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Australian Olympic diver Melissa Wu has swapped the spring board for the bow of a tallship to launch the International Tall Ship Festival in Sydney. CRI's Australia correspondent Wang Xiao has more. The tallship is berthed at Campbell Cove on Circula

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What do you know about giraffes? Well, you almost certainly know they are the tallest quadrupeds on earth, capable of growing up to 19 feet tall. You may know that this height allows these vegetarians to eat the very nutritious leaves of the acacia t

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BBC Learning English London Life Thames Tunnel Anna:Hello, I'm Anna Jones and this is London Life. Two hundred years ago in 1806 Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born. He was the son of a French civil engineer civil engineers plan, design and build roads

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【句子对照】 Financing your studies may seem like a tall order, but there is plenty of help available. 为你学习提供资金的要求太苛刻了点，不过可以给你很多帮助。 【关键俚语】 a tall order 英：difficult thing to do 中：离谱的要求

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Im so tall! he bragged to his classmates. I'm so tall! he bragged to his grandparents. I'm so tall! he bragged to his little sister. He was only 12, but he was a head taller than most of his classmates. You're going to be so tall when you grow up, hi

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【句子对照】 You knucklehead! How could you have mixed the dog food with the cereal? 你这个笨蛋！你怎么会把狗食和谷类混到一块呢？ 【关键俚语】 knucklehead 英：A stupid person 中：笨蛋

Eleanor Creesy Helped Guide One of the Fastest Sailing Ships Ever Built

STEVE EMBER: Im Steve Ember. SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And Im Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about Eleanor Creesy. She helped to guide one of the fastest sailing ships ever built. (MUSIC) STEVE EMBER: The name Elean

Scientists Call for Quieter Ships to Protect Whales

BARBARA KLEIN: Im Barbara Klein. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Our subject today is whales. We discuss a report on the effect of noise from ships on the behavior of whales. And, we visit a whaling museum on

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I saw three ships 我看见三只船 I saw three ships come sailing by sailing by, sailing by I saw three ships come sailing by On Christmas day in the morning. And what do you think what's in them in them, in them And what do you think what's in the

VOA标准英语2010-US Admiral: Commercial Ships Need Armed G

U.S. Admiral Mark Fitzgerald says commercial ships in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean should carry armed guards to help defend against Somali pirates. The area is enormous and we just do not have enough assets to cover every place in the Indian Oce

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VOA慢速英语2011--Bigger Ships, So a Bigger Panama Canal

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Iron Ships Clash at Sea From VOA Learning English, this is The Making of a Nation. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. And Im Christopher Cruise. The American Civil War was fought not only on land, but at sea. In 1862, Confederate and Union forces fought a new kind

VOA标准英语2010年-Turkish Ships Join International Aid F

In this image taken from the Free Gaza Movement website 28 May 2010, one of the Turkish ships taking part in the 'Freedom Flotilla' is seen docked prior to heading for the shores off the Gaza Strip in this recent but undated photo We have only one ai

VOA标准英语2011--Noisy Ships Have Whales Yelling to be He

Noisy Ships Have Whales Yelling to be Heard Ferries, freighters and fishing and tour boats are part of the tableau that often makes living by the sea postcard-pretty and desirable. But all that maritime activity creates cacophony underwater - and has

美国语文第一册 第41期:灯塔

The tall house which you see on that high rock is a lighthouse. 你看到的高大岩石的那座高房子是个灯塔。 At night its light is seen far out at sea, and the men on ships can tell where to go. 夜里，它的光亮在很远的海面上都

Flood peaks strand 600 ships on Yangtze River

YICHANG, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Continuous flood peaks have left over 600 ships stranded on sections of the Yangtze River near the Three Gorges Dam in the city of Yichang in central China's Hubei Province. Since early July, continuous flood peaks have h

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We found our story! said Jack. Yay! said Annie. Indeed, said Brother Patrick. But alas, BrotherMichael has not yet completed his work. You willhave to return for it.Oh, shoot, said Annie. Jack was disappointed, too. I don't know if we'll be able to c

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Today we discover the word tall, and we learn about tall stories. I guess you know what tall means in your own language if you dont, stop listening now and look the word up in a dictionary. Here are some examples of the way we use tall. We can talk a