British Virgin Islander (plural British Virgin Islanders)
A person from the British Virgin Islands or of descent of the British Virgin Islands.

HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. Today, we play jazz music by a young saxophonist, Hailey Niswanger And answer a question about the history of blue jeans ... But first, we tell about one company's pla

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(269) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2009年(十二)月

The boss of the Virgin group Richard Branson has unveiled his latest adventure project. He plans to explore the deepest parts of the ocean in a high-tech submarine. Virgin Oceanic will conduct five test dives over two years. His team plans to explore

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(187) / 评论(0) 分类 创新英语

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Joe Jutras lives in a small state, Rhode Island, but he thinks big. This year he grew a pumpkin weighing seven hundred sixty kilograms. Joe Jutras and his winner His pumpkin broke the world record

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The Virgin Queen 女王未出嫁 by Matthew Brown Like many historical figures that keep people fascinated, Elizabeth I remains somewhat enigmatic. No one knows the whole truth about the personal aspects of Elizabeth's story. Of course, these things

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(171) / 评论(0) 分类 常春藤解析英语

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the U.S. Virgin Islands so hard. Let's travel there now with NPR's Greg Allen to see how people on the islands are doing. GREG ALLEN, BYLINE: At the beach in Magens Bay, the party is back on. (SOUNDBI

发表于:2018-12-17 / 阅读(128) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台2月

078 The Virgin Mary's child A long time ago there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife. This couple had a daughter. However, they were so poor that they couldn't even feed their daughter. Then one day, while the woodcutter was chopping wood in the fo

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: It's been many months since hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the Virgin Islands, but hospitals there are still recovering. Even now, patients are being flown to the U.S. mainland for certain surgeries and specialized care, as

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LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: The plotline in CW's Jane The Virgin is just a little bit complicated. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, JANE THE VIRGIN) ANTHONY MENDEZ: (As narrator) All right, here we go. As you know, Jane was accidentally artificially insemina

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Gordon Brown has arrived in India for a two-day visit, pledging to forge stronger trade links and cooperate against terrorism. But the fate of Northern Rock continues to dominate his tour. The prime minister denied he's already struck a deal with Si

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 英伦广角

Air NZ and Virgin Blue airlines may become partners to fly across the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand. First, however, the Transport Ministers in both countries have to agree. In 2002, Air NZ and Qantas had talks about becoming partners.

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宛若处女 Like A Virgin--Madonna 麦当娜 她美丽而反叛,她性感而独特,她开辟了一个全新的演绎时代,她每到一处演出必将成为当地的盛事,时至今日,她的穿着举止依然影响着流行文化。没错

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Like the people of any country, the British are given to loudly exclaiming something whenever they are startled; unlike most people, however, the restrictions on the English language that are caused by classic British politeness mean that such phrase

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Now to the Northern Caribbean, where island dwellers have spent a week amid smashed ruins, with no power and reports of fighting over food. The president of France visited St. Barts today, after spending the night on a cot on St. Martin. British fore

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(189) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

Meanwhile, across the Caribbean, at least three dozen people are dead in Irma's wake. Officials are struggling to get aid to the region's islands devastated by what was then a Category 5 storm. In the British Virgin Islands, thousands have no electri

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Finance bosses have agreed to hire more female executives -- or face cuts to their pay. 金融业的老板们同意聘用更多女性高管,否则他们将面临减薪。 The UK biggest banks and insurers -- as well as some leading US banks and inv

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发表于:2019-02-26 / 阅读(187) / 评论(0) 分类 英文摇滚歌曲

本期内容: Britain said it will introduce the worlds first public register of the owners of foreign companies holding property in the country. The move comes in response to growing concern over tax evaders' and money-launderers' use of shell com

发表于:2019-03-04 / 阅读(261) / 评论(0) 分类 夏说英语新闻晨读
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