Take Away English-The Boat Race 划船赛

Oxbridge boat race Oxford and Cambridge are the oldest and most famous universities in Britain, and there has always been a great rivalry between the two institutions . But the most public competition between the two is the annual Boat Race. The 200

Woman Race Car Driver Battles MS, Inspires Others

Broadcast: Feb 09, 2003 Sunday marks the open of the annual National Stock Car Auto Race at Daytona International Speedway at Daytona Beach, Florida. The professional series of auto races, known as NA

VOA常速英语2008年-Race Emerges as Complicated Issue in US Preside

By Jim Malone Washington 29 April 2008 Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama's relationship with his controversial former pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, has put the spotlight on race as an issue in this year's U.S. presidential campai

食品方面的词汇

A acceptable daily intake (ADI) 每人每日容许摄入量 acclimatization 气候适应 accumulate 蓄积 acetylandromedol 乙酰柽木醇毒 acceptable risk level 可接受的危险水平 acid-forming food 成酸性食品 Achromobacterium 无色菌属 Act for preventing the adulterati

VOA常速英语2007年-Sydney-to-Hobart Yacht Race Begins in Australia

By Phil Mercer Sydney 26 December 2007 One of the world's toughest sailing races is under way in eastern Australia as more than 80 yachts compete in the annual dash from Sydney to Hobart. The 1100 kilometer journey to Hobart in Tasmania can be treach

PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Cochise

PEOPLE IN AMERICA -June 2, 2002: Cochise By Vivian R. Bournazian VOICE ONE: PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. (THEME) During the eighteenth century Indians tried

VOA常速英语2008年-Clinton Wins Pivotal Pennsylvania in Race for U

By Jim Fry Washington 23 April 2008 U.S. Democratic Party presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has won the primary in the eastern state of Pennsylvania. The victory keeps her campaign for the White House alive. Despite Tuesday's victory in the delega

Bolt wins 100m race in 9.91 seconds

PRAGUE, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican Usain Bolt clocked 9.91 seconds on Tuesday to win the 100 meters at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava. Fellow Jamaican Steve Mullings timed 9.97 for the second place and Daniel Bailey of Antigua was third in 10.08.

Bolt wins comeback race in Rome

ROME, May 26 (Xinhua) -- World record-holder Usain Bolt won his first race after a nine-month break on Thursday when he needed a late kick to win the 100 meters in 9.91 seconds at the Golden Gala. Former record-holder Asafa Powell, who led all the wa

Murdoch Quits News Corp Subsidiary Boards

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as director of several subsidiary boards within his troubled News Corporation conglomerate, ahead of a planned company split. A corporate statement said Murdoch stepped down as director of NI Group (formerl

Murdoch ‘Not Fit’ to Head Media Company

A British parliament committee said Tuesday newspaper and television magnate Rupert Murdoch is not a fit person to head a media company, part of an unexpectedly strong rebuke to one of the world's most powerful media moguls. The multy-party committee

Peruvian Leon wins 15km race in Ecuador

QUITO, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Peruvian Constantino Leon on Sunday won the 51st Quito-Ultimas Noticias 15 kilometers race, the most important of Ecuador, where 15,000 athletes from different countries participated. Leon, 36 years old, won for the first ti

Lochte edges Phelps in 400m medley

WASHINGTON, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Ryan Lochte edged Michael Phelps in the men's 400m individual medley at the US Olympic swimming trials Monday. Lochte took the lead on the breaststroke leg of the four-stroke event and held off Phelps in the closing fr

VOA常速英语2008年-Romney Drops Out of Race for US Presidential No

By Cindy Saine Washington 07 February 2008 Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has suspended his presidential campaign, making it all but certain that his rival, Republican frontrunner Senator John McCain, will be their party's nominee for the

Qatari wins Day 6 auto race in Dakar Rally

SANTIAGO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Qatari auto racer Prince Nasser Al Attiyah won Day 6 of the legendary Dakar Rally Thursday, behind the wheel of a Buggy. Al Attiyah won the sixth stage of the rugged off-road race, between the Chilean cities of Arica and

A Caucus Race

A Caucus Race Alice was very cold after being in the pool, and all the animals and birds were cold and unhappy. Alice did not wonder about it when they began to speak to her. The best thing if you are cold, the Dodo said, is to have a race--a Caucus

Dutch wins truck race in Day Two of Dakar Rally

LIMA, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Holland's Gerard de Rooy (No. 500) won the second stage of the 2013 Dakar Rally on Sunday in the truck racing category, aboard an Iveco. Racing along 242 kilometers of Peru's Pisco province, De Rooy beat the competition with

英文短篇故事（纽约）242 The Wheelchair Race

William was in his first wheelchair race. There were five other contestants. The age group was 12 to 15. William rolled up to the starting line. He was in the #1 lane. He said hello to the boy on his right. He was in the #2 lane. William asked, Is th

趣味青春英语电台 第277期:Rat race

Idiom: rat race 激烈的竞争 Hit the book: productivity 生产力 recruiment 招聘 principal 主要的 inspire 激发灵感 sustainable 可持续性的 eco-altruism 环境利己主义 quick fix solution 简单有效的方法 biophilic 热爱自然的

英语小达人 355 Race Records

Race Records赛跑记录Some race horses staying in a stable. One of them starts to boast about his track record. 几匹赛马在马厩里，其中一匹开始吹嘘自己的赛绩。 In the last 15 races, I've won 8 of them!在过去的15场马赛中，