音标:['pjәtiθ,'pɔ:-] ;
n. <苏格兰>贫穷,贫困

Im not coming to this art fair again, said Molly. Why arent you coming to this art fair again? asked Teri. There arent enough visitors, Molly said. Thats for sure, said Teri. There arent enough visitors spending money. Thats for sure, said Molly. Vis

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(393) / 评论(0) 分类 超级简单英语阅读

RAY SUAREZ, HOST: Staying on the topic of words of the year, let's talk about one of the winners from two years ago - emoji - you know, those little cartoon-like pictures. One of the things to look forward to in 2018 is that dozens of new emojis will

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - New Young Artists Honored With Awards from Scholastic Corporation CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Christopher Cruise. On our program this week, we play music from Lady Gagas latest

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(434) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(五)月

By Ivana Kuhar Washington 29 May 2007 A Congressional hearing on Russia last Thursday reverberated with concerns over the deteriorating state of democracy in the world's largest country. Meanwhile, the U.S. government says it will continue cooperati

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Smirting 以借火和某人搭讪 Diarmuid: Hello Im Diarmuid. Feifei: Why are you looking so happy Diarmuid? Diarmuid: Well, earlier today, I was outside on my telephone, when a lady asked me for a lighter. I think she might have been trying to smir

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I join my colleague Mr. Rangel in thanking you for giving the junior members of this committee the glorious opportunity of sharing the pain of this inquiry. Mr. Chairman, you are a strong man, and it has not be

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(530) / 评论(0) 分类 名人演讲

Several listeners have written with questions on when to use the definite article the, the indefinite article a, or neither. For example, Tracy W. wrote, Which is correct: Thank you for taking time to review my application, or Thank you for taking th

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IN THE NEWS - Wealthy Nations Consider Canceling Debt of Poor Ones By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Saturday, June 11, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Hopes grew all week for

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AMERICAN MOSAIC -April 12, 2002: Artists Honored at an African American Awards Ceremony / Yosemite National Park / New Museum of Folk Art HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC — VOA’s radio magazine in

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A group monitoring corruption levels around the world says illegal practices in poor countries are threatening the fight against poverty. In its just released report, Transparency International says foreign aid must be more focused and more carefull

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(405) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(九月)

By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 21 September 2009 The head of the World Health Organization urged Asian health chiefs to continue health-care reforms despite the global economic downturn. Margaret Chan says the WHO is working to give poorer nations access

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Young Kenyan Artists Face Tough Market At the Kuona Trust, a visual arts center in a Nairobi suburb, artists work out of converted shipping containers. Kuona's mission is to provide opportunities for its artists to produce world-class art in Kenya. S

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(775) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(八月)

Contemporary Events Inspire Arab Hip-Hop Artist A Moroccan woman who only discovered her talent as a hip-hop performer when she came to study in London is now at the forefront of this musical genre. Master Mimz delivered her own commentary on the Ara

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Artist J R Occupies Times Square Poster-sized pictures of New Yorkers decorated the asphalt and a huge billboard in Times Square, one of the most iconic spots in the world. It was the latest venue for J R and his project to let people - all over the

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Goodbye Spooks. Beginners. Halloween was 31st of October. It is a huge holiday here in the States. It is celebrated in many other countries, and sometimes has a different name. It has become more popular through the years. Shops sell lots of Hallowee

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(394) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

Todd: Shona, do you have any talents or interests like art or music or cooking? Shona: Yeah. Actually, I really, really enjoy art. I like to sort of study different artists and look at art from the past, but I also paint myself so I like to go to art

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(314) / 评论(0) 分类 原版英语对话1000个

The black-and-white film The Artist was the big winner at Sunday's 84th Annual Academy Awards -- the Oscars -- capturing best picture and major awards for its director and lead actor. Frenchman Jean Dujardin won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(578) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The contender for top Academy Awards including best director and picture The Artist won big at the 27th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards held Saturday afternoon in Santa Monica, California, grossing four major ho

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(613) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Veteran Oscar Host Billy Crystal opened the 84th Academy awards ceremony Sunday with jokes about his age and attempts to attract a younger audience to the annual show. The segment included a long pause while Crystal, who has hosted the awards show ni

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(617) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

AMERICAN MOSAIC - Artists Paint the Town in Baltimore JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im June Simms. This week on our program, we talk to Ben Nichols, lead singer and songwriter for the band Lucero. We also repo

发表于:2019-03-16 / 阅读(2216) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年VOA慢速英语(四)月
学英语单词
abu tabaq
action-packed
adrenal cortical hyperplasia
Alcopon
appositio
Aster trinervius
attachment of nozzle
attachment seizure of property
auctioned monopoly
baggage clerk
bairnish
Ban Thi Wa Su
benacoes
bettie
bshow
Buck's fascia
center cylinder of pin holes
central interruptregister
clinical pathologist
coastguard
conioint bundle
Cooktown orchid
crab-catcher
creating from raw materials
deed of priorities
diameter of axle
diesel oil for locomotive
distinctive emblem
egg nuclei
enchondromata
estate manager
film technique
filtering installation
fore-pillow
Francis Henry Compton Crick
germistatic action
glenarm
green ware
groove of small superficial petrosal nerve
ground watertable
habeebeti
hand shovelling
Harry Stack Sullivan
heparinised
high-density lipoprotein (hdl)
hog waller
hydraulic ratio
hypovascular
illegal loan
integral body
Jerseyite
Kegworth
kybde
L. G. B.
laboratory porcelain
land-flood
lanperisone
lantern-light
lig. cuboideonaviculare dorsale
lightprinting device
logic(al) file
mahlstrom
masking blade
mathcore
middle part
moisture content on the wet basis
morphostat
morsal teeth
mountain house
multibiometric
multivocal
Nardman
new management
North American nation
overwhelmingness
pakhavaj
pawn shops
people sniffer
permanant threshold shifts (pts)
plumbic isobutyrate
Posner
primary oocytes
project vision
prometamorphosis
radiodirection finder
remanent magnetisation
s word
smoke-filled rooms
sooey
spacecraft ground instrumentation
Tabellariaea
tone distortion
true to one's name
typical digital automatic computer
Ujae Atoll
ultrabasic
undercolor separation
undue enrichment
user terminal
uterogolbin
wooziest
zsigmond