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马里：新政府必须迅速启动经济

BAMAKO, MALI Ibrahim Boubacar Keita became Mali's president-elect after his rival conceded defeat in the August 11 run-off. The successful vote means that billions of dollars of pledged international aid should soon be on their way to help rebuild th

VOA慢速英语2010-IN THE NEWS - Height, Hooks: The Passing

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. In recent days, Americans have lost two civil rights leaders of the twentieth century, Dorothy Height and Benjamin Hooks. Dorothy Height died Tuesday at the age of ninety-eight. She witnessed more civil rig

高考英语第一轮复习：36个易错单词

近期有业内人士根据历年高考英语试卷，分析出了最容易让考生出错的36组英语单词，现收录如下，希望能对广大高考考生有所帮助： 1.quite 相当；quiet 安静地 2.affect v. 影响, 假装；effect n. 结

2012年ESL之日常生活 08 Describing Height and Build

Describing Height and Build Gwen: Do you see that heavyset guy over there, the one towering over everyone else? Denzel: Yeah, what about him? Gwen: Hes my ex-boyfriend. I havent seen him in years. When I knew him he was really skinny. Hes really put

乔布斯传 第4期:前言(4)

This is a book about the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: 这是一本关于一个富有创造力的企业家的书，关于

中英双语新闻——157 Endurance through adversity

On Chen Chens route to the highest peak of the world, corpses of mountaineers served as a reminder of how tough it is to climb Qomolangma. Chen recently became the first female college student to climb Qomolangma. 在陈晨前往世界最高峰的途中

经典英文爱情诗句

Without you?I'd be a soul without a purpose. Without you?I'd be an emotion without a heart I'm a face without expression,A heart with no beat. Without you by my side,I'm just a flame without the 没有你？ 我将是一个没有目的的灵魂； 没有

VOA标准英语2012--Most Accurate Projection of Polar Ice Melt Produced to Date

Most Accurate Projection of Polar Ice Melt Produced to Date Measuring ice sheets is a tricky business. Over the last two decades, dozens of studies on ice loss have come up with conflicting results. Now, a global scientific team, reporting in the jou

美国国家公共电台 NPR Just Off Music Row, Nashville's R&B Scene Thrives

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: All right. Let's play a little word association. I say Nashville, you say country music. Because that's what the city is all about, right? There was a time though when Nashville had a lot of RB going on - nightclubs, record label

美国国家公共电台 NPR Step Inside A Movie Projection Booth To See What's Changed Since Film

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Before he became a film critic, NPR's Bob Mondello worked for a chain of movie theaters. He spent a lot of time in projection booths, which is where he's taking us this week as part of the NPR series Backstage Pass. It's been a w

pbs高端访谈:诗集《Angles of Ascent》收录非裔美国诗人作品

JEFFREY BROWN:And finally tonight, bringing contemporary African-American poetry into the public eye. CHARLES HENRY ROWELL, Callaloo: I think we're going to have to omit Colson Whitehead. JEFFREY BROWN:Meeting to plan the summer issue of the literacy

英语小达人 374 The Story of a Fire

The Story of a Fire烈火雄心Thirteen years have passed since, but it is all to me as if it had happened yesterday, the clanging of the fire-bells, the hoarse shouts of the firemen, the wild rush and terror of the streets; then the great hush that

吹小号的天鹅 第23期:到蒙大拿去(2)

Montana, said their father, is a state of the Union. 蒙大拿，他们的父亲说，是美国的一个州。 And there, in a lovely valley surrounded by high mountains, are the Red Rock Lakes, which nature has designed especially for swans. 在那儿

英文单词73组最容易混淆

1) quite 相当 quiet 安静地 2) affect v 影响, 假装 effect n 结果, 影响 3) adapt 适应 adopt 采用 adept 内行 4) angel 天使 angle 角度 5) dairy 牛奶厂 diary 日记 6) contend 奋斗, 斗争 content 内容, 满足的 context 上下

Sorensen powers to victory in 12th stage of Tour de France

BEIJING, July 17 -- Team Saxo Bank rider Nicki Sorensen of Denmark powered to a solo victory in the 12th stage of the Tour de France, a 211.5-kilometer ride from Tonnerre to Vittel Thursday. The Saxo Bank rider beat France's Laurent Lefevre and Itali

Weather may delay space history

Nasa is entering the final stages of preparation for its last ever shuttle mission, but it is keeping a very careful eye on the Florida sky. The weather over the Space Coast was atrocious on Thursday, with torrential rain falling on the Atlantis orbi

Kindle Fire heads for second place in tablet market

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Only two weeks after its shipment, Amazon's Kindle Fire has already shown the momentum to grab the second place in global tablet computer market, research firm IHS predicted on Friday. Amazon is expected to ship 3.9

月亮和六便士 第三十九章(1)

Chapter 39 第三十九章 When I left him, after we had buried poor Blanche, Stroeve walked into the house with a heavy heart. 我们那天埋葬了可怜的勃朗什，分手以后，施特略夫怀着一颗沉重的心走进自己的房子。 Some

英语笑话听力+文本：Height, Not Length是高度,不是长度

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