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A gem stone plucked from the earth, the sea, or riverbed, often travels across continents to cutting and polishing workshops; and those are increasingly found in India. Far away, the Belgian city of Antwerp is still king in diamond trading. In these
THIS IS AMERICA - Rahm Emanuel Gets Ready for New Job as Mayor of Chicago BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week on our program we look at the interesting politi
Meeting 见面 Mame Thurber, the mother of humorist James Thurber, was a renowned practical joker. In her 60s, she went to visit a friend she had not seen for 30 years. The plan was for Mrs. Thurber to wear a red rose so that the friend could identif
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Song:Turn To Stone Artist:Girls Aloud Don't turn away Keep me holding on Don't turn away Just don't leave me now You're moving in circles Looking for the love that I thought we made While I stand alone Say you wanna be certain Certain that this f
In Puerto Rico many years ago near the Condado Lagoon, there lived a poor fisherman. He lived alone in a hut. His only companion(同伴)was his dog. The fisherman and his dog were devoted to each other. They might be seen strolling(散步)on th
Author James Thurber depended on words for entertainment. 作家詹姆士.瑟伯用词来消遣。 He told me once about a trick he played on a nurse during one of his hospital stays. He asked her what a seven-letter word had three Us in it. She thou
The Magice Stone 魔石 There once was an old man and old woman in a little house. 从前有个贫穷的老人和他的妻子住在一间小屋里. They were very poor.他们很穷. They were so poor,they had nothing to eat. 他们太穷了,没有东西
这首歌出自澳大利亚创作歌手Matt Corby,他曾赢得咏叹调的年度最佳歌曲。 See I left my mother's heart 啊我离开了母亲的心 See I left my father's home 离开了父亲的家 And I fell into a well of hope 我掉进希望的
AS IT IS 2015-03-24 Landmark to Close as Camp David Hosts Afghan Meeting 戴维营举办的阿富汗会议或达里程碑协议 Since the 1950s, American presidents have been going to Camp David in the mountains of Maryland, just outside Washington,
Ukraine and Russia are expressing concern about their image as reliable gas suppliers amid growing gas shortages in Europe, for which Moscow and Kyiv are blaming each other. European officials warn of a crisis across region as a dispute between Russ
By Edward Yeranian Cairo 28 October 2009 Iranian technicians work at a facility near Isfahan, south of Tehran, that produces uranium fuel for a heavy-water nuclear reactor (File) Iran's official Arabic-language al Alam TV is reporting Iran's parliam
'Atlas Obscura' Tour Of Manhattan Finds Hidden Wonders In A Well-Trodden Place play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0007:34repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or upd
LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Friends and neighbors, a new movie is making its way to your town from The Rock - Dwayne Johnson, former pro wrestler, current action movie superstar. It's called Skyscraper. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, SKYSCRAPER) DWAYNE JOHNSON: (As
The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. 两个朋友结伴穿越沙漠,旅途中二人突然吵了起来,其中一个掴
TUNIS, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Tunisian interim(临时的) government, born on Monday, is expected to convene its first meeting Thursday, amid protests against the make-up of the national unity cabinet, state TV reported Wednesday. The meeting, t
By Paula Wolfson Bucharest 02 April 2008 NATO leaders have devised a plan to bolster alliance forces in parts of Afghanistan where the threat of combat is high. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports it was one of the first signs of consensus to emerge from the
今天我们要学的词是stepping stone. Stepping is spelled s-t-e-p-p-i-n-g, stepping; and stone, s-t-o-n-e, stone; stepping-stone. Stepping-stone是为了达到目的而准备垫脚石,敲门砖。阿尔及利亚最近举行议会选举,Alger
How About My Stone? 我的石头怎么样? Sometime after Paul died, his widow, Lily, was finally able to speak about what a thoughtful and wonderful man her late husband had been. 在丈夫保罗去世一段时间之后,莉莉终于能对朋友们
BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- American actress Sharon Stone won a restraining order Thursday against the man who broke into her home earlier this month, according to media reports. The man, 38, named Bradley Gooden, was arrested inside Stone's Los