M: hi, how are you doing? D: everything's great. And you? M: same here. Have you seen any new films recently? D: no, I haven't had a chance to. But I've been watching a Chinese TV series called Chinese-Style Divorce. M: oh, really? I saw it two years

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爱真的需要勇气 Francis Fremont Smith is Executive Director at the United Foundation for China Health. 今天我们精短听力的主人公Francis Fremont Smith 女士是北京和睦家中国医疗基金会的现任执行董事。 Her China sto

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The teacher who falls in love Francis Fremont Smith is Executive Director at the United Foundation for China Health. Her China story goes back many years, to the time US President Nixon made his historic visit in 1972. Inspired by the future relation

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乌克兰冲突拆散家庭和朋友 Lyudmila and Denis Sakhno married 17 years ago and expected to spend the rest of their lives together. 柳德米拉和丹尼斯萨克诺于17年前结婚并且希望一起共度余生。 But marital tensions spike

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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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the speaker was actually a total loser in marriage. She has divorced for three times. 这个做演讲的女人其实在婚姻中是很失败的,她先后离了三次婚。 But she proposed a great idea of marrying yourself. 但是在她所有的恋爱

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Coming to Grips with Gay Marriage 同性恋行不行? Gay marriage has been hotly debated in the news lately. While several countries have some form of gay marriage on the books, the Netherlands recently became the first country to give same-sex co

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Mixed-Race Marriage Illegal in the US Until 1967 This case goes all the way back to the 1691. At that time, the colony of Virginia said people of different races could not get married. Restrictions against interracial marriage remained in effect well

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音乐咖啡厅:恋爱中的女人Woman in love Barbara Streisand Life is a moment in space, when the dream is gone it's a lonelier place. I kiss the morning goodbye, but down inside you know we never know why. The road is narrow and long when eyes meet eyes a

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A new baby can shake up even the best of marriage. Psychologist John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman say that all couples really have to be ready for it. And their book is called And Baby Makes Three, the six-step plan for preserving marital intim

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IN THE NEWS - Obama's Decision to Support Same-Sex Marriage 新闻报道 - 奥巴马宣布支持同性婚姻 成为首位公开支持的在任总统 This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 This wee

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AS IT IS 2014-03-31 Interracial Marriages Increase in US 美国跨种族婚姻增加 Hello, and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English. Im Christopher Cruise in Washington. Today we report on the growing number of marriages between two people

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Study: Underage Marriage Higher for Females Than Males in Pakistan 研究表明巴基斯坦未成年婚姻中女性高于男性 ISLAMABAD Raeena was 14-years-old when she was married to a man 21 years her senior. 蕾亚娜14岁时就嫁给了一个比自

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Adria: So New Mexico like you said, it's pretty conservative. What are the gay marriage laws or are there any gay marriage laws in New Mexico? Shiloh: Well it's illegal in the state of New Mexico to receive a gay marriage. You can't receive a marriag

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Prince Charles fighting back against that new bombshop biography. The question is whether or not he is to be a king, in a very unusual view, the Prince's personal secretary is making a public statement in his defense. This morning a nearly unpreceden

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今天我们要学的词是barometer。 Barometer, 晴雨表。经济越是不景气,美国的一美元廉价商店的生意就越好。难怪有人说, The performance of dollar stores is a barometer of the economy, 一美元商店的收益表现是

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当他说出那句: If I was your son, Mr chairman, I believe I'd make you very proud. 如果我是你的孩子,你一定会以我为荣。 真是自信hold满全场呀! Zach 对家庭定义的理解可能比很多来自普通家庭的人都要深

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Sometimes, I was afraid lest I should be charged with ingratitude; 有时,我真的担心自己被指责忘恩负义, but I still proposed to travel, and therefore would not confine myself by marriage. 不过我仍然打算出去见世面,因此不

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今天我们要学的词是recognize。 Recognize, 承认。美国总统奥巴马最近就中东问题发表重要讲话后, Hamas condemned Obama's speech, saying it will not recognize Israel, 哈马斯对奥巴马的讲话提出谴责,并表示,

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Among the English, gossip about ones own private doings is reserved for intimates; gossip about the private lives of friends and family is shared with a slightly wider social circle; gossip about the personal affairs of acquaintances, colleagues and

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