新英语900句之生活篇 Lesson59:FAILURE失败的经历

871.Im sure I just failedv that exam. 我确信刚才那个考试我没通过。 872.Terry just lost that account for our company. 特里刚刚把我们公司的账目给弄丢了。 873.He gambledw away most of his savings. 他赌博输掉了他的大部分积蓄。 874.The cook ruined this m

2006年VOA标准英语-US 'Deeply Concerned' by Reports of Taylor

By David Gollust Washington 28 March 2006 Nigerian policemen, seated lower right, guard the mansion of former Liberian president Charles Taylor in Calabar, Nigeria, March, 28, 2006 U.S. Secretary of S

VOA标准英语2012--Marijuana Grower Supply Store Opens in Washington DC

Marijuana Grower Supply Store Opens in Washington DC With a shovel full of potting soil weGrow ceremonially put down roots as the first store catering to medical marijuana growers in Washington. Franchise owner Alex Wong decided to open the store aft

VOA标准英语2012--Study Shows PFCs Can Reduce Vaccine Effectiveness

Study Shows PFCs Can Reduce Vaccine Effectiveness When children are vaccinated their immune systems produce antibodies that protect them from debilitating and potentially deadly childhood infections, such as polio, measles, diphtheria and tetanus. Th

VOA标准英语2011--Closing Gender Gap Could Boost World Foo

Food prices continue to rise, threatening to push more and more people into poverty and hunger. A new report from the UN food agency says one of the best ways to boost agricultural productivity worldwide would be to remove the barriers women farmers

VOA标准英语2012--In Fast-Moving World, Slow-Going Barges Ply US Waterways

In Fast-Moving World, Slow-Going Barges Ply US Waterways These days, words like speed, flexibility, and high-tech describe the American culture - and a lot of the nations business operations. But not one thats based on the nations inland rivers. The

白领英语晨读-069 Lessons of Failure　失败的训诫

Lessons of Failure Lord, are you trying to tell me something? For... Failure doesn't mean I'm a failure; It does mean I have not yet succeeded. Failure doesn't mean I've accomplished nothing; It does mean I've learned something. Failure doesn't mean

VOA标准英语2008年-Official: More Than One Failure Led to Spanair

The head of Spain's civil aviation said the Spanair plane that crashed in Madrid Wednesday must have suffered more than one kind of failure. Meanwhile, grieving relatives are continuing efforts to help identify the remains of the 153 people who were

HEALTH REPORT - Survival Rates for Heart Failure Increase

HEALTH REPORT - Survival Rates for Heart Failure Increase By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. Heart failure is a c

英语赠言For Failure and Setback

Failure is the mother of success. It is always darkest just before the day dawn. The miserable have no other medicine but only hope. In all things it is better to hope than to despair. If at first don

Fish Farms May Soon Supply More Than Half the World's Catch

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 Traditional fisheries may no longer be the world's most important provider of fish. A new United Nations report shows that fish farming or aquacultur

VOA标准英语2008年-Israel Increases Flow of Supplies to Gaza as Tr

Israel has begun easing its blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip under a truce agreement reached last week. But further progress could be linked to the fate of a captive Israeli soldier, as we hear from Robert Berger at the VOA bureau in Jerusalem

voa标准英语2008-ZANU-PF Prepares for Annual Conference as Choler

Harare's streets are busy as hundreds of delegates to President Robert Mugabe's annual ZANU-PF conference converge from all over the country. The annual conference is being held as the death toll continues to climb from a cholera epidemic that has f

VOA标准英语2012--Hungrier Planet Strains Water Supply

Hungrier Planet Strains Water Supply Thirsty food Water. As the population grows, there are more and more people at the tap every day. But when it comes to the worlds demand for water, drinking it is just the beginning Food - and agriculture in parti

VOA标准英语2012--Global Warming Might Threaten Water Supply

Global Warming Might Threaten Water Supply Stanford University climate expert Noah Diffenbaugh led the study, which compares snowpack conditions across the northern hemisphere in the late 20th century with climate model projections for the next one h

VOA标准英语2011-ZANU-PF Military Forces Farmers to Attend

Although Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party seems to have accepted, in public at least, that elections are not possible before year end, many new black farmers north of the capital were told Tuesday by senior army personnel there would

VOA标准英语2013--Sahel Attacks Prompt Fears in France Over Energy Supply

Sahel Attacks Prompt Fears in France Over Energy Supply Since the 1970s, much of Frances energy supply has derived from the Sahel region of Africa. So recent attacks on Western commercial interests there have big implications, says energy economist M

VOA标准英语2009年-Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF Looking for Mugabe

Many ZANU-PF delegates say they want to decide who will succeed President Robert Mugabe, who will be 86 in February. President Robert Mugabe received fewer votes in the presidential election last year than MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Peta Thornycro

VOA标准英语2009年-ZANU-PF Official Accuses EU of Undermining

A senior ally of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has accused the European Union of undermining the power sharing agreement with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. The charge follows the first visit to Zimbabwe by senior EU officials since the Euro

失败是件好事Failure Is a Good Thing

Last week, my granddaughter started kindergarten, and, as is conventional, I wished her success. I was lying. What I actually wish for her is failure. I believe in the power of failure. Success is boring. Success is proving that you can do something