Red

Red It says poison, passion and stop right there. It is the most powerful colour on the planet and it is 1)rife with contradictions. Its universal meanings are heat, blood, danger and emotion. A red l

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The space gets tighter, more claustrophobic as people arrive. The squares quite large, but not enough to hold District 12s population of about eight thousand. Latecomers are directed to the adjacent streets, where they can watch the event on screens

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-07-24

Fine across Queensland with light to moderate south to southeasterly winds. Dangerous beach and surf conditions about some of the east coast beaches. In New South Wales, possible showers along the northern coast. Showers also over the southern inland

英语灵异故事-Night Shift 01 夜班 01

[00:17.93]Night Shift [00:22.07]夜班 [00:34.64]All this started when I was working as a night guard. [00:39.05]My first two years as a guard [00:41.31]I was working at the control center as an operator [00:44.78]where the entire emergency [00:47.24]c

SSS 2010-06-18

You know saving the rainforest is good for biodiversity. But it may also be a boon to human health. That's because less clear-cutting may mean less malaria, according to a paper out this week in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. Researchers l

【英文短篇小说】The Masque of the Red Death

The Red Death had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal --the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at th

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(MA) We're going to start today talking about congressional aides, that is, the people who work for our congressional representatives both in Washington and in the representatives' local districts. It used to be that members of Congress had a relati

儿童英语小故事 31. Red Trees and Red Cats

He likes to color. He colors with his crayons. His crayon box has many crayons. Each crayon is a different color. He opens his coloring book. His favorite color is red. He colors the trees dark red. He colors the cats light red. He colors the sidewal

英语小达人 445 Romantic Venice(1)

Romantic Venice 浪漫水都威尼斯 What images come to mind when you think of a trip to Venice? 想到威尼斯一游，你的脑海中会浮现出什么画面？ No doubt you imagine yourself taking a romantic gondola ride along narrow canals and

VOA慢速英语-- More US High Schools Adopt Later Start Times

Like many American high school students, Josh Leong used to eat breakfast while it was still dark outside. But that changed when his high school, McLean, in the American state of Virginia, changed to a later start time two years ago. Proponents of la

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台五月-No Web 'Red Light' District

Madeleine Brand: Back now with Day To Day. There will be no formal red light district on the Internet. The group that oversees how Internet addresses are assigned has rejected giving porn websites a .xxx suffix. An unlikely coalition of some adult w

VOA慢速英语--Schools in US Don’t Get Same Funding

Schools in US Dont Get Same Funding Education spending in the United States differs from school to school. In the southern state of Mississippi, a school in Brookhaven spends $6,417 per student. Just 100 kilometers west, Natchez spends nearly $3,000

英语情景对话：Driving Through a Red Light(3)

A: Why'd you pull me over? B: Are you aware that you drove through a red light? A: I ran a red light? B: Yes, you did. A: I apologize, but I didn't realize that I did that. B: Weren't you taught that yellow means slow down, not speed up? A: I did lea

英语情景对话：Driving Through a Red Light(2)

A: What's wrong, officer? B: You do realize that you ran a red light, don't you? A: I did? B: You didn't see the red light? A: I'm sorry for running it, but I really didn't know. B: Didn't you learn that red means stop? A: I know that. B: Then tell m

US economic outlook 'optimistic'

The US economic outlook has become cautiously （谨慎的） optimistic, according to the latest issue of the Federal Reserve's influential Beige Book. Five of the 12 districts surveyed said there were signs of improvement, with five showing signs of st

U.S. Fed sees less certain economic outlook

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. economy continues to expand at a modest pace, but with weaker or less certain outlook, reported the Federal Reserve on Wednesday. In its latest economic performance survey, the central bank saw either modest o

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-05-30

Pick the event cloud thick across the central part of the continent. It chips that break up with the move through the weekend particularly through the west Australia or through the south Australia Northwest cold season heavy falls. A few showers with

美国经济仍在增长的轨道

WASHINGTON, June 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. economic activities in 12 districts expanded from early April to late May, and the outlook given by respondents was generally optimistic, a survey by the Federal Reserve showed Wednesday. The Fed's rosy outlook sug

经济学人243:最高法院 起草法案,郑重起誓,划分选区

The Supreme Court 最高法院 Drafting laws, vows and maps 起草法案，郑重起誓，划分选区 Obamacare, gay marriage and race: the justices' term is heating up 奥巴马医改，同性婚姻，种族问题：最高法院忙得团团转 TWO

U.S. Fed sees better economic situation at end of 2010

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. economy ended last year on an encouraging note, as economic activity continued to expand moderately（适度地） from November through December, according to the latest Federal Reserve survey（调查） rel