2009年ESL之就医和人际交往22 Making Funeral and Burial Arrangements

22 Making Funeral and Burial Arrangements GLOSSARY funeral a ceremony after a person has died, putting the body somewhere and allowing other people to say goodbye * Have you thought about what kind of funeral you want to have when you die? mourner a

听一分钟英文：Funeral-葬礼

If I could, Id never go to another funeral again. No one likes funerals, of course, but for me, they make me so sad. I cant stop crying. Quite often Im the only person crying. Everything about a funeral makes me cry. When I open the invitation, tears

纯正英语一分钟-funeral

If I could, Id never go to another funeral again. No one likes funerals, of course, but for me, they make me so sad. I cant stop crying. Quite often Im the only person crying. Everything about a funeral makes me cry. When I open the invitation, tears

CRI实用英语课堂 Unit 37 At a Funeral 参加葬礼

Part 1 Tom Passed Away! 汤姆去世了！ Dialogue Script1 对话原文1 Sarah: You know, Tom's been in the hospital for a couple of days . Mike: And I'm the one who put him there with my football moves. Sarah: But you're not to blame for them keeping him th

Funeral fit for a king

Chris: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Chris. Rosie: And I'm Rosie. Chris: Rosie, have you ever heard of the island of Tonga? Rosie: It sounds familiar, but Im not too sure where it is. Chris: Its a small South Pa

Unusual jobs – the Funeral Director

BBC Learning English People and Places Unusual jobs the Funeral Director Andrea:Welcome to People and Places where we meet interesting people and find out about more about them right here on bbclearningenglish.com. Hello, I'm Andrea Rose. Emma Sparr

VOA标准英语2012--Online Funeral Services Grow in Popularity

Online Funeral Services Grow in Popularity These days a lot of people say they live on the Web - checking sports scores, reading online newspapers, downloading music and videos, and so forth. Now, people are also dying on the Web. At least their fune

VOA标准英语2010-100,000 Attend State Funeral for Poland P

People stand along a street as a hearse carrying the coffin of the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski arrives in Krakw, southern Poland, Sunday, April 18, 2010 About 100,000 Poles turned out for Sunday's state funeral for President Lech Kaczynski a

VOA标准英语2010年-Americans Opt for Cheaper Funerals

For years, the U.S. funeral industry was considered recession proof but today, even the bereaved are scaling back and paying more attention to cost. Many families are forgoing traditional burials for less expensive cremations. It's a change that's ha

美国国家公共电台 NPR Despite Decades-Old Law, Funeral Prices Are Still Unclear

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Making decisions about how to honor a loved one who has died is a heart-wrenching task, and there's not a lot of mental or emotional space to think about comparison shopping. There is a federal regulation on the books called the

2007年VOA标准英语-Funeral Held in Beirut for Slain Anti-Syrian Le

By Edward Yeranian Beirut 21 September 2007 Lebanon's top political leaders and hundreds of ordinary citizens turned out for the funeral Friday, of slain Christian lawmaker Antoine Ghanem. Edward Yeranian reports from Beirut. Church bells tolled as t

Thousands attend Aquino funeral

Tens of thousands of mourners have gathered in the Philippines' capital Manila for the funeral of former President Corazon Aquino. After a mass in Manila Cathedral, her body was carried through the city to be buried next to her husband, Benigno Aqui

ESL Podcast 533 – Making Funeral and Burial Arrangements

Reiko: When I die, I want a big funeral . The more mourners the better! Lucas: Not me. Im just the opposite. I dont want any kind of funeral or wake . I just want to be cremated and have my ashes scattered . Reiko: What? You dont want to be buried in

China strives to curb high funeral charges

BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) -- China will curb excessively high funeral charges by regulating the industry and reducing or remitting fees for low-income groups, the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) said Monday. A pricing standard for basic funeral serv

Steve Jobs' funeral held Friday: report

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The funeral for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday at the age of 56, is taking place on Friday, U.S. media reported. The funeral is termed as a small private gathering, The Wall Street Journal quoted a p

rivate funeral held for Fawcett

Private funeral held for Fawcett 福塞特的私人葬礼 A private funeral has been held for US actress Farrah Fawcett, who died last week of cancer. Her partner, actor Ryan O'Neal, was a pallbearer （抬棺者） Their son Redmond, who was recently jailed on

英文歌曲：清晨迷雾般的音乐格调 Band Of Horses - Funeral

Band Of Horses，驹之团，一只有乡村味道的独立摇滚乐队，音乐的旋律有清晨山中的凉爽，非常惬意、纯粹、简单又动听的独立摇滚风格，主唱的声音也很自然。 I'm coming up only to hold you under I'm

新西兰英语 320 Military funeral

The funeral for Lieutenant Tim ODonnell was held today at Linton Military Camp. Linton is the nearest military camp to Tims hometown, Feilding. Tim was killed a week ago in Afghanistan. Listen to August 4th 2010 for more about what happened. He is th

CCTV9英语新闻：China moves to alleviate funeral poverty

Rich or poor, death is something that comes to us all. Yet for many in China, the cost of giving loved ones a proper send-off is an increasing struggle. To help those families living below the poverty line, welfare funerals are being introduced in so

英文摇滚歌曲：Sirenia - The Funeral March

The embrace of a dying day Stings my heart like a sharpened blade What's this life but a serenade A deceitful kiss from a vile mermaid All this time we were broken Words passed by, yet unspoken Life is a tragic masquerade A bitter serenade, a feeble