Romney to claim the Republican nomination. Santorum said for him the race is over, but the fight to beat President Obama goes on. 2. The Miami Marlins suspend manager Ozzie G

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She took a teaching position at Rutgers University, where her academic work on women's rights became the basis for a string of cases she argued before the Supreme Court. 她在罗格斯大学(Rutgers University)担任教职,在那里,她做了妇女

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Hillary Clinton claimed the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, which would make her the first woman to represent a major party in the race for the White House. 希拉里克林顿星期二赢得民主党总统候选人提名所需代表人票数

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WASHINGTON, March 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. presidential candidates Donald Trump, of the Republican Party, and Hillary Clinton, of the Democratic Party, won big on Super Tuesday, increasing the likelihood that they will go head to head in a knock-down, drag

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

1. wipe the slate clean 意思就是要将过去的事情都一笔勾销,既往不咎。 Let's just wipe the slate clean for the new year. 新的一年让我们重新来过吧。 2. from scratch 意思就是之前没有任何准备,可以理解为从

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THE night before Republicans in Alabama and Mississippi voted in their primaries, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum made their final appeals at a forum in an ornate old theatre in downtown Birmingham. Mitt Romney, whom Mr Gingrich has relentlessly deri

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

Keira Knightley is an award-winning actress. She began her career as a child and became known internationally while she was still in her teens. Today she is one of Hollywoods leading ladies and is in big demand. She is a down-to-earth woman at heart.

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Madonna is one of the most successful singers ever. She exploded onto the music scene in 1983 and has rarely been out of the headlines since. She looks like shell continue to wow the world with her songs and performances. This is good news for her mi

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William Bradley Pitt is an American actor and film producer. He is one of Hollywoods superstars and received an Academy Award nomination in 1995 but has yet to win an Oscar. He often tops the most handsome guy in the world lists. He was married to Je

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Another big seat is filled in the Trump Cabinet-to-be, and it sets up a potential confirmation fight. The president-elect's transition team confirmed this morning that a top oil executive is the choice for secretary of state. After day

发表于:2019-02-21 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

今天学的词组是blunt。 Blunt的意思是不锋利,比如刀子很钝:The knife is blunt. Blunt也指人的言谈举止直截了当,不转弯抹角。美国伊拉克委员会正式向布什总统提交了有关伊拉克战争的分析报告

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