豆知识 2010-09-26&10-02 Gravatar - 全球通用头像

When you scoot around the web, leaving comments, writing blog posts, contributing to forums and so on, it's nice to be able to leave your mark with an avatar: an image that represents you as it sits alongside your content. The thing is, often you nee

PEOPLE IN AMERICA - Alan Shepard

PEOPLE IN AMERICA -October 27, 2002: Alan Shepard By Avi Arditti VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program, People in America. Each week we te

英文歌曲：Baptiste Giabiconi - One Night in Paradise

I've seen her face before, I've seen those eyes from long ago, They're reaching inside my soul I wish she could see my heart beating for her. What if I were to let you know, Would it be too much? But I can't wait to find if I'm invisible. (I'm)Asking

名人轶事:IdaTarbell,1857-1944: She Used Her Reporting Ski

Ida Tarbell, 1857-1944: She Used Her Reporting Skills Against One of the Most Powerful Companies in the World Tarbell charged that Standard Oil was using illegal methods to hurt or destroy smaller oil companies. ANNOUNCER: People in America, a progra

影视歌曲：法国第一男模激情献唱 Baptiste Giabiconi-New York - New York

I'm, not falling in love Not chasing a dream Or painting a picture of you Stand, with feet on the ground Not holding my breath Just waiting for time to bring you Near, I'm holding you close I try to be patient The distance between us breaks me Soon,

英语歌曲:欧美经典 I Been Hoping —Gia Farrell

I Been Hoping Gia Farrell 1989年2月9日出生于美国纽约的Gia Farrell 现在以签约Atlantic Records唱片公司 I'v been brokehearted ever since the day we partied I didn't know where to turn to ever since you went away I goin' in circles wa

voa标准英语2008-NATO, Russia Meet for First Time After Georgia I

NATO and Russia held their first high-level talks Friday since Moscow invaded Georgia in August, sparking international criticism. Russia's ambassador to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, gives a press conference in Brussels, 19 Dec 2008 The lunchtime talks too

365个英语简短小故事-181. The Move to Georgia (2)

Evelyn and Jaspers new condo certainly was small1,200 square feet. It was on the first floor of a three-story building. They had no garage for their two cars. In fact, they didnt even have one designated parking space. When Evelyn went grocery shoppi

365个英语简短小故事-180. The Move to Georgia (1)

Evelyn had lived in New Mexico with her husband Jasper for the last 20 years. It wasnt an exciting life, but they got by. They owned their own house. She spent her days each weekend with her two horses at a stable that was only a mile from her house.

2006年VOA标准英语-Georgia Moves Away From Russia and Toward Europ

By Andre de Nesnera Washingon 13 October 2006 Georgia's president hopes to steer his country toward the West, and diminish Russia's influence. In this report from Washington, VOA Senior Correspondent Andr de Nesnera looks at the intricate relationsh

The Shepherd and the Nightingale

Sing to me，my dearest nightingale，said a shepherd to the silent songs tress one beautiful spring evening．Alas！said the nightingale，the frogs make so much noise，that I have no inclination to sing．Do you not hear them？ Undoubtedly I hea

VOA标准英语2009年-Contracts Awarded to Russian, Norwegia

Russia's Lukoil and Norway's Statoil won a joint contract to develop a major untapped oil field in southern Iraq, Saturday, on the second and final day of a two-day auction aimed at boosting Iraq's oil output. Representatives from dozens of foreign o

经典歌曲-七个寂寞的日子SEVEN LONELY DAYS-GEROGIA G

经典歌曲-七个寂寞的日子SEVEN LONELY DAYS-GEROGIA GIBBS Seven Lonely Days Seven lonely days make one lonely week Seven lonely nights make one lonely me. Ever since the time you told me we were together Seven lonely days I cried and I cried

Li Na to miss Qatar Open

DOHA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese tennis player Li Na will miss the Qatar Open next week due to the ankle injury she suffered in her Australia Open final in which she lost to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus. Li Na has withdrawn from Qatar tennis due to h

卡塔尔俄罗斯获世界杯主办权

在经历过漫长的游说、陈述、投票和等待之后，2018年和2022年世界杯的举办地终于揭晓。北京时间12月2日晚，国际足联在总部苏黎世经过投票的方式由22名执委选出了未来两届世界杯的举办地，

The Shepherd and the Bureaucrat

A bureaucrat was hiking when he came upon a shepherd tending a large flock. The bureaucrat took a fancy to the sheep and asked the shepherd, If I can guess how many there are, may I have one? The shepherd thought it unlikely the man would guess the e

CCTV9英语新闻：Gov't suspends China's 3 major Hep. B vaccine makers

By CCTV Tang Bo Chinas three major hepatitis B vaccine makers have been ordered to suspend production. The countrys Food and Drug Administration made the announcement after the companies failed to get certified under the new Pharmaceutical Products s

音乐天堂：I Been Hoping——Gia Farrell

人生就是对对错错，何况有许多事，回头看来，对错已经无所谓了。情感就像一棵大树，成长不但要接受阳光，更需学会包容风雨。 I'v been brokehearted ever since the day we partied I didn't know where to

VOA标准英语2009-Georgia, Moscow Trade Allegations on Military Up

Moscow and Tbilisi are trading accusations over responsibility for what is described as an uprising at a military unit in Georgia. The crisis erupted on the eve of controversial NATO military exercises in the Caucasus republic, and ongoing oppositio

Georgia gets another basketballer signed up by NBA

TBILISI, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-year-old Tornike Shengelia has just signed a two-year contract with the NBA club New Jersey Nets, it was diclosed here on Thursday. Tornike Shengelia's manager Levan Mikeladze said that the final agreement between