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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

超级简单英语阅读:A Stranger in the Neighborhood

She looked at the man. He was walking on the sidewalk. She did not know this man. He was a stranger. She did not trust this man. He did not live in this neighborhood. She was driving her car slowly. She was almost home. She drove past the man. She wa

根据伊拉克馆长英雄事迹写儿童故事

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Christmas（圣诞节）

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VOA标准英语2011--thern Philippines Insurgency, Locals Are

InSouthernPhilippinesInsurgency,LocalsAreNoStrangerstoDeadlocked In the Philippines, the government and the countrys largest Muslim rebel group have been trying to reach a peace deal through nearly 15 years of on-and-off talks. In recent months, ther

VOA标准英语2011--Americans Try Renting Their Car to Stran

Americans Try Renting Their Car to Strangers Americans love their cars. There are more cars, per capita, in the United States than in any other country - more than eight cars for every 10 Americans, according to recent government figures. But most of

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

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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—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

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Tu: Hey, Todd, I heard you went to Vietnam. Tell me about it? Todd: Yeah, it was a really good trip. I went during the break, and I was only there for seven days. Tu: Oh. Todd: Yeah, kind of too short. But I went to Ho Chi Min, and Mui Ne, and Nha Tr

【英语时差8，16】鹦鹉背出住址顺利返家

When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught－recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help. Police rescued the African gray parrot last month from a neighbor's roof in the city of Naga