VOA慢速英语20061227a

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. New York City wants to fight fat. The Board of Health has passed a ban on trans fats in all restaurants. Kentucky Fried Chicken sells a fried chicken fre

Car Speeding

Car Speeding Jason has always loved driving fast and living on the edge. Even as a young man growing up in Vancouver, Canada, he was a risk taker. Journalist: You did 1) extreme things. I mean, you bu

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You are in a strange city. It's late at night and you're tired. But you can't find your hotel. You sigh a deep sigh. It seems like you are dreaming a terrible dream. What is happening? This situation

CAR INSURANCE

CAR INSURANCE laurance-I need to get car insurance.You got any ideas? Soony--- Well,you could try my company.It seems to have fair rates. Laurance-Do they insure older cars? Soony--- As far as I know,

BUYING A SECOND-HAND CAR

Dialogue 4 Laurance- What kind of a car do you have? Soony--- An old one. Laurance- I know it's old, but what make is it? Soony-- - It's a Chevrolet. Why do you ask? You going into the car business? L

Telephone facilities

How do I get an outside line? Operator: Operator. May I help you? Paul Ryefield: Yes. How do I get an outside line, please? Operator: Just dial 0, wait for the dial tone, and then dial the phone number you want to call. Or we can place a call for you

HOWARD LOST HIS CAR

DIALOG 27 1--Did you hear about what happened to Howard? 2--No, what? 1--Someone stole his car! 2--Really? When did it happen? 1--Last night. He left it parked in front of his girl friend's house and

纯正英语一分钟-car

Are you into cars? My brother is. Hes car crazy. He buys car magazines, watches car programmes on TV and spends hours looking at car websites. He knows the name, maker, engine size and top speed of every car on the planet. Every time we go out, he ta

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Chapter 22 Making a Telephone Calls 第二十二章 打电话 Part 1 Vocabulary 第一部分 词汇 1.pay phone/public phone 1.公共电话 2.telephone booth 2.电话亭 3.coin 3.硬币 4.phone card 4.电话卡 5.cellphone 5.手机 6.dial 6.拨号 7.

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She sits in the car. Her dad drives the car. He drives to a car wash. The car goes through the car wash. Water sprays onto the car. Soap sprays onto the car. Soft brushes scrub the car. More water sprays onto the car. The car is clean. Men dry the ca

11 Nations Sign Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Without US

Eleven countries in the Pacific region have signed a major Asia-Pacific free trade agreement in Santiago, Chile. The deal is a new version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership from which the U.S. withdrew last year. The agreement is called the Comprehens

WHO Wants to Remove Trans Fats from Food

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. There may be something in your food that you cannot see and cannot taste. But it could be killing you. It is an artificial oil commonly called trans fat. Trans fat is a toxic chemical th

英语四级同形异义词辨析06

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Part 2. Green Transporation Festival. Keywords. Green Transporation Festival, oil, environment, reduce, other kinds of fuels. Vocabulary. hydrogen, propane, scooter, hybrid, ethanol. A. You are going to hear a report on green transporation festival.

The Car Accident

A man was trying to pull out of a parking place but bashed（撞击）the bumper（保险杠） of the parked car in front of him. Witnessed by a handful of pedestrians（行人）waiting for a bus, the driver got out, inspected the damage, and proce

National standard for trans fat labeling

BEIJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhuanet) -- The amount of trans fat and other nutritional information will be marked on the labels of prepackaged food, according to the country's first national standard for food nutrition. The labeling will take effect on Jan 1,

最性感机器人：会跳钢管舞

Technology shows such as the annual E3 games conference in Los Angeles have become known for their scantily clad 'booth babes' designed to attract people to stands. 在洛杉矶，一年一度的E3游戏展以穿着暴露的展品模特儿闻名。 H

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NICK: I like the Honda Accord you showed me before. I think it's more practical for my needs. JOHN: Alright, sir. You are making a good choice. Honda has made a lot of design improvements in the new Accord. NICK: What does it come with standard? JOHN

乔布斯传 第446期:回到未来(4)

Both metaphorically and in reality, the translucency connected the inner engineering of the computer to the outer design. 无论是比喻还是现实，这种半透明都把内部的工程学构造和外壳设计联系在了一起。 Jobs had always

乔布斯传 第445期:回到未来(3)

By the next showing Ive had refined the playful model. 在下一次展示之前，艾弗又完善了这个模型。 This time Jobs, with his binary view of the world, raved that he loved it. 这一次，乔布斯带着他那不是杰作就是狗屎的评