Comtuter Cames of the Year 2000

Topping the Academy's list as Game of the Year, was the Sims from Electronic Art. The game, which has no violence or sex, lets computer users 1)manipulate little cyberpeople, almost like they're in a

Slow Dance 放慢你的舞步

人生不是一场竞赛。 放慢你的脚步 倾听沿途的音符 在音乐还没结束以前。 Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight Or gazed at

Roman Forum Recreated in California

Jan 31,2003 Students and researchers can 1) stroll through the Roman Forum for the first time in 1,500 years, thanks to computer technology. Historians and architects have created a virtual tour of an

Roman Warrior's Quest For Honor Tests Friendship in 'The Eag

A quest for honor becomes a test of friendship and respect for a Roman warrior and his slave in ancient Britain. The adventure set 20 centuries ago is re-told in a new film starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell and directed by Kevin MacDonald. Here'

赖世雄英语新闻听力通 第83期:公交车事故致通道封闭

Traffic entering Taipei along the Sun Yat Sen freeway will have a long wait. 沿着中山高速公路进人台北的交通要堵塞上好一段时间。 The Songqiang Interchange is closed due to a bus accident. 由于发生一场公交车事故，因此

英语诗歌:Slow Dance 放慢你的舞步

人生不是一场竞赛。 放慢你的脚步 倾听沿途的音符 在音乐还没结束以前。 Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

CCTV9英语新闻：法国官员称阿尔及利亚航班“不太可能”系被击落

Full coverage: Air Algerie Flight Lost Radar Contact after Takeoff French President Francois Hollande has issued a statement, saying Air Algerie flight AH-5017 with 116 people onboard, crashed in Mali, near the border with Burkina Faso. The statement

CCTV9英语新闻：乌克兰在边境的叛军袭击

The Ukrainian army on Friday claimed its soldiers came under artillery fire from the Russian side of the border overnight and were attacked by rebels in several other locations in the countrys east. In a statement on Friday, the headquarters of the g

Archeologists unearth Roman building in north Syria

DAMASCUS, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The national archeological expedition recently discovered a gigantic building built with large-size hewn stones that date back to the Roman era, Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said Wednesday. The building, the thickness

VOA标准英语2010年-History Repeats Itself with Rising Foo

Today's steep rises in food prices, driven up by Russia's drought-devastated wheat harvest, present a worrying echo of the past for the authors of a new book. In Empires of Food, the authors say civilizations rise and fall on the backs of their food

CCTV9英语新闻：GE222航班 两个黑匣子分析

The TransAsia crash is Taiwans first deadly civil aviation accident in more than 10 years. It left 48 people dead. And their grieving relatives gathered at a funeral home on Penghu island on Friday to mourn their loved ones. Full story Rescue and rec

CCTV9英语新闻：阿尔及利亚客机在马里失事地点第一图像

The first images of the Air Algerie crash site in Mali have emerged. The footage, released Friday, shows a stark terrain littered with bits of debris that appear to have been pulverized on impact. The video was aired on the French national public TV

世界小史 第74期:纪念碑

After this the Persians never again dared attack the Greeks. 从此波斯人没有再敢涉足希腊。 And this is very interesting, because it wasn't as if the Persians were weaker or more stupid than the Greeks far from it. 这意味深长，倒不是

CCTV9英语新闻：肯尼亚首都内罗毕发生两起公交车爆炸:3人死亡 数十人受伤

Police in Kenya say at least three people been killed and 62 others wounded after two buses in the country's capital, Nairobi, were struck by explosive devices. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility. But Kenya has blamed similar attacks

Western Digital to buy Hitachi's hard drive unit

SAN FRANCISCO, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The world's leading hard rive producer Western Digital Corp. on Monday announced that it has agreed to buy Hitachi Ltd.'s hard disk drive unit for about 4. 3 billion U.S. dollars, a move that will create a dominant

学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2202-black-box

今天我们要学的词是 black box. Black box 黑匣子。Indonesian navy divers retrieved both black boxes from the wreckage of an AirAsia passenger jet. 印尼海军潜水员打捞上来了亚航失事客机的两个黑匣子。The information p

美国学生人类历史第69期:亚历山大大帝(2)

The newly formed Empire must be brought under the influence of the Greek mind. The people must be taught the Greek language-they must live in cities built after a Greek model. The Alexandrian soldier now turned school-master. The military camps of ye

美国学生人类历史 第113期:罗马帝国的衰亡(6)

The old bridges were gone and commerce had come to a standstill. 帝国的大道因年旧失修而塌陷，桥梁断绝，早已不堪使用。 Civilisation-the product of thousands of years of patient labor on the part of Egyptians and Babylonians a

英文歌：鲍勃·迪伦推出新单曲《Early Roman Kings》

All the early Roman kings In their shark skin suits Bow ties and buttons High top boots Drivin' the spikes in Blazin' the rails Nailed in their coffins Top hats and tails Fly away over Fly away flap your wings Fly by night Like the early Roman kings

双语有声阅读：放慢你的舞步Slow Dance

人生不是一场竞赛。 放慢你的脚步，倾听沿途的音符，在音乐还没结束以前。 Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round or listened to the rain slapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight or gazed