英文笑话：Prize 奖品

Little Albert came home from school with a new book under his arm. It's a prize, mother, he explained. A prize? What for, dear? For natural history. Teacher asked me how many legs an ostrich has, and I said three. But an ostrich has only two legs. I

Goldman Environmental Prize

Broadcast: May 9, 2003 By Caty Weaver This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. Seven activists are this year's winners of the Goldman Environmental Foundation awards. The winners received t

新标准初中英语九年级(上):UNIT2 Draw two dots

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每日一词【100】drawdown：由于抽水而降低水位

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美国俚语:Beat sb to the draw什么意思?

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VOA标准英语2008年-X Prize Foundation Sponsors Competition to Deve

By Greg Flakus Detroit 18 January 2008 At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week, there are hundreds of new cars on display that achieve high fuel efficiency and reduce pollution. Also on hand are representatives of the priva

VOA标准英语10月-Hilton Humanitarian Prize Of $1.5 Million Goes To

The world's biggest humanitarian prize has been awarded to BRAC, the largest non-profit organization in the developing world. The 2008 Hilton Humanitarian Prize of $1.5 million honors BRAC, a Bangladeshi-based NGO, for its achievements in helping to

2007年VOA标准英语-Humanitarian Prize Goes to Senegalese Group Fig

By Phuong Tran Dakar 13 August 2007 A Senegalese non-profit group, which has fought against female genital mutilation for more than 15 years, has won a humanitarian prize of$1.5 million dollars. For VOA, Phuong Tran has more from Dakar. The non-profi

AGRICULTURE REPORT - World Food Prize Winners

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Two Americans Share Nobel Prize for Economics

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VOA标准英语10月-Nobel Medicine Prize Awarded for HIV, Cancer Rese

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VOA常速英语2007-British Author Doris Lessing Wins Nobel Prize fo

By Kevin Billinghurst Stockholm 11 October 2007 In Stockholm, the Swedish Academy has chosen the British author Doris Lessing for the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. Kevin Billinghurst is in the Swedish capital. The selection of Doris Lessing for a N

Milan draw 2-2 with Palermo

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Valencia, Chelsea draw 1-1 at Champions League

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Flamengo earns draw in first match without Ronaldinho

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Ghana, Brazil Leaders Share World Food Prize

The world's top honor in food and agriculture this year goes to two former presidents who led dramatic reductions in hunger and poverty in their countries in the past decade. Ghana's President John Agyekum Kufuor and Brazilian President Luis Inacio L

Widespread demonstrations mark World Cup draw

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Flamengo and Botafogo draw

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Allegri rues Milan's draw with Parma

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英语听力精选进阶版 6454

I'm sometimes told you have to make your own luck. If you don't try something, how can you succeed? This is very true for competitions - if you want a chance of winning something you have to take part. In other words, you have to be in it to win it!