英文幽默故事：Three Simple Rules

Once there was a rich man in Thailand. His name was Chulong. He was a very rich man. Yet he wanted more riches, more money. One day he was walking in his garden. He saw a strange bird in a bush. It was very small. But it had very beautiful and colorf

VOA标准英语2012--Putin's Start Points to Authoritarian Rule Through 2018

Putin's Start Points to Authoritarian Rule Through 2018 In May, angry protests greeted Vladimir Putin's return to the Kremlin for a third term as president of Russia. On inauguration day, Putin's motorcade swept through eerily empty streets of Moscow

2007年VOA标准英语-Lawsuit Focuses Attention on Hazardous Waste Du

By Phuong Tran Dakar 31 January 2007 Despite an international ban on toxic waste dumping, environmentalists say unscrupulous companies find ways to continue exporting their deadly cargo. Vast quantities of waste are exported from rich to poor countr

IN THE NEWS - Rules on Making War

IN THE NEWS -August 31, 2002: Rules on Making War By Caty Weaver Saddam Hussein This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program In The News. American officials and the public are debating if

2006年VOA标准英语-Handful of Documentaries Hit Theatres for Summe

By Alan Silverman Hollywood 24 June 2006 Squeezed in among all the multi-million dollar Hollywood blockbusters this season there is also a handful of documentary films drawing audiences to neighborhood theaters. Alan Silverman has a look at three of

VOA慢速英语2012 THIS IS AMERICA - Medical Students Help the Homeless; Haitian Soccer Players in Maryland; Soccer

THIS IS AMERICA - Medical Students Help the Homeless; Haitian Soccer Players in Maryland; Soccer From VOA Learning English, welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in Special English. I'm Christopher Cruise. And Im June Simms. This week on our program, we have st

2007年VOA标准英语-Local Government Broadcasts Meetings, Press Kee

By Jeffrey Young Washington 24 April 2007 To most Americans, the governments in their towns and regional areas, called counties, are the governments they interact with the most. In this segment of a multi-part series, VOA correspondent Jeffrey Young

2006年VOA标准英语-Hamas Agrees to Document Implicitly Recognizing

By Robert Berger Jerusalem 27 June 2006 Palestinian representatives of the main political factions attend a press conference in Gaza City, Tuesday, June 27, 2006 Rival Palestinian factions have agreed on a document implicitly recognizing Israel. Isr

VOA标准英语2011--Americans Rank Priceless Paper Documents

Americans Rank Priceless Paper Documents Although the National Archives in Washington, D.C., is rapidly adjusting to the computer age, it is best known as the home of America's priceless paper documents. The magazine U.S. News World Report invited ci

'The Last Lions' Documentary Traces Botswana Lioness, Her Cu

A new documentary from National Geographic traces the dramatic story of a lioness and her cubs struggling to survive in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. Here's a look at The Last Lions. Two mothers now battle for the survival of their young: buffalo d

VOA标准英语2013--Washington Week: Focus on Government Funding, Gun Violence

Washington Week: Focus on Government Funding, Gun Violence In coming days, the U.S. Senate is expected to pass a spending bill for the remainder of the current fiscal year. Total funding will be at reduced levels mandated by automatic budget cuts. On

VOA标准英语2013--Washington Week: Focus on Burma, US Government Scandals

Washington Week: Focus on Burma, US Government Scandals Six months after President Barack Obama visited Rangoon, President Thein Sein reciprocates Monday with a visit to the White House. Last November, Obama hailed democratic reforms in Burma. A dict

英语新词:这些cle/ule后缀单词 你理解对了么?

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2007年VOA标准英语-Local Government Closer to Americans than White

By Jeffrey Young Washington 03 April 2007 Watch This is Montgomery County For many people outside the United States, the White House and Congress typify American government. But to most Americans, the local governments in their towns and regional ar

ESL Podcast 308 – Formatting a Document

Franz: Ive just switched over to this program and I cant figure out how to format my document. Can you help me? Helen: I can try. Lets take a look. What do you want to do? Franz: I want to change the margins so that I can fit more on a page. I dont k

Handling Business Documents处理商业文件

Key Sentences(重点句子) 846．You signed the delivery note, don't you? 是你签收的那张货运通知，对吗？ 847．Don't you know that's the only proof the accounts department has that the goods were delivered? 难道你不知道那是财务

2007年VOA标准英语-Documentary Film Tells Story About South Africa

By Carolyn Weaver New York City 21 May 2007 We Are Together (Thina Simunye) is an award-winning documentary about the children of Agape Orphanage, in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. It is the first film by a 25-year-old director from Bri

2006年VOA标准英语-New Documentary Honors Doomed WWI South African

By Suzanne Chislett London 11 October 2006 watch Chislett report The forgotten role that black South Africans played in World War I is finally being told. Almost 90 years after the sinking of a ship carrying black South African troops, the story has

2007年VOA标准英语-Documentaries, Feature Films Highlight Tribeca

By Carolyn Weaver New York City 04 May 2007 The sixth annual Tribeca Film Festival, which runs through May 6, features more than 150 films from around the world, including dozens of documentaries and narrative features from the Middle East, Africa an

CCTV9英语新闻：Document for establishing int'l order after WWII

Saturday marks the 69th anniversary of the issuing of the Potsdam Proclamation. The Potsdam Proclamation was issued on July 26, 1945 by the United States, Britain and China. It called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces after Nazi Germany