天方夜谭英文故事：The Three Wisemen and The Camel

Once there lived a man in a small village in Arabia. He had a camel. Whenever he went on a journey, he went along with his camel. At one such journey, he lost his camel unexpectedly. He was in search of his camel. He asked everyone, Have you seen my

VOA慢速英语2009年-AMERICAN MOSAIC - Virgin Galactic Plan

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. Today, we play jazz music by a young saxophonist, Hailey Niswanger And answer a question about the history of blue jeans ... But first, we tell about one company's pla

美国习惯用语-第869:get wise to

我有个朋友在政府部门工作。他这工作以前可是个肥缺，经常用公款吃喝旅游。可好景不长，这种挥霍公款的行为被发现了，他被调查机构请去喝茶了。这让我想到了一个习惯用语，那就是:

创新英语-Virgin Voyage to the Bottom of the Ocean

The boss of the Virgin group Richard Branson has unveiled his latest adventure project. He plans to explore the deepest parts of the ocean in a high-tech submarine. Virgin Oceanic will conduct five test dives over two years. His team plans to explore

常春藤解析英语【66】The Virgin Queen女王未出嫁

The Virgin Queen 女王未出嫁 by Matthew Brown Like many historical figures that keep people fascinated, Elizabeth I remains somewhat enigmatic. No one knows the whole truth about the personal aspects of Elizabeth's story. Of course, these things

美国国家公共电台 NPR Visitors Slowly Returning To Virgin Islands After Hurricanes' Destruction

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the U.S. Virgin Islands so hard. Let's travel there now with NPR's Greg Allen to see how people on the islands are doing. GREG ALLEN, BYLINE: At the beach in Magens Bay, the party is back on. (SOUNDBI

词汇大师-- Wise Writing Instead of '-Wise'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER, our guest is the author of a new book called On Words: Insight Into How Our Words Work -- and Don't. RS: Paula LaRocque has worked for many years as a writing instructor and newsp

100个儿童英语小故事: The Wise Old Lady 聪明的老妇人

046 The Wise Old Lady A long time ago, there was a young man who wanted to be a writer. He wanted to get married and to live writing compositions, but he couldn't discover what he had to write. He couldn't come up with any good stories, and it seemed

100个儿童英语小故事: The Virgin Mary's child 圣母玛利亚的孩子

078 The Virgin Mary's child A long time ago there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife. This couple had a daughter. However, they were so poor that they couldn't even feed their daughter. Then one day, while the woodcutter was chopping wood in the fo

NASA's WISE satellite spots "horseshoe" asteroid

LOS ANGELES, April 8 (Xinhua) -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has discovered a rare asteroid that traces out a horseshoe shape relative to Earth, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said on Friday. Unlike most near-Earth asteroid

美国国家公共电台 NPR In The U.S. Virgin Islands, Health Care Remains In A Critical State

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: It's been many months since hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the Virgin Islands, but hospitals there are still recovering. Even now, patients are being flown to the U.S. mainland for certain surgeries and specialized care, as

美国国家公共电台 NPR Actor Jaime Camil On How 'Jane The Virgin' Humanizes Its Telenovela Characters

LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The plotline in CW's Jane The Virgin is just a little bit complicated. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, JANE THE VIRGIN) ANTHONY MENDEZ: (As narrator) All right, here we go. As you know, Jane was accidentally artificially insemina

VOA常速英语2008年-Virgin Atlantic Flies Jet Using Biofuel

By Paul Sisco Washington 28 February 2008 Air travel is growing rapidly around the world and the fuel jets burn is a major contributor of greenhouse gases. Virgin Atlantic Airlines President Richard Branson demonstrated this week that using biofuel t

新西兰英语 277 Air NZ and Virgin Blue

Air NZ and Virgin Blue airlines may become partners to fly across the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand. First, however, the Transport Ministers in both countries have to agree. In 2002, Air NZ and Qantas had talks about becoming partners.

英语摇滚:宛若处女 Like A Virgin－－Madonna 麦当娜

宛若处女 Like A Virgin－－Madonna 麦当娜 她美丽而反叛，她性感而独特，她开辟了一个全新的演绎时代，她每到一处演出必将成为当地的盛事，时至今日，她的穿着举止依然影响着流行文化。没错

音乐咖啡厅:Like A Virgin《宛若处女》清纯或放荡你在乎吗?

这是麦当娜1984年发行的同名专辑的主打歌曲，也是将她推上天后宝座的代表曲目。宛若处女，仿佛第一次被触碰、第一次被感动，你的爱将我融化，这颗心不再胆怯、不再冰冷。每次新的体验总是美好的。然而，单纯不能伪装，清纯抑或放荡，你真的不在乎么？你真的在乎么？ 英

2007年VOA标准英语-Virgin Group Founder Commits Billions of Dollar

By Kane Farabaugh New York City 19 March 2007 watch Richard Branson report Richard Branson sits on the top-ten list of the United Kingdom's richest citizens, with an estimated wealth of roughly eight billion dollars. As the company he founded -- Vir

VOA常速英语2007年-AU Launches 'Panel of the Wise'

By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 18 December 2007 The African Union has inaugurated a panel of distinguished citizens to promote efforts to prevent conflict on a continent that has seen more than its share of wars. VOA's Peter Heinlein reports from AU h

英语单词大师：Wise Writing Instead of '-Wise'

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER, our guest is the author of a new book called On Words: Insight Into How Our Words Work -- and Don't.RS: Paula LaRocque has worked for many years as a writing instructor and newspa

英文摇滚歌曲：宛若处女 Like A Virgin－－Madonna 麦当娜

她美丽而反叛，她性感而独特，她开辟了一个全新的演绎时代，她每到一处演出必将成为当地的盛事，时至今日，她的穿着举止依然影响着流行文化。没错，她就是Madonna(麦当娜),美国乐坛一个