2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Promises to Veto War Spending Bill

By Scott Stearns White House 31 March 2007 President Bush says he will veto an emergency spending bill for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, because opposition Democrats have included timetables for a troop withdrawal. VOA White House Correspondent Scott

A passion for cricket

Amber: Hello, I'm Amber and this is bbclearningenglish.com. In Entertainment today, we listen to extracts from an interview with John Major, who was the British Prime Minister before Tony Blair. He's written a th book about the history of cricket fr

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E3- 4 Egg 2

文本： 48,000 eggs fail the crack test here every day. Theyre not strong enough to safeguard their precious contents during packing, transport and storage. You might expect all these dud eggs to be wasted. But theres a big market for this liquid e

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E4- 1 Ice cream 1

文本： They're all natural ingredients - milk, flavourings and colourings. and of course, sugar and butter oil. 这些都是天然材料，牛奶、香料、色素，当然还有糖和黄油。

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E2- 3 Salad

文本： The next stage, as you see here, is the second bouncing belt. This bouncing belt has holes that are small enough to let the leaf carry on going up, but large enough to let insects fall through.

US Denies Visas for Gambian, Afghan Robotics Teams

The United States has denied visas to a team of Gambian students to attend a major international robotics competition. The event takes place in Washington, D.C. later this month. Mucktarr M.Y. Darboe is the Gambian team's leader and a government offi

2007年VOA标准英语-Ruling Party Expected to Dominate Gambian Parli

By Kari Barber Dakar 25 January 2007 Gambians went to the polls Thursday to elect new members of parliament. While independent candidates have made some ground, the ruling party is expected to maintain a strong hold on its power. President Yahya Jamm

2007年VOA标准英语-Lawmakers Discussing Post-Veto Strategies on Ir

By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 26 April 2007 U.S. lawmakers are already consulting on next steps after President Bush's expected veto next week of Iraq-Afghanistan war funding legislation. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, Democrats and Rep

2007年VOA标准英语-Gambian President Holds Sessions to 'Cure AIDS'

By Kari Barber Banjul, Gambia 21 February 2007 In a continent suffering from the AIDS epidemic, Gambian President Yayah Jammeh's claims of a cure for the disease are alarming public health workers already struggling against faith-healers dispensing

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Vows to Veto Legislation Calling for US Ir

By Scott Stearns White House 23 March 2007 U.S. President George Bush says he will veto an emergency spending bill for the war in Iraq because opposition Democrats attached a timetable for the withdrawal of troops there. VOA White House Correspondent

VOA标准英语2008年-Gambian, Senegalese Journalists Describe Fear,

After recent attacks on newspaper offices in Senegal and ongoing detentions of journalists in Gambia, international attention is yet again being focused on the state of journalism in West Africa. Journalists in Gambia describe their daily fear of re

VOA标准英语2011--Archaeologists Hope to Solve Ancient Mys

Archaeologists Hope to Solve Ancient Mystery Many archaeologists believe humans first migrated to North America over the Bering Strait 15,000-to-18,000 years ago. They lived a nomadic lifestyle of hunting and gathering. Then, starting about 2,000 yea

2007年VOA标准英语-Iraq Funding Bill Vetoed by Bush

By Scott Stearns White House 01 May 2007 President Bush has vetoed more than $124 billion worth of funding for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq because the measure includes a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. VOA White House Correspo

Gambian parliament adopts food safety law

BANJUL, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Deputies at the Gambian National Assembly (parliament) on Friday passed a new bill entitled the Food Safety and Quality Bill 2011. Under the new act, food operators are obliged to ensure food safety, quality production, pr

2007年VOA标准英语-Bush Says He Will Veto 'Excessive Spending'

By Scott Stearns Whtie House 16 June 2007 President Bush says opposition legislators want to raise taxes on Americans, undermining what he says is his pro-growth economic policy. Democrats say they want to help boost economic growth by lowering energ

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E X’s -1

文本： They look amazing. Look at that, look how much chocolate its got on it. Theres a really good one,now look at his big brother whos trying to hide away.Look at that.Thats more like a chocolate potato.There must be about six Brazil buts inther

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E X’s -2

文本： Weve also taken from abroad an ingenious way of making foods taste smoky and festive.Smoked products. Got some smoked bacon and smoked cheese.How do you reckon they get the smoke favour into food?Burning oak chips or something like that.Rig

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E X’s -4

文本： Lets have a little taste. Lets do the traditional one first, so this is the bacon that I smoked in the cupboard. Mmm, nice sort of wardrobe flavor actually,that smoke has done its job, and its really penetrated the bacon. And this is the ba

【跟着英剧练发音】Jimmys Food Factory S1E X’s -3

文本： Nothing here gets wasted. 这里可没有可浪费的东西。 Then to make sure itll keep for as long as possible, Andy has another trick up his sleeve. 为了保证馅饼保存的时间长一些，Andy自由锦囊妙计。 post it: ① tr

2006年VOA标准英语-US Vetoes UN Resolution Condemning Israeli Gaza

By Peter Heinlein United Nations 11 November 2006 The United States has used its Security Council veto to block a U.N. draft resolution condemning a deadly Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip. Sponsors of the resolution are planning to take the matter