unit08 Accident Reports 交通事故报告

unit08 Accident Reports 交通事故报告 A pedestrian hit me and went under my car. I turned the wheel to what I thought was enough and found myself in a different direction going the opposite way. No one was to blame for the accident, but it never

美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-26

1. Thousands of motorcyclists are converging in Washington, D.C. for the annual Memorial Day weekend Rolling Thunder Rally. Earlier Sunday, members met with President Bush at the White House and gave him his own leather vest. They also discussed con

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AS IT IS 2015-03-31 Community Center Helps Women on Skid Row 社区中心帮助贫民区的女性 Many homeless people live in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, California. These men and women have no permanent place to live. Skid Row is a place wher

美国国家公共电台 NPR Women Of LA's Skid Row Tell Their Stories Through The Anger, Despair On Their Faces

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right. Homelessness here in Los Angeles has gone down by 5 percent according to the city's annual count that was released yesterday. The one area where numbers increase, though - the unsheltered homeless, up 32 percent over th

美国常用口俚语Unit 32

[00:00.00]1601.Don't be nervous,it's just the immediate family. [00:02.17]别紧张，都是自己人。 [00:04.34]1602.I wish I could. [00:05.30]但愿我能。 [00:06.27]1603.How on earth do you know that? [00:07.73]你怎么会知道那件事？ [

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NASA Wants To Teach You About Hydroplaning 美国宇航局教你如何防滑 What is hydroplaning? 什么是打滑现象？ Hydroplaning happens when a vehicle moves too quickly along a wet road. A layer of water accumulates under the tires; they lif

新视野大学英语视听说教程 2 Unit 9-9

MODEL3 I got a ticket this morning Laura: Whats the matter with you? You look very upset. Se-Jin: I got a hundred- dollar ticket this morning. Laura: Oh, thats too bad. But why? Se-Jin: It wasnt my fault. It was that dog. Laura: What are you talking

美联社新闻一分钟 2005-08-04

美联社,新闻一分钟,emergency,US,Iraq,1.A spacewalking astronaut venture s beneath shuttle Discovery's belly and successfully completes an unprecedented emergency repair. 2.In the single deadliest bombing of US troops in Iraq, a roadside

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1. Mother Nature is walloping the country again. Ice is covering roads from California to Arkansas. In Oklahoma, at least 7 people died in an accident. And in Los Angeles, a firefighter lost control of his engine on black ice and skidded off the roa

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Horse meat found in pasta of German supermarket chain

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- German supermarket chain Lidl in Denmark has found traces of horse meat in a pasta dish, the supermarket annouced late on Monday. A pasta dish called Combino Penne Bolognese from the manufacturer Copack has been found

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Wonder Valley,' There's More Than One Los Angeles

DAVID GREENE, HOST: And I am hosting this morning from Washington, D.C. But I got to say I'm dreaming a little bit about Los Angeles. I've really loved exploring that city since I started hosting from NPR West. And recently, I talked to the author of

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One elderly couple's car somehow ended up on its side in Bel Air, and they made the best of the situation by snapping photos. 一对老夫妇的汽车在了贝莱尔的路边抛锚，他们充分利用这一情况抓拍了照片。 Benjamin and Eliza

AP 2011-07-13

1. Britain's News of the World published for the last time Sunday. News Corp head Rupert Murdoch visited as the 168-year-old paper closed up shop. The closure was announced last week as the paper was caught up in a phone hacking scandal. 2. Atlantis

迷你对话学地道口语第313期:让人觉得难受

迷你对话 A: I feel so uncomfortable. 我感到不舒服。 B: Are you sick? 你恶心吗？ A: No. The teacher is dragging the chalk over the blackboard. It set my teeth on edge. 不，是老师在黑板上拖拽粉笔的声音真让人觉得难受

打工姐妹花第一季 第200期:挑选室友

I can't believe I'm doing a drug trial. I won't even use stevia. 真没想到我会来做试药小白鼠。我连甜菊代糖都不愿吃呢 It'll be fun! Just think of it as a middle-school sleepover. 这挺好玩的啦！就当是读书时期去朋友

Hollywood actress Lohan's probation revoked

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Troubled Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan, who has been put under a probation stemming from a misdemeanor theft and 2007 drunk driving case, saw her probation revoked by a Los Angeles judge as she failed to fulfill her

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3月22日，以色列工党主席巴拉克与总理本杰明?内塔尼亚胡领导的利库德党进行了联盟磋商。巴拉克的这一举措和他先前的策略相比，无异于是一个一百八十度的大转弯。事实上，巴拉克策略的

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One day, Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez was walking along the streets of downtown Los Angeles 有一天，洛杉矶时报的专栏作家Steve Lopez走在洛杉矶大街上 when he heard beautiful music. 听到一曲美妙的乐曲 And the so

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So, I just started playing. 于是，我开始拉琴 And I played the first movement of the Beethoven Violin Concerto. 我演奏了贝多芬小提琴协奏曲的第一乐章 And as I played, I understood that there was a profound change occurring in