The Cat’s Diary

My 1) captors continue to 2) taunt me with bizarre little 3) dangling objects. They dine 4) lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope

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That pottery can be dated, and so tell you the date of the city itself. By dating the pottery of all the settlements along the ancient lost branches of the Nile, that will tell you when each settlement was inhabited. And therefore, when that particu

66. The Cat and the Saucer

An antiques collector was passing a small shop when he noticed a cat on the sidewalk out front, licking milk from a saucer. The man immediately realized the saucer was very old and valuable. He steppe

鹅妈妈童谣 31 Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat

PUSSY-CAT AND QUEEN Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, Where have you been? Ive been to London To look at the Queen. Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, What did you there? I frightened a little mouse Under the chair.

VOA标准英语2008年-Pakistani Network Broadcasts Rare Interview of

A Pakistani television network has broadcast a rare interview with the top al-Qaida commander in Afghanistan. From Islamabad, Barry Newhouse reports Geo News says its interview with Mustafa Abu Yazid, an Egyptian, took place a few days ago in Afghan

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And you sometimes need to be shocked out of that. 而有的时候我们需要把这种感觉抖掉。 Now I'm not going to pretend that this is easy. It isn't easy. It's incredibly painful. 现在我不想假装这是件容易的事情。这并不容易

2007年VOA标准英语-Iraqi PM Meets With Shi'ites to Quell Political

By Jim Randle Irbil, Iraq 05 September 2007 Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with the country's Shi'ite religious leaderWednesday to discuss a political impasse that resulted inhalf of his cabinet quitting. VOA's Jim Randle reports from nort

VOA标准英语2010年-Historic Fish Market Goes Green

Workers at Seattle's Pike Place look for sustainable sources of seafood Ann Dornfeld | Seattle, Washington 14 July 2010 Photo: VOA - A. Dornfeld Customers at Pike Place Fish Market are finding a different selection of seafood now that the stall is go

2007年VOA标准英语-Pakistani Police Battle Religious Militants in

By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 04 July 2007 Pakistani security forces say time is running out for more than 1,000 militants inside Islamabad's radical Lal Masjid or Red Mosque. Powerful blasts and machine gunfire could be heard around the mosque througho

"Risky" Boll converted to Volkswagen final

GUANGZHOU, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Germany's world No.1 table tennis player Timo Boll moved one step closer to retaining the Volkswagen Cup title here on Wednesday. Boll came back from 2 games down against Japan' s Jun Mizutani in their semi-final encou

The Cat and the Saucer

An antiques collector was passing a small shop when he noticed a cat on the sidewalk out front, licking milk from a saucer. The man immediately realized the saucer was very old and valuable. He stepped into the shop with an uninterested look and aske

Dead Cat

Jim let his dog out to relieve himself late one night. He watched some TV, and then remembered to let the dog back in. When he opened the door, he was shocked at what he saw! In his dog's mouth was his neighbor's cat, dead! Bad dog! BAD DOG! said the

The Cat and the Cock

A cat caught a cock，and took counsel with himeself how he might find a reasonable excuse for eating him．He accused him of being a nuisance to men，by crowing in the night time，and not permitting them to sleep．The cock defended himself by say

The Cook and the Cat

A certain cook，rather more educated than his fellows，went from his kitchen one day to a neighbouring tavernhe was of a serious turn of mind，and on that day he celebrated the anniversary of a friend's death－leaving a cat at home，to guard his

The Young Man and the Cat

Once upon a time there was a sleek tabby cat．She lived in a small house in the town with a handsome young man．He was always very kind to her．He gave her milk to drink and pieces of fresh fish and meat to eat．He let her play in the garden duri

Dick and His Cat

Dick and His Cat I Once there was a boy called Dick. He was very poor: his father and mother were dead and he had no friends to help him. One day he heard some men speaking: one man said, I shall go to London, for London is a very big city, and its s

The Old Cat

An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth an

The Cat and the Bell thecatandthebell

There were many mice in a house. The man of the house got a cat. The cat killed many of the mice. Then the oldest mouse said, All mice must come to my hole tonight, and we will think what we can do about this cat.' All the mice came. Many mice spoke,

VOA标准英语2009-Pakistani Tribesmen Rise Up Against Taliban

Top Pakistani and U.S. officials have repeatedly declared there is a major change in the public mood against Taliban militants in Pakistan. In what could be the latest evidence of that sentiment, hundreds of armed Pakistani tribesman are attacking T

CCTV9英语新闻：Pakistani companies to benefit from bilateral economic relations with China

The China-Pakistan Year of Friendly Exchanges was launched in Beijing on Monday. China and Pakistan say this will engender huge opportunities in trade from both nations. CCTVs Tang Bo finds out what it means for Pakistani companies wanting to do busi