American Old-time Radio Classic Favorites

American Old-time Radio Classic Favorites Last Year's Christmas Bill （II） Gracie: How do you do, are you Mr. Vanderlipp, the president of this bank? Mr. Vanderlipp: I am. Gracie: Well um, I wonder

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A DREAM of Red Mansions, the 2010 version, has finally been unveiled. Although it can now only be seen on some local TV channels, it`s receiving lots of praise from viewers. 不久前，2010版《红楼梦》终于与观众见面了。尽管目前只在

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Todd: So, Shifani, you are an expert in urban planning, and more specifically, in transport. What do you envision in the future, let's say, in fifty years from now? Shifani: Fifty years from now is quite a long time to project, but future cities woul

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By Mignon Fogarty I decided to write about comma splices because my friend Scott Sigler has a book coming out this week, Ancestor, published by Crown. Over three years ago, when he was publishing an earlier version of the book with a smaller publishe

英语语法：88 Splitting Verbs

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how a verb and an adverb messed up the inauguration. I took a break from work Tuesday to watch Barack Obama's inauguration, and like millions of other people, I saw a bit of confusion between Chief Justice John Rob

Agroecology, Part 2

By Mario Ritter Broadcast: October 7, 2003 This is Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Today we finish a two-part series. A listener in Brazil asked about 1)agroecology. This

Brad Pitt Gives Classic Greek Story

Alan Silverman The Iliad, the classic work by the ancient Greek poet Homer, gets the Hollywood treatment in an epic film starring Brad Pitt and Eric Bana. Alan Silverman has a look at Troy. It is not

Agroecology, Part 1

By Mario Ritter Broadcast: September 30, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. This week, we take a suggestion from a listener in Brazil. Agricultural specialist Lu

Roddick into third round of ATP Washington Classic

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- American Andy Roddick eased into third round of the ATP Washington Classic tennis tournament on Tuesday. Roddick, a three-time Washington champion, defeated Slovenian Grega Zemlja 6-4, 6-4 in just 84 minutes. I accompli

2006年VOA标准英语-Violence Continues in Baghdad Neighborhoods

By Peter Fedynsky Washington, D.C. 04 September 2006 watch Baghdad report A new Pentagon report says violence in Iraq has reached the point where conditions exist for a civil war. The Pentagon's quarterly report to the U.S. Congress cites the rising

2007年VOA标准英语-Humanitarian Group Says Tens of Thousands Displ

By Noel King Kigali 08 September 2007 Humanitarian aid groups are sounding the alarm as fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo forces tens of thousands of civilians from their homes in North Kivu Province. Noel King has more in this rep

2007年VOA标准英语-India, US Making Last-Ditch Bid on Nuclear Agre

By Steve Herman New Delhi 19 July 2007 High-level talks between India and the United States are going into an unscheduled third day in Washington in the hopes of overcoming obstacles to a controversial nuclear cooperation agreement. VOA's Steve Herma

Suspected Ringleader of Madrid Bombings Dies in Explosion

Spain's acting interior minister says the suspected ringleader behind the March 11 train bombings in Madrid killed himself as police closed in on him. He and others who blew themselves up were prepari

Interviewed By Chief Of Police

A blonde was being interviewed by the Chief of Police for an opening in the local Police Department. The chief said that before I hire you I have to ask a few questions. Chief: First how much is 1 and 1. Blonde ElevenChief: Well I guess I will accept

2007年VOA标准英语-WHO: Indonesia Not Sharing Bird Flu Virus Sampl

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 August 2007 The World Health Organization says all countries, with the exception of Indonesia, are sharing their avian influenza viruses. WHO says the failure to share virus samples could retard the development of an effecti

2007年VOA标准英语-Concern Growing in US West Over Agroterrorism

By Jeff Swicord Cheyenne, Wyoming 10 September 2007 Workers at adairy farm There is growing concern that farms and ranches in the western U.S. could become the target of agroterrorism. The devastating outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in Britain a

Real Madrid win second classic in 5 days

MADRID, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid took their second victory, a 2-1 win, over eternal rivals, FC Barcelona in just five days on Saturday afternoon in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Although the game had appeared as if it was to be slightly de-ca

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By Barry Newhouse Irbil 16 May 2007 A car bomb in the violent Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, has killed at least 32 people and wounded dozens more. South of the capital, in Nasiriyah, Iraqi officials say fighting between Iraqi military units

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MTV Looks To Capitalize On Nostalgia With New 'Classic' Channel AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: This is now considered classic. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD) MIKE JUDGE: (As Beavis) Did you know when you eat rump roast, you're eating a cow's butt