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by Mignon Fogarty Today we turn to run-on sentences. I bet a lot of you think that run-on sentences are just really long sentences that go on and on like the Energizer bunny. But actually, run-on sentences are sentences that lack punctuation; they ca

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(321) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is the complex-compound sentence. Guest writer Sal Glynn writes: Most writers worth their fingertip calluses begin as avid readers. We read books, magazines, and websites indiscriminately until we start to notice the w

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Electronics Show Displays Newest Gadgets CES国际消费电子展展示新奇玩意儿 Thousands of people were in the American state of Nevada earlier this month for the Consumer Electronics Show. The CES is the worlds biggest show for electronic de

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(268) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(一)月

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: A listener, Akbar Gandi in Iran, is asking for an explanation of countable and uncountable nouns and the difference between a name and a noun. RS: English teacher Lida Baker has t

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Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the bottom part of an unknown pyramid in the Sakkara area about 18 miles south of Cairo. NationalGeographic explorer-in-residence Dr. Zahi Hawass, the Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Anti

发表于:2018-12-30 / 阅读(346) / 评论(0) 分类 国家地理2008年

Grammar Girl here. Today, Julie Wildhaber, who trains writers and editors at Yahoo!, will explain a few strategies for keeping copy compact and for getting rid of deadwood: words and phrases that add length but not value. The podcast edition of this

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(373) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how to format questions. You think you already know this, don't you? I wonder if you're right. Everybody knows how write a plain vanilla question: What's new? They're called direct questions. But there are trickier

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Supplement: Some Useful Sentences on Transport Insurance 有关装运和保险的常用语句 (1) We have been put to considerable inconvenience by the long delay in delivery. We must insist on immediate delivery, otherwise we shall be compelled to c

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By Lisa Bryant Ivry-sur-Seine, France 24 July 2006 Church attendance in Europe has been steadily decreasing in recent decades. Traditional Protestant and Roman Catholic churches have a hard time drawing in new members, particularly young people. But

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(409) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年VOA标准英语(七月)

Syrian Forces Attack Demonstrators Near Turkish Border Mourners across Syria laid to rest the bodies of dozens of people killed when government forces fired on anti-government demonstrators, and military units are continuing their crackdown against t

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World leaders are set to wrap up a three-day summit at the United Nations with a declaration of goals for U.N. reform and global poverty alleviation. The gathering has produced hundreds of speeches, and a few hopeful developments. 世界各国领导人

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(308) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 Bilingual News

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the bottom part of an unknown pyramid in the Sakkara area about 18 miles south of Cairo. National Geographic explorer-in-residence Dr. Zahi Hawass, the Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Anti

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69 促使切尼副总统心脏跳动的机械装置 DATE=7-17-01 TITLE=SCIENCE IN THE NEWS #2133 - Heart Devices BYLINE=Jerilyn Watson VOICE ONE: This is Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember

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Consumer Electronics Show 国际消费类电子产品展 No.1: Einstein Alive Again? 爱因斯坦复活了? No.2: Another Reason for Staying in Bed 赖床有了新理由 No.3: Diamond Is So Obsolete 订婚买钻石真是太没新意了 No.4: The 1s

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By VOA News 04 July 2007 Britain has lowered its national security level from its highest level, critical to severe, indicating that authorities no longer believe a terrorist attack is imminent. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said the action does not m

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Mari: Hi, this is Mari. I'm here with Ron. Today, we'll talk about types of entertainment and how often we do these things. Let's first start with watching TV. Ron, how often do you watch TV? Ron: Usually I watch TV every day. I don't watch TV very l

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By Barry Newhouse Irbil 10 June 2007 Traveling Iraq's highways is a perilous undertaking, and few understand the risks as well as the country's truckers. It is a job where ambushes are expected and breakdowns can be deadly. But one group of trucker

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As CES, the biggest electronics trade show in the America kicks off this week in Las Vegas, US TV makers will be doing their best to convince consumers to press pause on HD television, and make room in their place for Ultra HD television. It's the la

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(277) / 评论(0) 分类 英闻天下

This year, TV makers are doing their best to give huge-screen fanatics more breathing room. New ultrahigh-definition sets were shown off Monday by LG Electronics, Sharp, Sony and Samsung Electronics at the international CES gadget show in Las Vegas.

发表于:2019-02-14 / 阅读(540) / 评论(0) 分类 英闻天下

Maroon 5经典献唱CES大会 Maroon 5献唱在拉斯维加斯举办的2013年度CES(国际消费电子)大会,现场带来经典歌曲《This Love》~在仅用木吉他和键盘的伴奏下,这次Adam的嗓音更加的有特色。有木有觉得最

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get someone off
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Internet Hunt
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