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Exercise 1-1: Rubber Band Practice with Nonsense Syllables Take a rubber band and hold it with your two thumbs. Every time you want to stress a word by changing pitch, pull on the rubber band. Stretch it out gently, don't jerk it sharply. Make a loop

BEP 133 ADV – Sales and Interviews: Elevator Pitch

In this Business English Podcast, were going to look at delivering an elevator pitch. A sales pitch is a presentation designed to introduce a product or service in order to convince people to buy it. An elevator pitch is a very short presentation des

Welcome to La La Land

Now, the VOA Learning English program, Words and Their Stories. On this program, we tell about common expressions in American English and explain how to use them. Today we talk about expressions involving Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles is the b

SSS 2009-05-21

This is Scientific American's 60-second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? Can you name those notes? Probably not. Perhaps one in ten thousand speakers of European languages has perfect pitch - the ability to recognize a note without having hea

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[00:00.00]In Paris ,they bought many souvenirs. [00:04.74]Then they took a train to Berlin, [00:07.21]the capital of Germany. [00:09.39]They visitd many places, [00:11.37]including the famous Brandenburg Gate. [00:14.82]The last country on their trip

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Can you name those notes? Probably notperhaps one in 10,000 speakers of European languages has perfect pitch, the ability to recognize a note without having heard any reference note first. But theres a much better chance you could successfully name

CNN 2009-07-16

Good morning! I'm Melissa Long here at the CNN center in Atlanta on this Wednesday morning. It is the 15th of July. Here are some of the headlines making news at this hour. All 168 people aboard a Caspian Airlines passenger jet that crashed / northw

2007年VOA标准英语-Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Allegedly Lost in

By Sean Maroney Washington, D.C. 21 March 2007 watch Iraq Fraud report The U.S.-led war in Iraq, now entering its fifth year, has cost hundreds of billions of dollars -- spending that both supports the American military effort and attempts to rebuil

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By Elizabeth Lee Washington 23 September 2009 Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi addresses the general debate of the 64th session of the U.N. General Assembly, in New York, 23 Sep 2009 Libyan leader is in New York and spoke at the United Nations General

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【俚语】 pitch in 一起帮忙,作出贡献 最常见得意思是一起帮忙，做出贡献(to join in and help someone with something). 注意：pitch in还有其他的意思： 1.分担共同担负的费用；捐献(某物)；(以某物)支援：

60秒科学:Genetic Link For Perfect Pitch?

We might think perfect pitch is an innate talent. Well, a study in the American Journal of Human Genetics is providing some evidence for that. Perfect pitch, aka absolute pitch, is the rare ability to name or recreate musical notes like A or middle

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Adriano admits he is on last chance

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Former Brazil international striker Adriano admits his return to Flamengo is his last chance to revive his stalled career. Adriano, who has played just nine games in the past two years, was signed by his former clu

学个词Learn a Word 第1694-pitch

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今天我们要学的词是all star。 All star全明星。All star game全明星赛。The 80th Major League Baseball All-star Game will be played on Tuesday night, 美国职业棒球大联盟第80届全明星赛星期二晚上举行。 Tickets for t

怎样拓展自己的人脉？

You're standing face-to-face with a professional in your industry who can help you advance your career. This is your chance to wow this person with a strong handshake, bright smile and direct eye contact, followed by a witty comment that initiates a

美国俚语:一起帮忙,作出贡献 pitch in

今天介绍的俚语是pitch in，pitch in是什么意思呢？最常见得意思是一起帮忙，做出贡献(to join in and help someone with something). 例句： If you could pitch in a little we'd be finished quicker. 如果你能帮忙一下，