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Grandpa was celebrating his 100th birthday, and everyone was complimenting him on how well he looked. I'll tell you the secret, he said. My wife and I were married seventy-five years ago. On our wedding night we made a pledge that whenever we had a

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(142) / 评论(0) 分类 英文笑话

U.S. automobile companies suffered additional sharp losses in November, underscoring the threats facing the industry amid the U.S. recession. As VOA's Dan Robinson reports, the big three U.S. automakers have submitted details of their plans to restr

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(135) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十二月)

BANGKOK, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Thailand and Japan agreed here on Thursday to further strengthen economic and business ties, as the two sides both expressed intention to cooperate in Thailand's key infrastructure mega-projects. In a press briefing after

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(125) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

India's prime minister and Pakistan's president have agreed to a new round of peace talks before the end of the year. Barry Newhouse in Islamabad and Anjana Pasricha in New Delhi report the leaders also agreed to a joint commission that will investi

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(九月)

The annual summit of Pacific Rim leaders has ended in Lima, Peru with a show of support for trade liberalization, and a vow to overcome the current global financial crisis. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports it was the final summit

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(122) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(十一月)

By Kurt Achin Seoul 04 October 2007 The two Koreas have signed a cooperation pact that for the first time puts North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's personal signature on a pledge to end to his nuclear weapons programs. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from S

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(128) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA常速英语(十月)

Senem: Hey, Shawn, I heard that you are really good at making key lime pie. Shawn: Key lime pie, that's my special recipe. I just can't give that out to anybody. Senem: Yes, you can. Please. I really want to make it tonight. Please tell me. Shawn: Wh

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(153) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

By Kari Barber Freetown 03 September 2007 A meeting at the opposition APC headquarters to train young supporters in Freetown The two parties in Sierra Leone's presidential runoff have said the only rally to be held in the capital before Saturday's vo

发表于:2019-01-25 / 阅读(171) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(九月)

By Lisa Bryant Paris 17 December 2007 International donors pledged $7.4 billion over the next three years to help the cashed-strapped Palestinian government. Lisa Bryant has more for VOA from the Paris donors' conference. Spread out over a three-year

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十二月)

By Daniel Schearf Irbil, Iraq 29 February 2008 U.S. officials have praised Iraq's recent efforts to develop its economy and pledged cooperation on banking and trade. But Iraqi officials say the lack of security is still restricting investment and gro

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(120) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(二月)

By Stefan Bos Budapest 17 November 2007 The people of Kosovo are voting Saturday for a new local government. All the main political parties in the Albanian-majority province have pledged to gain independence from Serbia. Kosovo's Serbian minority is

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(127) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2007年(十一月)

今天我们要学的词pledge。 Pledge, 是许诺,保证的意思。阿根廷第一夫人克里斯蒂娜.费尔南德斯.德.基什内尔成为阿根廷第一位民选女总统。She pledged to fight poverty and extend growth, 她保证要打击贫

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(129) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 03 March 2008 South African officials are proposing that children recite a pledge of allegiance in school, to promote a sense of history and civic responsibility. But instead of bringing the country together, the South

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(158) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(三月)

BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhua) -- China and the European Union (EU) pledged Tuesday to set a good example for international cooperation in the 21st century. The two sides made the pledge in a joint press release issued after the third China-EU high-level

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(116) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

BEIJING, April 1 (Xinhua) -- State Councilor Meng Jianzhu and Viktor Ivanov, director of Russia's Federal Narcotics Service, met on Sunday to discuss cooperative anti-drug efforts. Meng, who is also minister of public security, said China hopes both

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

take the pledge的意思是发誓要戒酒(to promise to abstain from drinking alcohol)。 例句: I'm not ready to take the pledge yet, but I will cut down. 我还没准备好完全戒酒,不过我会少喝的。 My aunt tried to get me to take

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(129) / 评论(0) 分类 美国俚语

RIGA, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie here on Monday met his Latvian counterpart Artis Pabriks, with both sides pledging to enhance bilateral military cooperation. During the meeting, Liang said that China attaches great im

发表于:2019-02-11 / 阅读(161) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Senem: Hey, Shawn, I heard that you are really good at making key lime pie. Shawn: Key lime pie, that's my special recipe. I just can't give that out to anybody. Senem: Yes, you can. Please. I really want to make it tonight. Please tell me. Shawn: Wh

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(172) / 评论(0) 分类 英语访谈对话

今天我们要学的词 pledge。 Pledge, 是许诺,保证的意思。阿根廷第一夫人克里斯蒂娜.费尔南德斯.德.基什内尔成为阿根廷第一位民选女总统。She pledged to fight poverty and extend growth, 她保证要打击贫

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

International financial institutions have promised $38 billion more to four Arab countries trying to transition to democracy, nearly doubling a previous pledge. French Finance Minister Francois Baroin announced the pledge Saturday at the second day o

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Actaletidae
addison
Allium chrysocephalum
at bats
atrophic rhinitis
bar-losing
belt buckle
bilge pumping arrangement
bimetallic starter
biogrammar
Blaise
Bourdon's metallic barometer
brachystylous
bulk application
canticums
carcinoma of thyroid
chaussee
cliff house
closed correspondence
command post management
concubinacies
Copy Con
crotarbital
cyclophorus turgidus
dinitrogen trioxide
dominating set
ethyl n-amyl ketone
extreme trace analysis
family Ostreidae
finallzed
fingerspell
fitness
flambuginous
flat lamp shade
fungine
galvanometric registration
gastric oxyntic cells
gastriques
get someone on a string
glairier
hapticss
hem-stitch
hold different opinions
Hollowville
implicit leadership theory
incomplete matamorphosis
jim
kho-kho
killamarshes
Konrad
Las Lajitas
left-fielder
loopback plug
luminist
Lutheran Church of Oldenburg
maintainability design criteria
management and organization behavior
manicotti
margin of solvency
mid-blues
multipass distribution
non evident
non-proportional test
oasthouses
offstreet parking space
omphalius nigerrima
ossmodula
Phrynosoma cornutum
poral dehiscence
property right
rallery
rashers
right to bring an action
roundmeshed
semi-integrated type
setback building
shall we talk
shaly structure
shaped up
shrouded wheel
siege mortar
splenic anemia with fever
steno typewriter
street park
suction pad
switch pitchers
tangent mapping
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total refraction
transverse sinus of pericardium
trichlorphone
truck-drivers
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ultimate current
uncolloquial
vaenga
velocity estimation
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