听电影学英语-海上钢琴师 07

[00:14.82]Tell me something do you have children? 告诉我 你有小孩吗 [00:18.86]They'll lock you up 这种天气 [00:20.36]in the orphanage one of these days 小孩会被锁在孤儿院的 [00:21.87]He's nuts 他疯了 [00:29.21]Oh, mama 妈呀

Barcelona’s Cathedral Gets Building Permit 130 Years Later

Barcelonas Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona, Spain, is finally getting a building permit, more than 130 years after work on the structure began. City officials announced the permit agreement earlier this month. It ended a long argument over the

AP 2011-08-29

1. Forecasters say Hurricane Irene is getting a little stronger as it turns over the Bahamas, heading toward the East Coast. The storm is expected to grow over warmer waters. Now, vacationers are leaving parts of North Carolina. 2. Earthquake damage

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The wall we faced now was different from the others. 现在我们正对着的这面墙和别的墙都不一样。 Instead of bookshelves, this wall was crowded with framed pictures of all sizes, some in vibrant colors, others dull monochromes. 这面墙

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They believed that there was a god of love and that there was a god of war and that there was a god of almost everything in the World. 希腊人相信有掌管爱情的神，有主管战争的神，还有主宰世界万物的神。 Greece is in two c

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Forged from stainless aluminum and encased in bronze-tinted glass, the Sears Tower rises majestically over the business sector of Chicago to stand at 518 m as the city's tallest building. Built in 197

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Spotlight on Copenhagen Are you too old for fairy tales? If you think so, Copenhagen is sure to change your mind. See the city first from the water. In the harbor sits Demark's best known landmark--the Little Mermaid. Remember her? She left the world

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风城巨烛（西尔斯） Forged from stainless aluminum and encased in bronze-tinted glass, the Sears Tower rises majestically over the business sector of Chicago to stand at 518 m as the city's tallest building. Built in 1973 for Sears-Roebuck Co

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Spotlight on Copenhagen Are you too old for fairy tales? If you think so, Copenhagen is sure to change your mind. See the city first from the water. In the harbor sits Denmark s best-known landmark: the Little Mermaid. Remember her? She left the worl

美国小学英语教材4:第24课 风

THE WIND 风 RACHEL LYMAN FIELD 雷切尔莱曼菲尔德 Be very polite to the Wind, my child, 我的孩子，对风礼貌点， For the Wind's a fellow both wise and wild. 因为风既理智又野蛮。 A tramp, he travels from town to town 他从一座

英语听力：自然百科 犹他州国家公园

Nothing whets the appetite for a road trip quite like America's Wild West. Plan your trip along the Colorado River Scenic Byways and you'll be treated to a natural spectacle like no other. Just take U-9 Zion Park Scenic Byway, ride into Zion National

英语小达人 406:Spotlight on Copenhagen

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You can imagine the noise in the music store when the cob crashed through the window. 你能想像得出当雄天鹅从橱窗冲进乐器店时惹出的乱子有多大。 At the moment the glass broke, one of the clerks was showing a bass drum to a c

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Bran looked down. There was nothing below him now but snow and cold and death, a frozen wasteland where jagged blue-white spires of ice waited to embrace him. 布兰再度下望，如今下方空无一物，惟有冰雪、寒冷和死亡，在一片冰

VOA常速英语2007年-Japan's Upper House of Parliament Approves Bill

By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 28 November 2007 Japan's upper house of parliament has approved a bill that would stop the country's air force transport mission in Iraq. It is the latest clash between the opposition party and the government over Japan's ro

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Far above, silent and dim as a picture, was the city, with its huge mill masonry, confused chimney tops, and church spires; 远处城镇安静得有点朦胧，宛如一幅画，影影绰绰，分不清究竟是庞大的磨坊砖墙还是烟囱顶端；

世界TOP500最佳旅行圣地：长城排第四

In this first-of-its-kind list from the worlds leading travel authority, Lonely Planets globetrotting community of staff and writers have ranked the 500 best places to see on the planet. 作为世界领先的旅行指南权威，《孤独星球》此次

Egypt ends first day vote for upper house elections

CAIRO, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The polling stations of Egypt's Shura Council (upper house of parliament) elections closed Sunday on the first day of the two-day vote with a low turnout rate of voters. In the first stage of the upper house elections, vote

Earthquake Shakes Eastern US

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake has rocked much of the U.S. east coast, shaking buildings and sending panicked office workers into the streets in places like Washington. The earthquake shook the region Tuesday afternoon. The U.S. Geological Survey says th