欧洲最佳旅行地：葡萄牙波尔图

Portugals Porto was recently voted Best European Destination of 2017 by an organization called European Best Destinations. 葡萄牙的波尔图最近再次被评为2017年欧洲最佳旅行目的地。 This is the third time that the city has won th

NPR美国国家公共电台 NPR 2014-01-06

Another arctic blast is about to turn the Midwestern US into an icebox. Cold air from the arctic is pushing down into the US as far-south as the Golf Coast. From Minnesota public radio, Mets Sepic reports several states are getting ready for bone-chi

Puke Collector at Roman banquets 豪宴上的拾污者

Here's a room full of ravin reveler s, looking remarkably a lot of people in the pub next door. Roman wine was deadly stuff when the party really got going, the slaves, who I'm calling Puke Collectors

The Roman feast of Saturnalia 农神节的盛宴

Our history and our culture have come about because a lot of ordinary people have done some really terrible jobs. And our traditional Christmas is no exception. However dreadful it's been, having to d

根据伊拉克馆长英雄事迹写儿童故事

Heroism of Iraqi Librarian Inspires Story for Children 根据伊拉克馆长英雄事迹写儿童故事 A true story from the Iraq war has inspired a new American children's book. Jeanette Winter is t

VOA常速英语2007-IDP Children In Mayo Farm Suffer High Malnutriti

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 October 2007 Sudan's infant malnutrition and mortality rates are among the highest in the world. Wherever international aid agencies operate, they make a difference in saving lives and creating healthier babies. Lisa Schlein

Christmas（圣诞节）

The history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years. Many of our Christmas traditions were celebrated centuries before the Christ child was born. The 12 days of Christmas, the bright fires, the yule log, the giving of gifts, carnivals(parades) with f

VOA标准英语2010年-Cloning Experiment Has Dangerous Outco

Infant Dren and SARAH POLLEY as Elsa Kast in Warner Bros. Pictures and Dark Castle Entertainments science fiction thriller SPLICE, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Genetic research can yield new treatments for deadly diseases and foods that are more

TED演讲:来自阿拉伯女商人的成功经验(1)

Mom, who are these people? 妈妈，这些人是谁? It was an innocent question from my young daughter Alia around the time when she was three. 这是来自我小女儿Alia的天真的疑问，大概是在她三岁的时候。 We were walking along

TED演讲:来自阿拉伯女商人的成功经验(7)

Our son Burhan is five years old, and he's learning to read and do basic maths. 我们的儿子Burhan现年5岁，而他正在学习阅读和作基础运算。 Here's another confession: 这是我另一个忏悔： I have found that our daughter is a

TED演讲:来自阿拉伯女商人的成功经验(6)

One thing to know about the Middle East 关于中东需要知道的一件事, is that nearly every family has access to affordable domestic help. 就是几乎每个家庭都能找到可负担费用的家务代理。 The challenge therefore becomes ho

英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—1

Brazil's history has been expressed through its national passion for music. Samba, the country's dominant musical style, was used by politicians in the '30s in an attempt to create unity and a sense of national identity in this vast multi-racial stat

英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—3

Modern samba was born in the poorer areas of Rio, and left-wing singers were inspired by the new samba do morro, samba from the hills, that dealt with the harsh realities of life in communities where there were few facilities to cope with the newcome

英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—4

Mas que Nada became a top ten hit, the first Portuguese language success in American pop history. -That song, Mas que Nada, is magical. I told Jorge Ben the other day I saw him in LA. And I thank him for writing that song because there's not many son

英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—6

In 1966, the co-winner of the TV Record Festival was Chico Buarque, who became an instant star with A Banda. Buarque was praised by traditionalists as the heir to the great samba cancao writers of the 1930s, who would become a symbol of resistance to

英语听力：自然百科 热带风潮的革命 Tropicalia Revolution—7

Joyce was one female Brazilian singer who dared to write her own songs. There were no women song writers at all in Brazilian music, so the first, very first time when I appeared on stage, I was booed off stage. That was 1967, I was 19 years old, and

Sand and Stone 沙子和石头

The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. 两个朋友结伴穿越沙漠，旅途中二人突然吵了起来，其中一个掴

听歌学英语:Footprints In The Sand(沙滩上的脚印)

听歌学英语:Footprints In The Sand(沙滩上的脚印) Leona Lewis是一名英国的Pop、RB（rhythem and blues）创作型歌手。她因夺得2006年第三届英国电视选秀X-Factor冠军而成名，而她同样也是第一位赢得此选秀的

音乐咖啡厅:Ruben Studdard - Footprints in the sand

音乐咖啡厅:Ruben Studdard - Footprints in the sand 相关介绍：2003年5月21日，在第二季的美国偶像大赛(American Idol)决赛上，一个身材巨肥硕的黑小伙，被评委称为天鹅绒般的泰迪熊(Velvet Teddy Bear)的RB歌

VOA常速英语2008年-West African Children Trafficked, Abandoned to

By Kari Barber Forecariah, Conakry 15 April 2008 Children in West Africa are being trafficked at an alarming rate, often sold by their own families. Many of these children are then forced to work as manual laborers or as domestic servants without pay