Washington, D.C. has a complex relationship with graffiti and street art. Local street artist Gobi knows this well. Not long ago, a police officer caught him spraying colorful paint on the side of a building. Gobi did not get permission to put his de

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年VOA慢速英语(七)月

Members of the media gather at the airport where delegates are arriving for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Lima November 21, 2008. [Agencies] SINGAPORE - Airport lounges can ease some of the pain of traveling, and the SUMAQ VIP

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Here's an idea that sounds pretty obvious. Before you spend lots of money on an aid program, wouldn't you want to run a test to make certain the program actually works? If you want to help farmers, should you buy them seeds or just

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今天我们要学的词是flip-flop。 Flip-flop, 有观点、态度突然转变的意思。民主、共和两党总统候选人奥巴马和麦凯恩最近在主要议题上,都发生了态度上的急转弯。 The two sides are trying to stick th

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今天Larry和李华在校园里闲逛,校园里到处都贴满了选举传单。今天李华会学到两个常用语:flip flop和wishy-washy. LL: Hey, Li Hua who do you support for class presiden

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Could a writing robot make novelists obsolete? 机器人作家会让人类小说家失业吗? It might not happen anytime soon, but then again, it might. In Japan, a short novel co-written by an artificial intelligence program (its co-author is hum

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