13 I Am America Im Illinois, the 24th largest state, and the 21st to be admitted to the Union in 1817. There are two sides to me. First, Im farmland, rolling hills and small country towns. And then, Im a city, not my capital city of Springfield, tho

发表于:2018-11-30 / 阅读(387) / 评论(0) 分类 美文欣赏

JEFFREY BROWN: We have heard much about education reform in recent years, and again in the political conventions that just ended. In Chicago, the issue and fight has spilled into the streets. Hours after a midnight deadline passed, Chicago public sch

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈教育系列

AS IT IS 2015-10-25 Chicago: The Start of Route 66 芝加哥66号公路的开端 Few Americans pay attention to a brown street sign on East Adams Street in downtown Chicago. If you are not looking for it, it is easy to ignore. But every few minutes a

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第16期:Getting on a Train 在火车上 Y:Oh,the train's just about to leave.Let's get on. Y:噢,火车就要开了,我们上车吧。 X:Are you sure it's the right train? X:你确定那是我们要搭的列车吗? Y:Let's ask. ...Excuse me.Is

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第17期:On the Train 在列车上 Y:May I see your ticket,please? Y:我可以看一看你的车票吗? X:I'm afraid I lost my ticket,Can I buy one again now? X:恐怕我的车票掉了,我现在可以补买一张吗? Y:How far are you going? Y

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释义: get on (off), get in (out) 乘坐,从上下来 如果像公交或火车这样体积比较大的交通工具则用介词 on,如果是小型车辆的话就会用 in。当然 get in (out)除了车辆以外也表示进入,出来的含义。

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2 How will the man get to Chicago? [A] By plane [B] By bus [C] By car

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今天我们要学的词组是underdog。 Under是在下面,dog是狗,underdog指的是在比赛、竞争和冲突中被认为是处于劣势的人。 比如美式足球第41届超级杯大赛,芝加哥熊队奋战印第安那波利斯小马队。

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[00:00.00]7.Where are you from? [00:08.89]你从哪里来? [00:17.79]Where are you from? [00:20.47]你从哪里来的? [00:23.14]I'm from Taiwan. [00:25.78]我来自台湾. [00:28.42]I live in New York,but I'm from Taiwan. [00:32.50]我住在纽约,但

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Todd: OK, hello, could you say your name please? Diana: Yes, my name is Diana Heyne. Todd: Diana, where are you from? Diana: I live in Chicago. Todd: Great, Chicago! How long have you lived in Chicago? Diana: Actually, only for a year. I'm mostly a m

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ANDREW: So where are you from, John? JOHN: I'm from Chicago. ANDREW: Chicago? Really? So are you a... JOHN: Wait! Don't finish your question. ANDREW: Why not? JOHN: I want to guess what you are going

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芝加哥选举委员会向南亚选民抛出橄榄枝 Bangladeshi immigrant Rashida Parveen voted in her first U.S. election in 2000,when she was just getting a grasp on the English language. 孟加拉移民拉斯达帕文在2000年投出了她在美国

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Chicago's Ukrainian Community Prays for Peace in Ukraine 芝加哥美籍乌克兰人社区为乌克兰和平祈祷 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS As Chicago's large Ukrainian American community begins to observe the Christian season of Lent, many are turning to t

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Next: to the story of a Chicago theater where the scripts come from the real lives of the young performers. Jeffrey Brown has the story. ACTRESS: I did it. I did it. I did it. I ran away. JEFFREY BROWN: In a new play called Home/Land,

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JEFFREY BROWN: Now, how educators in Chicago are working to give lower-income students a leg up in the pre-kindergarten years and boost their prospects for life. The NewsHour's special correspondent for education, John Merrow, has the story. WOMAN: A

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Barack and Michelle Obama have appeared on the cover of a black women's lifestyle magazine in the US, with intimate photos of the loving couple setting the internet abuzz. 奥巴马夫妻的浪漫照片登上了美国一家黑人女性的生活杂志,

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

美国是两党制国家,所以也有专为这两个政党服务的报刊。与英国稍有不同的是,美国的报纸有些是属于所谓中立派的,而且这些报纸通常都具有颇大的影响力。 先谈支持政府的报纸。美国的

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JUDY WOODRUFF: But, first: a bloody year in Chicago. And residents, police and community leaders are asking why the violence is getting worse, instead of better? It is already the deadliest year in more than two decades, 500 homicides so far, 90 in A

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If there's one thing the presidential candidates can agree on, it's that America's favorite cookie should be made in America. 如果要找出所有总统候选人都认同的一点,那就要算是关于美国人最喜欢的一种甜点应该在美国

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My Most Unforgettable Character 我 最 难 忘 的 人 She challenged us to succeed--and then showed us the way. 她激励我们要有所建树:并一直为我们指点迷津。 [1]In June 1976, I graduated from North-western University Medical Sc

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