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Staircase Intonation So what is intonation in American English? What do Americans do? We go up and down staircases. We start high and end low. Every time we want to stress a word or an idea, we just start a new staircase. That sounds simple enough,

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From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Almost every American has seen or heard of the movie Forrest Gump. The film is a touching story about the life of a man who faces many challenges. One of the most famous quotes from Forrest Gump is

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It was beautiful in Washington, DC, this morning! I could see the sun shining and hear birds singing. So, I decided to walk to work. As I walked down 6th Street, I smelled a delicious scent. I followed it and found a lovely French bakery! There, I sa

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary verbing: the turning of a noun or adjective into a verb weird out: to make uncomfortable coin: to give something a name The Word Verb Is A Noun-词语动词是个名词 The most common definition of a noun is a person, place,

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Broadcast: April 14, 2003 By Cynthia Kirk VOICE ONE: Legal experts call it America's most important debate on affirmative action in twenty-five years. Colleges and universities say they have a right t

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 December 2006 A United Nations mission, that was to be led by South African Archbishop and Nobel Peace laureate, Desmond Tutu, to Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip has been canceled, because the group could not get Israeli trav

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Today we're going to learn a lesson about pronouns from the delightful, inspiring, and just a tad grammatically incorrect Olympics theme song. Does the Olympic Theme Song, I Believe, Have a Grammar Error? I believe in the power that comes From a worl

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[01:34.30]T:A noun is the name of a thing.Who can give me a noun? [01:41.36]S1:A cow. [01:43.81]T:Very good.Another noun? [01:47.68]S2:Another cow. [01:53.42]1.There are thousands of jokes in English which have a paly on words [02:33.18]Seven days wi

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By Lameck Masina Blantyre, Malawi 22 January 2008 In Malawi, the government, non-profit organizations and other stakeholders have introduced a new initiative to combat hunger. The move called Hunger Free is part of a worldwide campaign to eliminate h

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表示存在意义的现象又广见于书面语及口语，它以否定句的形式出现，用于对某一具体行为和抽象概念的否定。其惯用结构一般有以下三种： 一、There is + no + Noun + in doing something 1.其中名词为

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Every desire, every action corresponds to another. 语音讲解： 1.every action 英音：/'evrɪj'kʃ(ə)n/美音：/'ɛvrij'kʃən/ 2.correspond 英音：/kɒrɪ'spɒnd/美音：/ˌkɔrə'spɑnd/ 3.to another 英音：/tuwə'nʌə/美音：/tuwə'

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is verbification. Last week police used a Taser on University of Florida student Andrew Meyer as they struggled to remove him from an auditorium where Senator John Kerry was speaking. The Web has been filled with deba

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By David Gollust State Department 16 April 2008 The United States Wednesday reaffirmed support for Georgia's territorial integrity after Russia said it was setting up legal ties with two Georgian separatist regions. A State Department official called

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By Paula Wolfson White House 17 March 2008 President Bush says the U.S. economy is facing challenging times. But as VOA's Paula Wolfson tells us, the president says the government is taking decisive action. As a jittery U.S. stock market opened for b

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Finance ministers and central bank governors from seven major industrial economies met Friday in Washington and agreed on a five-point plan to stabilize global financial markets that this week experienced their biggest declines in 30 years. VOA's Ba

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You'll come to see that a man learns nothing from winning.The act of losing, however, can elicit great wisdom. 语音讲解 单词发音 winning /ˈwɪnɪŋ/ elicit wisdom /ɪˈlɪsɪtˈwɪzdəm/ 连词发音 the act of losing /ijktəv'lu:zɪŋ/ can

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The floods in Nelson from the rain on Wednesday and Thursday are still causing problems. Some roads are still closed including the road to Cable Bay, just 15 minutes east of Nelson. Supplies of food and fresh water were dropped by helicopter; boats a

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ROME, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Milan have confirmed Alexandre Pato will be out of action for at least a month after suffering a thigh strain. The Brazilian hitman limped off during the opening stages of the 1-1 draw with Udinese last night. AC Milan anno

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In this blog post weve already considered how to get business meetings started, but what about when we need them to end? Meetings cant go on forever so its important to have a way to bring them to a conclusion. Here are some phrases to help you finis

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