VOA慢速英语2013 华盛顿海军船坞枪击事件

Washington Navy Yard Shootings 华盛顿海军船坞枪击事件 From VOA Learning English, this is In The News. 这里是美国之音慢速英语新闻报道。 Americans are expressing anger and sadness at the latest shooting incident in the United

Bangladesh Opposition Demands Release of Leader Before Election

The largest opposition party in Bangladesh is holding huge protests to demand the release of their jailed leader, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) says the country cannot hold free and fair elections without Z

VOA慢速英语 2007 1123a

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. With oil around one hundred dollars a barrel, this may be a good time for a short history of petroleum. Petroleum has been important since ancient times. The Greek historian Herodotus told of its use

CNN 2012-06-16

The Romney campaign accuses President Obama of a mixed message in the economy, but they did take his statements completely out of context. Plus * *, let's get started. Keeping Them Honest tonight. The latest salvo from Mitt Romney against President O

英语语法：71 Misusing “So” and “Very”

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is something I am very guilty of doing myself: overusing the words so and very. A listener named Taryn wrote in asking if it is acceptable to write that she is sooooooo happy that she is going to the prom (using so wi

英语语法：182 I.e. Versus E.g.

图片1 Grammar Girl here. This episode is a new and improved version of i.e. versus e.g. Misusing these two abbreviations is one of the top five mistakes I used to see when editing technical documents. There's so much confusion that in some of the d

英语语法：192 Misusing “So” and “Very”

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is something I am very guilty of doing myself: overusing the words so and very. A listener named Taryn wrote in asking if it is acceptable to write that she is sooooooo happy that she is going to the prom (using so wi

英语语法：148 “Myself”

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how to use the word myself. Misusing myself is definitely one of the top things people complain to me about. Here's an example: caller comment The caller is right; people seem to be so afraid to use the words me an

Pakistani President Downplays Threats Against His Life

Stephanie Ho Pakistan's president, General Pervez Musharraf, is downplaying concerns about his safety, saying he is not losing any sleep over recent terrorist threats against his life. President Musha

CNN 2009-03-18

Good morning. Hope your Tuesday is off to a good start. I'm Reggie Aqui from the CNN center in Atlanta. Here's what's happening right now IN THE NEWS. This hour President Obama is dealing with the budget. He's been meeting with congressional leaders

NPR 2010-12-05

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. In the Senate today, Republicans blocked two Democratic proposals for extending the expiring Bush-era tax cuts. NPR's David Welna reports the measures ran into a wall of Republican opposition. Democratic pr

NPR 2011-07-15

The FBI will investigate allegations that Rupert Murdock's News Corp. hacked into the private phone accounts of 9/11 terrorism victims. A law enforcement source tells NPR the inquiry is at an early stage, and investigators are not making any predicti

AP 2012-05-20

1. In Greece, a senior judge is sworn in to lead a caretaker government for the next month. This comes a day after power-sharing talks collapsed. Greece is facing a political crisis, threatening its membership in the euro. 2. Vice President Joe Biden

VOA慢速英语 2008 0211a

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Some actors and rock stars use their star power for social activism. But how much power do they really have? Daniel Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts

VOA标准英语2008年-Is This Water or Ambrosia?

At the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting last month, the mayor of Albuquerque, N.M., asked a provocative question: How would his citizens feel if the city bought thousands of ordinary writing pens the kind that cost about $1 each in most stores and

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风筝嗬 Kites,ho! 风筝嗬 Kites,ho! 不好意思 Excuse me. 你们误用了嗬这个词 You're misusing the word ho. 这是用于引起目标注意的感叹词 It's an interjection used to call attention 而不是物体 例如停下嗬 to a desti

英语语法：15 I.e. Versus E.g.

Grammar Girl here. This episode is a new and improved version of i.e. versus e.g. Misusing these two abbreviations is one of the top five mistakes I used to see when editing technical documents. There's so much confusion that in some of the drafts I

TED演讲:企业垄断的新时代(9)

Ah, well, depends on the -- Google appealed the case. 呃，是根据...谷歌上诉了。 The case is going to court. It will last a while. 所以这个案子会上法庭。会花一些时间。 Earlier, last year, you asked Apple to pay 13 billion

Rating System Needed for Cartoon Industry

2 children in rural areas of Jiangsu Province were severely burned by their friends when trying to duplicate a scene in a famous Chinese cartoon Pleasant goat and big big wolf. [Photo: The Beijing News] Cartoons are often regarded as children's enter

China's long-time online video rivals merged

BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Youku.com, China's largest online video company, said on Monday that it has inked a merger deal with its main rival, Tudou Holdings Ltd., in an unexpected move that the company claimed would form an industry leader in th