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美语听力与发音技巧 第16期（附加问句的语调） Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Today’s tip is on the intonation of tag questions. Tag questions are used in two very diffe

Nahum 那鸿书03

1Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims! 2The crack of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses and jolting chariots! 3Charging cavalry, flashing swords and glittering spears! Many casualties, piles of d

2006年VOA标准英语-UN Tells Iran to Stop Uranium Enrichment Progra

By Andre de Nesnera Washington 31 July 2006 United Nations Security Council (File photo) The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution demanding that Iran suspend all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, a process that could

手把手教你学口语22

Tag questions are used in two very different ways, and the difference depends on whether you use a rising or falling pitch at the end of the tag question. One way tag questions are used is to get your listener to agree with you about something you th

2005年NPR美国国家公共电台九月-Chinese in U.S. Divided by Taiwan

And now a story from Los Angeles, where a radio station is putting itself in the middle of the debate over China and Taiwan. Reporter Rob Schmitz of member station KPCC sent this report. Kay Chao says Taiwanese and Chinese Americans in Los Angeles wo

2007年VOA标准英语-Guinea's Deadliest Day of Opposition Raises Hum

By Phuong Tran Dakar 23 January 2007 Union leaders in Guinea say they will pursue their strike, despite deadly violence that killed more than 20 people and injured dozens on Monday. But human-rights activists and aid workers are alarmed at condition

VOA标准英语2010年-Do You Hear a Low, Rumbling Hum?

Some in New Mexico do and are mystified and annoyed Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 17 February 2010 No one has yet figured out why, or whether, pleasant, somewhat remote Taos, New Mexico, is visited by a strange hum, audible to only a few. ...scienti

2007年VOA标准英语-Vietnamese President, Bush Discuss Economy, Hum

By Scott Stearns White House 22 June 2007 U.S. President George Bush and Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet met at the White House Friday to discuss human rights and commercial ties. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has more about the

2006年VOA标准英语-Iran Rejects Uranium Enrichment Freeze as Preco

By Scott Stearns White House 23 June 2006 Iran says it will not stop enriching uranium as a precondition for potential talks with the United States and European allies. President Bush wants Iran to respond to an offer from the international communit

2006年VOA标准英语-Rights Group: Indonesian Military Threatens Hum

By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 21 June 2006 Indonesian Army soldiers watch from their armored vehicles during a security preparation in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, May 8, 2006 A new report by a human-rights group says the Indonesian military's busin

VOA标准英语2009年-Maternal Mortality in Sierra Leone is 'Hum

By Fid Thompson Dakar 22 September 2009 The human rights group Amnesty International says the maternal health situation in Sierra Leone amounts to a human rights abuse. The small West African nation has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in

China Protests Against US Arms Sale to Taiwan

China has protested against the latest US arms sale to Taiwan, saying the US action has created severe obstacles for the two countries' normal military-to-military exchanges. Military experts are warning the deal would deteriorate security ties betwe

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Alliance for the New Humanity

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Alliance for the New Humanity By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, January 12, 2004 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Development Report. Graphic Image A new group says

VOA标准英语2010-Songbird Genome Could Reveal Clues to Hum

New map of zebra finch DNA could provide keys to stuttering, autism and Parkinson's disease Vronique LaCapra | St. Louis, Missouri 05 April 2010 Photo: L. Brian Stauffer, University of Illinois News Bureau The zebra finch is the first songbird to hav

The Humming-Bird

THE Humming-Bird Of all animated beings this is the most elegant in form and the most brilliant in colors. The stones and metals polished by our arts are not comparable to① this jewel of Nature②. She③ has placed it least in size of④ the order

Typhoon Saola leaves 5 dead, 2 missing in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Inclement weather brought by Typhoon Saola since Wednesday has left five people dead, two missing and 16 more injured in Taiwan, the island's emergency operation center announced Thursday evening. Saola, which started headi

Humala opens Villa Dakar facility

LIMA, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Peruvian President Ollanta Humala Wednesday inaugurated the Villa Dakar, a facility where vehicles racing in the 2013 Dakar Rally will get a mechanical revision before the race next Jan. 5. A total of 459 vehicles, including

Mainland, Taiwan expect deeper economic cooperation

TAIPEI, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Zeng Peiyan, chairman of the mainland-based China Center for International Economic Exchanges, and Lien Chan, honorary chairman of the Kuomintang, expressed expectations Thursday for deepened cross-strait economic cooperat

Typhoon Saola is approaching eastern Taiwan

BEIJING, July?30 (Xinhuanet) -- At 6:00 a.m. today, typhoon Saola was centered about 410 km southeast of Hualian, Taiwan province with maximum wind force up to scale 12 near its center. Saola is forecasted to move north by west at speed of 5-10 km pe

美语听力与发音技巧

Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Todays tip is on the intonation of tag questions. Tag questions are used in two very different ways, and the difference depends on whether you use a rising or falling pitch at the end of the tag question. On