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Emma went downtown. She had to take a test. It was a big test. It was her citizenship test. It was her test to become a U.S. citizen. The test had 100 questions. She had studied all 100 questions. She knew the answers to all 100 questions. She knew t

Take Away English-Viking Ship Discovered 刚被发现的海盗船

The Viking longship might have looked like this. A 1,000-year-old Viking longship is thought to have been discovered under a pub car park on Merseyside. The vessel is believed to lie beneath 2 metres to 3 metres of clay by the Railway Inn in Meols,

US, France Increase Troop Strength in Haiti Capital

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Lesson 160 - SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT / ROCK THE BOAT

To shape up or ship out To rock the boat 今天我们要给大家介绍两个和船有关的习惯用语。船在英文里就是: Ship. 船员或者和水上生活有关的人创造了一套他们自己

VOA常速英语2008年-New Capital City Draws Attention in Kazakhstan

By Valer Gergely Washington 23 April 2008 Kazakhstan enjoys a booming economy fueled by the country's oil revenues. As Valer Gergely reports, the country's new capital, Astana is not only one of the fastest growing cities in the world, but has also b

VOA常速英语2007-US Navy Hospital Ship Treats 98,000 on Latin Ame

By Al Pessin Aboard USNS Comfort 11 October 2007 One of the U.S. Navy's two huge hospital ships, USNS Comfort , has just finished a four-month mission to 12 Latin American countries, during which it provided free health care to 98,000 people. VOA's A

美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-01-16

First story we're talking about today is in Northern Ireland, protests have been going on there for about a week now. The ones yesterday in the Northern Irish capital of Belfast. They started out peacefully, but some of them turned violent later on,

Lesson 154 - RUN A TIGHT SHIP / SIT TIGHT

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VOA常速英语2008年-Residents Flee Chad Capital

By Kari Barber Dakar 04 February 2008 U.N. officials say thousands of Chadians have been fleeing the capital N'Djamena to neighboring Cameroon after two days of heavy fighting between rebel groups and government forces. Kari Barber reports from our W

每日一词【1029】jump ship：跳槽

今天我们要学的词是jump ship。 To jump ship, 意思是跳槽。 LeBron James decision to jump ship was not unexpected, 勒布朗.詹姆斯决定跳槽并不意外。 John didn't like his new boss and jumped ship the first chance he got, 约翰

VOA常速英语2007年-Somali Capital Empties as Residents Flee Renewe

By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 11 November 2007 Several neighborhoods in the Somali capital, Mogadishu are virtually deserted as residents flee to avoid fighting between Ethiopian troops and Islamist-led insurgents. From the Ethiopian capital, Addis A

VOA常速英语2008年-Bodies, Debris Litter Capital of Chad After Reb

By Nico Colombant Dakar 06 March 2008 Government troops were able to fight back a second rebel advance on Chad's capital recently, but as VOA's Nico Colombant and Tatiana Mossot report, residents of N'Djamena are finding life is not the same anymore.

When do we Use Capital Letters?

1. Use a capital letter for the personal pronoun 'I': What can I say? 2. Use a capital letter to begin a sentence or to begin speech: The man arrived. He sat down. Suddenly Mary asked, Do you love me? 3. Use capital letters for many abbreviations and

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今天我们要学的词是jump ship。 To jump ship, 意思是跳槽。 LeBron James decision to jump ship was not unexpected, 勒布朗.詹姆斯决定跳槽并不意外。 John didn't like his new boss and jumped ship the first chance he got, 约翰

AP 2010-11-14

1. President Barack Obama is voicing concerns about the Middle East peace process. He's visiting Indonesia now, but says Israelis and Palestinians are making the extra effort to secure a breakthrough. 2. The situation is worsening in Haiti. Doctors s

2007年VOA标准英语-UNHCR Says Thousands Fleeing Somali Capital

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 August 2007 The U.N. refugee agency reports between February and May, more than 400,000 civilians fled the Somali capital Mogadishu. This was sparked by heavy fighting between the Ethiopian-backed Transitional Federal Govern

Italy Says US, British Forces Freed Italian Ship

Italy says U.S. and British forces have freed an Italian vessel that was hijacked off Somalia on Monday. The MV Montecristo had been seized 1,000 kilometers off Somalia's eastern coast, carrying 23 crew members from Italy, Ukraine and India. The Ital