英语博客-北美风情 41、Interview: Marcus is on the sp

图片1 We want to introduce you to more of our friends in Montreal! In this episode, Harp chats with Marcus about his travels, learning languages and coming to Montreal. He speaks 4 languages and has a tour company for international students. Check

英语博客-北美风情 42、Culture: Kisses In Canada

图片1 Everywhere around the world there are different customs for greeting. Here in Montreal you can often see people kissing each other on the cheeks. So what is normal here? And what is normal for Canada? In this episode, Robin and Harp kiss and

英语博客-北美风情 60、Jewelry Designer Sheena Purcel

图片1 Wed like to introduce Sheena Purcell to you. She is a new friend of ours at Culips and she is super talented. In this Chatterbox episode, Sheena tells us a little bit about her experience as a jewelry designer and how she decided to start mak

英语博客-北美风情 67、Expression: Rain check

图片1 The expression rain check in this episode has a few different meanings. The first one is described in the transcript below. And of course is connected to rain. Another kind of rain check is used in a story. And another one is used when people

英语博客-北美风情 69、White lies vs. brutal honesty

图片1 Sometimes we dont want to be rude and so we need to tell a little white lie. Other times it may be important to be completely honest, and this is called brutal honesty. When is it OK to tell a white lie and when is it necessary to be brutally

访谈录 2014-10-23&10-25 前美国疾控中心主任谈防埃博拉病毒

When you record doctor B because your heard R asked D there, she was wearing all of the protective gill you suppose to. This gonna be alarming for a lot of people who say she was doing everything right but still got it. It is difficult to do all thes

VOA标准英语2013--聚焦华盛顿: 聚焦伊朗核问题和美国退伍军人周

Washington Week: Focus on Iran Nukes, US Veterans 聚焦华盛顿: 聚焦伊朗核问题和美国退伍军人周 WASHINGTON The coming days likely will bring extensive commentary from Capitol Hill on the latest round of international negotiations ove

VOA常速英语2013--美国捐赠丘吉尔雕像向这位伟人致敬

US Honors Churchill With Statue Dedication 美国捐赠丘吉尔雕像向这位伟人致敬 WASHINGTON The late Winston Churchill, who as prime minister led Great Britain through World War II, has been honored with a new statue at the U.S. Capitol. T

VOA常速英语2013--国安局间谍活动使美国-欧盟贸易对话复杂化

NSA Spying Could Complicate US-Europe Trade Talks 国安局间谍活动使美国-欧盟贸易对话复杂化 WASHINGTON Allegations that the U.S. National Security Agency collected millions of phone records across the Atlantic and tapped cell phone c

VOA常速英语2013--聚焦华盛顿: 关注美国政府关闭,美国债务上限

Washington Week: All Eyes on Government Shutdown, US Debt Ceiling 聚焦华盛顿: 关注美国政府关闭,美国债务上限 WASHINGTON A partial U.S. government shutdown is heading into a second week with no end in sight. Partisan rhetoric in Wash

音乐咖啡厅:Home Sweet Home美国偶像第八季选手告别曲

在美国偶像第八季TOP13总决选结果宣布现场，当两位选手被主持人宣布淘汰时，回顾片段播放的时候响起了一首歌，通常被作为是美国偶像本季的选手告别曲，这首歌是由前美国偶像冠军Carrie Underwood 为配合节目特别录制的，翻唱自Motley Crue的同名曲目Home Sweet Home。

VOA双语新闻 - 美国提前投票情况似有利于民主党

Election officials in several closely-contested states say Democrats are turning out to vote early in greater numbers than Republicans. With 34 states allowing voters to go to the polls in person before election day, experts estimate that up to 30 pe

VOA双语新闻 - 美国北韩达成一致恢复执行核协议

The United States has reached an agreement with North Korea to resume implementation of the six-party accord to end that country's nuclear weapons program. The Bush administration said Saturday it is removing North Korea from its list of state sponso

VOA双语新闻 - 美国仔细研究北韩对会谈的新立场

The State Department says the Bush administration is engaged in a careful study of North Korea's latest position on the six-party nuclear talks, as conveyed to a senior U.S. envoy late last week. Another top U.S. diplomat is still in the region consu

VOA双语新闻 - 布什欢迎美国奥运代表团访问白宫

President George Bush welcomed the U.S. Olympic team to the White House Tuesday for a celebration of its accomplishments at the Beijing Olympics. Hundreds of athletes traveled to Washington for the event. 美国总统布什星期二在白宫欢迎美国

VOA双语新闻 - 美国告诫叙利亚勿干预黎巴嫩事务

The United States is cautioning Syria against new intervention in Lebanon following a terrorist attack in Damascus late last month that Syria has blamed on Lebanon-based militants. U.S. officials say they have been monitoring Syrian military activity

VOA双语新闻 - 赖斯赞扬美国大选为世界树立榜样

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the U.S. presidential election held on November 4 was an example for the world in how a nation can overcome internal differences. Rice spoke at the 15th anniversary of the James Baker Institute for Public

VOA双语新闻：格鲁吉亚请求美国调停格俄冲突

Georgia says it has ordered its troops in the breakaway region of South Ossetia to cease fire, after withdrawing its troops from South Ossetia's capital. There was no direct response from Russia to Georgia's offer to negotiate an end to three days of

VOA双语新闻：美国游泳队力争北京奥运更显辉煌

U.S. swimmers had great success at the Athens Olympics four years ago. But they did even better at last year's World Championships in Melbourne, so there are high hopes for a big medal haul in Beijing. 美国游泳选手4年前在雅典奥运会上取得

VOA双语新闻：美国游泳名将跻身于奥运精英行列

In Beijing, American Michael Phelps has won his third swimming event in as many days, to tie the record for most career Olympic gold medals. Phelps now has nine in his impressive collection. The U.S. swimmer is nearly certain to surpass that total. 美