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WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Baseball Terms: This Is a Whole New BallgameBy Shelley Gollust Broadcast: Sunday, August 13, 2006 Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. Baseball is A

VOA标准英语2013--Estranged Family Gets Sports Fix in 'Trouble With The Curve'

Estranged Family Gets Sports Fix in 'Trouble With The Curve' In Trouble With The Curve, Gus Lobel knows more about scouting new talent for baseball teams than anyone else in the business; but his failing eyesight and old-fashioned attitudes may end h

NPR 06-29:The Learning Curve of Gratitude学会珍惜每一天

After suffering a life-threatening illness, singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter had time to reassess her priorities. She came to believe in more fully appreciating the blessings each day brings From NPR News, this is weekend edition. I am Liane

体育美语-020 Throw a curve ball

P: Hey Yang Chen why are you playing Hail to the chief? I thought we were a sports show - are we going political? Y: Not really. You see, Patrick, the presidential election is in its final stretch - the home stretch - the final lap - just like in长跑

温馨夜读 PART3 15 Love Without Measure 无条件的爱

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:] [00:01.19] Love Without Measure 无条件的爱 [00:05.89]Freda Bright says,Only in opera do people die of love. [00:11.69]Its true. You really cant love somebody to death. [00:16.17]Ive known people to die from no love, [00:1

第35期: arm, clear, measure, length, cotton

说一口流利的英语，从简单的单词开始。 听听，读读，背背，今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。 单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 arm [ B:m ] He received a call to arms

第54期: measure, around, touch, spell, set off

说一口流利的英语，从简单的单词开始。 听听，读读，背背，今天你的词汇量又增加了5个。 单词/词义 中英例句 单词听读 measure [ 5meVE ] Please measure me fo

New System to Measure 'Value' of College Education

Each year, millions of students complete their study programs at the colleges and universities across the United States. The new graduates receive an official piece of paper from their schools. This paper is known as their degree. It states what kind

企业家成功的5大要素 乔布斯全都有

No one could have taught you more about starting a company than Steve Jobs, and I had the privilege and honor of working for him in the Macintosh division of Apple. 没有人能够比斯蒂夫乔布斯给你更多关于创建公司的指导了，而笔

Lesson 91 - PASS THROW A CURVE / THROW FOR A LOOP

to throw a curve to throw for a loop 美国人在打棒球时经常喜欢发曲线球，使球的方向会发生突变，这样给对方造成错觉，不能回击那个球。这和其他球类运动，

英文歌曲：Britt Nicole - Who You Say You Are

Yeah, yeah. You know my name. I know You wrote my story-y-y. But there are days, I can't see a happy ending. No, no. Life get's hard. Sometimes it just hurts. It's kicking me down and throwing me curves. When I feel the rain. I won't be afraid. 'Caus

英文蓝调歌曲：Britt Nicole - Who You Say You Are

You know my name. I know You wrote my story-y-y. But there are days, I can't see a happy ending. No, no. Life get's hard. Sometimes it just hurts. It's kicking me down and throwing me curves. When I feel the rain. I won't be afraid. 'Cause I know, I

英语语法：24 Units Of Measure

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is units of measurethose words and symbols that come after numbers. This first point might seem self-evident: you put a space between the number and the unit of measure. Even though it seems obvious, I'm telling you b

2007年VOA标准英语-Measure to Change Troop Leave Blocked in US Sen

By Deborah Tate Washington 20 September 2007 Legislation to regulate U.S. troop deployment cycles in Iraq was blocked in the U.S. Senate late Wednesday by Republican opponents who argued the measure could undermine the war effort. The action was a bl

美国习惯用语:470 beanball; curve ball...

今天又要学两个在总统大选年里新闻界时常会用到的习惯用语，而且这两个习惯用语还是从美国人最心爱的消遣活动: 棒球赛中借用来的。 这两个习惯用语都和用牛皮制成的结结实实的棒球有

VOA常速英语2007年-Iraq-Afghanistan War Measure Faces Bush Veto

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 14 November 2007 On Capitol Hill, another fierce debate is underway about the war in Iraq, as the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives considers a measure to provide $50 billion in short-term funding for U.S. mi

专家:恐怖袭击有章可循

Random acts of violence are, well, random. It's the unpredictable nature of terrorism, after all, that makes it so terrifying. But according to The Mathematics of Terror, an article by Andrew Curry in the latest issue of Discover magazine, acts of te

音乐咖啡厅:Remember when

Remember when-- Alan Jackson Remember when I was young and so were you And time stood still and love was all we knew You were the first, so was I We made love and then you cried Remember when 曾几何时我年轻过你亦如此 时光静止你我除爱别无所知 我之初

4 Ways to Measure Your Standard of Living

4 Ways to Measure Your Standard of Living Standard of living should not equate to amount of spending. When I sat down to write an article on the countries with the highest standard of living, I thought it would be easy. But, how do you define standar

VOA常速英语2008年-US House Approves Intelligence Measure Over Bus

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 14 March 2008 The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a Democrat-crafted foreign intelligence surveillance law that contains provisions strongly opposed by President Bush. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hi