《佛罗里达计划》探索迪士尼阴影下贫困儿童的生活

'The Florida Project' Explores the Lives of Poor Kids in Disney's Shadow Millions of children dream of going to Disney World, the most famous theme park in America. Families travel to the Orlando, Florida site from all around the United States and th

学会在不满意中成长

That strange, gut-wrenching feeling you have is not the sushi you had for lunch. It's your soul trying to give you a nudge to do something. A word for that feeling is discontent. Discontent is a state of not being satisfied or fulfilled in your curre

英文歌曲：双人床，单人房 Death Cab For Cutie - Your New Twin Size Bed

You look so defeated lying there in your new twin size bed. With a single pillow underneath your single head. I guess you decided that that old queen holds more space than you would need. Now it's in the alley behind your apartment with a sign that s

听歌学英语:Nine Million Bicycles

听歌学英语:Nine Million Bicycles There are nine million bicycles in Beijing That's a fact It's a thing we can't deny Like the fact that I will love you till I die We are twelve billion light years from the edge That's a guess No-one can ever say

TED演讲:特殊环境里的不同寻常的房子(7)

Today, they live in this area, 今天，他们生活在这片区域， approximately 50,000 to 70,000 people, 大约5万到7万人， who live in this community of self-built multi-story houses where up to three generations live in one structure. 住在

TED演讲:特殊环境里的不同寻常的房子(1)

Throughout my career, I've been fortunate enough to work with many of the great international architects, 在我的职业生涯里，我非常幸运的和很多着名的国际建筑师一起工作过， documenting their work and observing how their

乔布斯传 第19期:上学(7)

I started to listen to music a whole lot, and I started to read more outside of just science and technologyShakespeare, Plato. I loved King Lear. 我开始听很多音乐，阅读科技以外的书，例如莎士比亚、柏拉图的作品。我爱看《

经济学人105:猎手与猎物 The hunter and his prey

Books and Arts; A father of modern photography;The hunter and his prey; 文艺；现代摄影之父；猎手与猎物； Henri Cartier-Bresson's photographs are on show in New York until June 28th; 亨利卡蒂埃布列松摄影展在纽约展出，截

PBS高端访谈:女孩被绑架事件激起了民众对尼日利亚政府的抗议和不满

JEFFREY BROWN: And we take a close look now at the situation, with Carl LeVan, an assistant professor at American University's School of International Service, and Mojubaolu Okome, a professor of African and women's studies at Brooklyn College. And l

VOA标准英语2011--New York's Twin Towers Appear in Many Ho

New York's Twin Towers Appear in Many Hollywood Films For almost 30 years, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center graced the New York skyline. They were 110 stories high and symbolized strength and optimism. The monumental complex in Lower Manhatt

Picasso's Private Collection Draws US Crowds

Works by Pablo Picasso, one of the most important artists of the modern era(时代,年代), have been touring the globe while their home in Paris is renovated. They recently arrived at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, which is located in the state c

VOA常速英语2008年-Twin Blasts Rock Ethiopian Capital, Killing Thr

By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 15 April 2008 Two bomb blasts in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa have killed three people and injured 18 others. VOA's Peter Heinlein in Addis Ababa reports the attacks targeted Ethiopia's national oil company. The bla

NASA's twin probes reach lunar orbit

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Twin U.S. spacecraft to study the moon from crust to core put themselves into the lunar orbit on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, the country's space agency said. The second Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory, o

VOA常速英语2008年-Deadly Twin Car Bombings Hit Lahore, Pakistan

By Steve Herman Islamabad 11 March 2008 Two bomb blasts have rocked Pakistan's second-largest city, killing at least 26 peopleand injuring 200 others. One of the explosions occurred at the headquarters of a federal police agency, packed with workers.

VOA常速英语2007年-Twin Car Bombs Kill More Than 60 in Algeria

By Challiss McDonough Beirut 11 December 2007 Two car bombs have exploded in the Algerian capital, killing at least 62 people and injuring scores more. One of the blasts targeted several U.N. offices, and the United Nations says at least 12 staff mem

NASA to launch twin probes to measure moon gravity

BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- NASA will launch on Thursday twin lunar orbiters built to map the gravity of Earth's moon in unprecedented detail, media reported Tuesday. The twin lunar probes, Graili-A and Graili-B, will blast off from Florida's Cap

英文短篇故事（纽约）293 Twin Towers or Freedom Tower?

In 2013 they will finish building One World Trade Center. It's also known as the Freedom Tower. It will be the tallest building in Manhattan. Tall, schmall, said Hal. Ten years to build it. They built BOTH Twin Towers in just seven years. Those were

GRE写作优秀实例：知识和经验的引进

题目： No field of study can advance significantly unless outsiders bring their knowledge and experience to that field of study. 在任何一个研究领域当中，除非有该领域之外的人引进他们的知识和经验，否则该领域就很

英语畅谈中国文化50主题 28

Feng shui A: some Chinese people like to keep a bowl of gold fish in their office. They think this can bring good luck to dealing whit office politics and in their career. B: thats what we call feng shui, or geomancy. Some people think feng shui is s

双语有声阅读：讽刺文学

The Satiric Literature Perhaps the most striking quality of satiric literature is its freshness,its originality of perspective.Satire rarely offers original ideas.Instead, it presents the familiar in a new form. Satirists do not offer the world new p