By Nathan King New York City 12 July 2007 New York's Coney Island is one of the Big Apple's most visited attractions. Its beach, boardwalk and amusement park have been attracting visitors for more than a century. But its largest theme park -- Astrola

发表于:2019-01-06 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(七月)

今天我们要讲的习惯用语的意思都是谎话。但是谎话多种多样,人们撒谎的程度也轻重不一,在英语中得用不同的词句来表达。我们今天要讲的第一个是: fib。Fib当然不是实话,然而却是无伤大

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This is Richard, and I am back with the first part of a new Astropup serial. In case you have not heard our space-travelling before, You need to know that his comrades are a human called Marlow and a megalomaniac parrot. As ever, Astropup relates his

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 Children’s Stories-儿童故事集

Have you ever seen a parrot in a panic? In this Astropup adventure, the Parrot Major is flapping and fluttering when he learns that a team of ninja cat commandos are plotting to kill him. He suspects the whole world is out to get him. He is not even

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When we last left Astropup, he was flying into the mouth of a giant spaceship shaped like a bird (see Astropup for Freedom). At the centre of the spaceship is a giant tree holding up the nests and families of thousands upon thousands of highly intell

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An icon of New York's Coney Island, the Astroland amusement park, is closing its doors after nearly 50 years. Victoria Cavaliere reports that Astroland's owners and the residents of Coney Island say the shutdown marks the end of an era and also brin

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