英语博客:New Year's Resolution

I can't believe that it is almost the end of January already. Where has the time gone? We have had an unusual Winter so far, weather wise. It has gone from being overcast and dull, to sunny and mild, back to freezing and snowy. You don't know what to

VOA标准英语2009年-Exit Polls Predict Big Defeat for Japan's

Polls have closed in Japan's nationwide election for its lower house of parliament. Media exit polling is predicting a big defeat for the party that has ruled Japan for more than half a century. Just minutes after voting concluded Sunday in Japan, m

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[00:01.94]UNIT 8 In the emergency room [00:09.05]Can you hear me? [00:10.96]How do you feel,Matt? [00:13.30]I feel dizzy.My ankle hurts. [00:16.94]My wrist hurts,too. [00:20.22]The pain is in the left ankle,isn't it? [00:24.18]I'm touching your leg.

VOA标准英语2009-Hard Times for Australia's Once Dominant Win

Australia's once dominant wine industry is facing its biggest challenge, as competition increases from lower-cost rivals and consumer tastes change. Producers are being encouraged to target exports to Asia to revive the industry. Penfolds 1962 vinta

VOA标准英语2010年-Political Consensus Sought on Women's

Congress party President Sonia Gandhi is greeted by women party workers after the Women's Reservation Bill was passed in the upper house of parliament, at her residence in New Delhi, India, 10 Mar 2010 Although the bill proposing to reserve one third

英语听力：自然百科 地球力场 Earth's Force Field—1

The solar system is a hostile place. Earth is under attack from deadly cosmic radiation. Life here is only possible, because it's protected by the magnetosphere, an invisible force field that cocoons the planet. But new evidence reveals that this vit

【英语3级听力】乘公交车-Riding the Bus

It was early morning. The sun was just over the horizon. She got on the bus. The bus was smelly. It smelled foul. Bus fare was one fifty. She paid her fare. Good morning, said the bus driver. Good morning, she said back. The bus driver was friendly.

Usain Bolt's record by the numbers

Usain's Bolt's epic run on Sunday night to lower the 100m world record to its current mark of 9.58 seconds is even more impressive when you look further into the statistics（统计）. If he could maintain that speed over the whole 100m, with a flying

2006年VOA标准英语-Pakistan's Lower House Passes Landmark Women's

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 15 November 2006 Pakistan's lower house of parliament has passed a landmark bill amending the country's controversial laws governing rape and adultery. The legislation, which has one more hurdle to clear, would overturn Pa

LDP expected to win majority in Japan's general election

TOKYO, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Japan's main opposition party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is likely to win nearly 300 seats in the House of Representatives election held on Sunday, according to the latest poll released Thursday. The LDP, headed b

Lesson 110 - RUB ELBOWS / ELBOW ROOM

to rub elbows elbow room 今天我们要给大家介绍和elbow这个字有关的常用语。Elbow就是胳膊肘儿。许多诗人喜欢描写漂亮的脸或美丽的身材，可是没有人描写胳膊

ADB lowers China's 2012 growth prediction

BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday lowered its prediction for China's economic growth to 8.2 percent in 2012 and 8.5 percent in 2013, although a bank official said a hard landing is unlikely. The ADB made the re

Japan's antinuclear Tomorrow Party splits into two groups

OSAKA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Japan's antinuclear Tomorrow Party on Friday split into two groups only a month after its inception due to internal conflicts over personnel matters, local press reported. Yukiko Kada, governor of Shiga Prefecture and the f

Japan's lower house election begins

TOKYO, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- The 46th Japan's House of Representatives election began at 7:00 a.m. local time Sunday. A total of 1,504 candidates will run for the 480 seats in lower house election. The ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) registered

U.S. moves to block AT&T's buying of T-Mobile

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Justice Department of the United States on Wednesday filed an antitrust lawsuit to block AT T's acquisition of T-Mobile, Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole said at a press conference. Cole said that four nationw

VOA标准英语2010年-Graybeards and Teens Rub Elbows on the

Someone - specifically the father-daughter team of Larry and Meagan Johnson of Phoenix, Arizona - has figured out that on some American job sites, five generations are working side by side. And while such an age disparity adds a lot of texture and an

China's Offline Retailers See Falls in Revenue

Based on a recent report by the China General Chamber of Commerce, the sales volume increase rate of the country's top 100 retailers has slowed down by 10 percent. However, while many offline giant retailers are seeing falls in revenue, online retail

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A female honor guard, once one of the most popular models in the 11th CCTV model contest, will make her debut with 50 other female honor guard members in the Sept 3 parade. 11届CCTV模特大赛中最受欢迎的模特之一、现仪仗队女兵门佳慧

CCTV9英语新闻：Timeline of Brazil's political crisis

Here are the key moments leading to the impeachment proceedings of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. On March 4th, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Rousseff's political mentor, had his house raided and was questioned by the police, as pa

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15.用餐礼节 Don't talk with your mouth full. 嘴巴里有东西时不要说话。 1. Don't talk with your mouth full. 2.Put your napkin in your lap. 3. It is bad manners to have your elbows on the dinner table. 4.Keep your elbows off the table. 5