欧洲最佳旅行地：葡萄牙波尔图

Portugals Porto was recently voted Best European Destination of 2017 by an organization called European Best Destinations. 葡萄牙的波尔图最近再次被评为2017年欧洲最佳旅行目的地。 This is the third time that the city has won th

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2014-01-06

Another arctic blast is about to turn the Midwestern US into an icebox. Cold air from the arctic is pushing down into the US as far-south as the Golf Coast. From Minnesota public radio, Mets Sepic reports several states are getting ready for bone-chi

Puke Collector at Roman banquets 豪宴上的拾污者

Here's a room full of ravin reveler s, looking remarkably a lot of people in the pub next door. Roman wine was deadly stuff when the party really got going, the slaves, who I'm calling Puke Collectors

The Roman feast of Saturnalia 农神节的盛宴

Our history and our culture have come about because a lot of ordinary people have done some really terrible jobs. And our traditional Christmas is no exception. However dreadful it's been, having to d

根据伊拉克馆长英雄事迹写儿童故事

Heroism of Iraqi Librarian Inspires Story for Children 根据伊拉克馆长英雄事迹写儿童故事 A true story from the Iraq war has inspired a new American children's book. Jeanette Winter is t

Christmas（圣诞节）

The history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years. Many of our Christmas traditions were celebrated centuries before the Christ child was born. The 12 days of Christmas, the bright fires, the yule log, the giving of gifts, carnivals(parades) with f

TED演讲:来自阿拉伯女商人的成功经验(1)

Mom, who are these people? 妈妈，这些人是谁? It was an innocent question from my young daughter Alia around the time when she was three. 这是来自我小女儿Alia的天真的疑问，大概是在她三岁的时候。 We were walking along

TED演讲:来自阿拉伯女商人的成功经验(7)

Our son Burhan is five years old, and he's learning to read and do basic maths. 我们的儿子Burhan现年5岁，而他正在学习阅读和作基础运算。 Here's another confession: 这是我另一个忏悔： I have found that our daughter is a

TED演讲:来自阿拉伯女商人的成功经验(6)

One thing to know about the Middle East 关于中东需要知道的一件事, is that nearly every family has access to affordable domestic help. 就是几乎每个家庭都能找到可负担费用的家务代理。 The challenge therefore becomes ho

英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—1

Brazil's history has been expressed through its national passion for music. Samba, the country's dominant musical style, was used by politicians in the '30s in an attempt to create unity and a sense of national identity in this vast multi-racial stat

英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—2

(The) military strike in '64 was...the worst thing that ever could happen to this country, because until today, we have never recovered from that. It was bad times. It was bad times. But at the same time, I think that the opposite of that was, that /

英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—3

Modern samba was born in the poorer areas of Rio, and left-wing singers were inspired by the new samba do morro, samba from the hills, that dealt with the harsh realities of life in communities where there were few facilities to cope with the newcome

英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—4

Mas que Nada became a top ten hit, the first Portuguese language success in American pop history. -That song, Mas que Nada, is magical. I told Jorge Ben the other day I saw him in LA. And I thank him for writing that song because there's not many son

英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—5

Sergio Mendes ensured that the international image of Brazil was still that of an easy-going, exotic paradise. But back in Brazil, the reality was rather different. Life was not easy. The soldiers had inherited serious economic problems, but the earl

英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—6

In 1966, the co-winner of the TV Record Festival was Chico Buarque, who became an instant star with A Banda. Buarque was praised by traditionalists as the heir to the great samba cancao writers of the 1930s, who would become a symbol of resistance to

英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—7

Joyce was one female Brazilian singer who dared to write her own songs. There were no women song writers at all in Brazilian music, so the first, very first time when I appeared on stage, I was booed off stage. That was 1967, I was 19 years old, and

VOA常速英语2008年-West African Children Trafficked, Abandoned to

By Kari Barber Forecariah, Conakry 15 April 2008 Children in West Africa are being trafficked at an alarming rate, often sold by their own families. Many of these children are then forced to work as manual laborers or as domestic servants without pay

OMG!美语 Jib Jab

1) blabbering 瞎说，胡扯 2) nonsense 废话 3) jibber-jabber 碎碎念，扯淡 有一个说法叫左耳进右耳出，是不是别人在瞎说的时候你的状态呢？

2007年VOA标准英语-Israel Warns of Retaliation in Gaza as Security

By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 07 May 2007 Israel's Defense Minister warned Monday that Israeli forces could retaliate if Palestinian militants do not stop rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, United Nations officials say they are reinforcing secu