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英语课程计划-Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday. It is the name of a celebration that takes place on the day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the 40-day period of Lent. Mardi Gras is the final day of a three-day period, which starts on the Sun

2006年VOA标准英语-New Orleans Struggles to Deal with Trash;

By Greg Flakus Washington, DC 28 February 2006 watch Carnival Cleanup report Carnival Cleanup The Carnival season has drawn thousands of people to the streets of New Orleans over the past week. The ce

多功能英语阅读21 Call Me Rastus

多功能英语阅读21 Call Me Rastus

2006年VOA标准英语-Mardi Gras Season Starts With Parades in N

By Greg Flakus New Orleans 19 February 2006 A float in New Orleans' Mardi Gras parade The first major parades of the Mardi Gras season rolled through the streets of New Orleans Saturday. The celebrati

HK implements new measures to cool property market

HONG KONG, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Two new measures to cool the property market will be introduced to reduce immediate demand, John Tsang, Financial secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government announced Friday. The ad valo

Kenya's Mutai, Kabuu stake claim to lucrative Ras half marathon

NAIROBI, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Berlin marathon champions Geoffrey Mutai and Dubai marathon silver medalist Lucy Kabuu will headline the elite field at this year's RAK Half-Marathon in the United Arab Emirates. The event, seventh edition, which will be r

Madame Tussauds HK includes 1st mainland actor

Madame Tussauds HK includes 1st mainland actor BEIJING, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Huang Xiaoming is to become the first Chinese mainland actor to be honored with a model of his likeness in Hong Kong's Madame Tussauds, according to a news release posted on

New Jay Chou figure at Madame Tussauds HK

BEIJING, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- A new wax figure of Taiwanese pop singer Jay Chou went on display at Hong Kong's Madame Tussauds on Monday, according to a news release posted on the museum's website. Dressed in a metallic silver jacket and a pair of silv

2007年VOA标准英语-New Orleans Mardi Gras Wraps Up on High Note

By Greg Flakus Houston 21 February 2007 The annual carnival celebration known as Mardi Gras came to an end in New Orleans Tuesday with parades and parties. Crowds were much larger than last year and local officials say this has helped the city's eff

Mardi Gras（四旬斋前的狂欢节）

-Mardi Gras is a traditional holiday celebrated in many of the southern states of the USA. The most famous celebration takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana. The people there enjoy this celebration by going to parades where they catch beads, doubloon

CCTV9英语新闻：Occupy co-organiser made significant donation to HKU

One of the Occupy Central movement organisers anonymously donated 1.45 million Hong Kong dollars to the University of Hong Kong. However, some members of the local media have revealed they received documents showing that the donor was Tai Yiu-Ting, w

HK scientists prove time travel impossible

BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Hong Kong scientists announced that they had determined the idea of time travel is impossible by proving nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. The finding is contained in a study done by a research team fr

VOA标准英语2008年-Global Fund for Women 'Waters' Grassroots in 16

Around the world, women are far more likely than men to be poor, ill-housed, under-educated and victimized by war and discrimination. To help women help themselves and their communities, the Global Fund for Women, or GFW, a San Francisco-based organ

Premier voices full support for HK, Macao gov'ts

BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Premier Li Keqiang on Monday met with CY Leung and Chui Sai On, chief executives of the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, praising the regions' roles in boosting the country's overall development. Li vo

Premier Wen meets HK chief executive-elect

BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Premier Wen Jiabao met with Leung Chun-ying, chief executive-elect of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Tuesday in Beijing. Wen, on behalf of the State Council, awarded the official certificate of appo

President Hu meets HK's new chief executive

BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- President Hu Jintao Wednesday told Leung Chun-ying, the newly appointed chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), that the central government has high hopes on him and will give its all-out

Apple iPhone 4S to arrive in China's HK

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Apple announced on Tuesday that its latest iPhone 4S smartphone will be available in China's Hong Kong, South Korea and 13 additional countries next Friday. Customers will be able to pre-order iPhone 4S beginning thi

New HK gov't to promote economy, democracy, livelihood

HONG KONG, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's new chief executive Leung Chun-ying Sunday said the new government will lead the city to develop the economy, improve people's livelihood, promote democracy and build a more prosperous, progressive and righte

China supports HK's access to FTA with ASEAN: minister

SIEM REAP, Cambodia, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- China supports Hong Kong's access to the China-ASEAN Free Trade Zone (FTA) as it facilitates the economic integration of the southeastern Asian nations, said the Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming here o