VOA慢速英语2018--'Loose Cannons' Are Dangerous

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Do You Know Your Own Character?

Lesson 32 Do You Know Your Own Character? Text A THE OX You're a hard and conscientiou's worker if you were born in the year of the Ox and you set about everything in a methodical and determined manne

英语博客-北美风情 249 Friendship

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音乐咖啡厅:End of May

我听之我见： 什么也不要说，黎明破晓，五月的尽头风吹起白色的沙子 曲中反反复复吟唱的这个旋律，营造的是怎样幽静的意境？我体会到了一种孤寂，但并不同于千山鸟飞绝，万径人踪灭中独钓渔翁所传达的禅意之寂。Keren想在歌中表达的是对逃离都市喧嚣，追求心灵自由的渴

好听的英文歌曲：End Of May — Keren Ann

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学个词Learn a Word 第1324期 volatile

今天我们要学的词是volatile。 Volatile, 不稳定的，动荡的。 Wall Street ended a volatile week of trading, 华尔街股票交易结束了动荡的一周。 With Europe's debt crisis and America's debt rating downgraded, global stock m

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Shirley MacLaine's New Movie, She Has 'The Last Word'

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The movie The Last Word opens with a series of photographs. We see a baby then a little redheaded girl becoming an ingenue and, ultimately, a sprightly woman in her 80s. These are all pictures of Shirley MacLaine. She plays a chara

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KORVA COLEMAN, HOST: Let's talk about Beowulf. It's possibly the classic Anglo-Saxon text, a thousand-year-old epic poem written about the quintessential hero - a mighty warrior who defeats the monster Grendel, his mother - a sea witch - and eventual

2016中国年度热词：“规”和“小目标”成为最热词

China released its annual characters and words of 2016 on Tuesday, with 规(rule) and 小目标(small goal) winning out among the candidate characters and words. 本周二，中国公布了2016年年度汉字及词汇。规和小目标成为最热词。

Character—谚语

Virtue is fairer far than beauty. 美德远胜于美貌。 Forgive others but not yourself. 克己恕人。 Kind hearts are the gardens; kind thoughts are the roots; kind words are the flowers; kind d

学个词Learn a Word 第670期 Dead-end

今天我们要学的词是dead-end。 Dead-end, 是死胡同或是僵局的意思。 The negotiation has hit a dead-end, 谈判陷入了僵局。 Detectives are at a dead-end in their investigation of the bomb attack, 刑侦人员对炸弹袭击案件

小目标、厉害了我的哥、一带一路 2016中国年度热词正式出炉

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学个词Learn a Word 第905期 sportsmanship

今天我们要学的词是sportsmanship。 Sportsmanship, 意思是运动家的风范，运动精神。Teaching children the importance of good sportsmanship can help develop good character, 教育孩子运动精神的重要性有助于培养他们的

学个词Learn a Word 第504期 Shady

今天我们要学的词是shady。 Shady, 有可疑，见不得人的意思。 A shady deal, 一项见不得人的交易。 Shady activities, 可疑的行动。 He played a shady character in the new movie, 他在这部新影片中扮演了一个十分

学个词Learn a Word 第382期 Squabble

今天我们要学的词是squabble。 Squabble, 是争吵的意思。美国民主党总统参选人希拉里.克林顿参议员和巴拉克.奥巴马参议员在星期一晚上的辩论中就彼此的人品争吵不休, Senator Hilary Clinton and Se

影视歌曲：Keren Ann-end of may

close your eyes and roll a tise under the pool there's a compormise if after all only left twice which lifes the wrong road to peridise don't say a word here comes the prake of the day and white clouds of sanderest by the wind of the end of May close

学个词Learn a Word 第1036期 far cry

今天我们要学的词是far cry。 A far cry from something, 意思是跟某件事情相差甚远。 The actor played a womanizer in the movie, a far cry from his real life character, 这个演员在电影里扮演一个花花公子，跟他在现实

外媒: duang到底是个什么鬼火成这样！

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学个词Learn a Word 第581期 High-end

今天我们要学的词是trick-or-treat。 Trick-or-treat, 是10月31号万圣节孩子们装扮成各式神仙鬼怪，挨家挨户索要糖果时说的一句话，意思是最好给糖，否则我们就要捣蛋。这些孩子就是trick-or-treat