STEVE MNUCHIN, TREASURY SECRETARY: I would like us to raise the debt ceiling sooner rather than later. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's fair enough for me. REP. NANCY PELOSI (D), CALIFORNIA: On the subject of the debt ceiling, this shouldn't even be a quest

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(141) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2017年5月

U.S. President George Bush is urging Congress to move quickly to pass the $700 billion financial rescue package unveiled Sunday. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports Mr. Bush says it is an extraordinary agreement to deal with an extra

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(108) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(九月)

I was looking at your itinerary for the day. And the activities, and the stops and the visits, and considering your day yesterday, it just makes me dizzy. When you wake up on a day like this, is it something you relish, or is it something you say, Oh

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I believe in the power of love. . . I believe that a generation of ... I believe in the impossible I believe that everyone wants to love and be loved. I believe in people. This I believe. For our Monday series, This I Believe we have an essay from J

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(189) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年NPR美国国家公共电台

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The noted astronomer Carl Sagan had a saying. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Last week, a physician made the extraordinary claim that he had an effective treatment for sepsis, sometimes known as blood poisonin

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Legends are but stories about ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Of course, it takes courage and imagination. Not everybody has that. 传说不过是平凡人做不平凡的故事,当然需要勇气和想象力,不是每个人都能做到的

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The will to survive is extraordinary and at times overwhelming, capable of fashioning some form of normality even out of the darkest hour. 人的求生意志是无比强烈的,有时甚至压倒一切,这意志使他们即便身处最黑暗的时刻

发表于:2018-12-20 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 Daily English-2015.4

Language Points It sounded like cats jumping off the Empire State Building. I'm going to reach out with a hook if you don't shut up. That was extraordinary. Unfortunately, extraordinary bad! You have just invented a new form of torture. If you had li

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(88) / 评论(0) 分类 爆笑英语口语

Mondays we bring you our series-This I Believe. Today we hear from Joan Tower, a composer who began writing music in 1956 at the age of 18. Her works have been played by orchestras around the world and she teaches at Bard College in New York. Here's

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(194) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年NPR美国国家公共电台

纽西兰女唱作人Bic Runga 继05的专辑《Birds》后,终于于09年3月给我们带来了她的新专辑《Try To Remember Everything》。 Minute you wake from a bad day dream, alone, as the bird play dawn. A little chink from a reverie, it

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Teenagers Live Extraordinary Lives to Make a Difference 青少年追寻梦想造就不平凡生活 LOS ANGELES While most teenagers in the United States spend their time juggling school, home and friends, there are a few who are choosing a different

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Temples like Philae was central to life in ancient Egypt. But of course they are also central to economical life here today because tourism is normally one of the countrys largest industries. But in recent years, terrorists attacks on foreign tourist

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: The author Marie Lu specializes in science fiction and fantasy novels for young adults. She wrote two bestselling series, Legacy and The Young Elites. Her latest novel, Warcross, was inspired by her time in the video game industry

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'The Face Of Britain' Tells A Nation's History Through Portraits play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0007:51repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(301) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年NPR美国国家公共电台9月

台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是: These technologies, combined with the extraordinary talents of teachers, provide an opportunity to revolutionize education. And I urge you to get involved in it because it's vital, not just to ou

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模仿文本: Now it was extraordinary a gift to have his approval of my work, and therefore, I know only the upside of it, because when you venerate someone for what he himself has achieved in music and what he represented and this kind of a relen

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By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 18 September 2007 A Muslim human-rights group held a small demonstration in downtown Nairobi to protest what it said was the rendition of at least 117 people from Kenya to Ethiopia as part of the U.S.-led war on terror. Nick W

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By Jeff Feuer Washington 07 May 2008 The modern circus can trace its roots to ancient Rome where audiences gathered to see chariot races, equestrian shows, and staged battles. Today's modern circuses have changed quite a bit with a mix of aerialists,

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By Peta Thornycroft 13 December 2007 Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF has once again endorsed President Robert Mugabe as its presidential candidate. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA the party met in an extraordinary congress in Harare. There was little fest

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今天我们要学的词是talented。 Talented, 才智过人的。 Twilight star Kristen Steward was named the most talented young actress under 30 in the world, 电影《暮光之城》的女主角克里斯汀.斯图尔特被提名为全球30岁以下

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