By Katherine Cole Washington 22 February 2008 Many acoustic bluegrass music fans are leary of the words contemporary and modern, preferring to listen only to songs that stick to the traditional style invented by Bill Monroe in the 1940s. These fans d

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(二月)

A man was walking along the beach and found a bottle. He looked around and didn't see anyone so he opened it. A genie (妖怪)appeared and thanked the man for letting him out. The genie said, For your kindness I will grant you a wish,but only one -

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Several oil and gas facilities in the Gulf of Mexico have resumed operations following Hurricane Katrina. However, an industry analyst says the full extent of damage to generating facilities is still unknown. 美国墨西哥湾地区的几个炼油厂在

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马路上丹尼尔对盲道感到新奇,经过妈妈对盲人专用设备的解说,他明白了很多,也试着触摸盲文,可是他却什么也没感觉到。 Listen Read Learn Daniel: Mom, the road is so strange! It is different from the common roads. Mom: Oh, it was done for the blinds. They

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By Kurt Achin Seoul 06 November 2007 A senior U.S. envoy who spent this weekend in North Korea says authorities there are cooperating in the process of disabling the country's nuclear facilities. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, the shutdown i

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BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- China has vowed to increase the nation's expanse of public sporting areas to 1.5 square meters per head of population by 2015, according to a five-year plan released on Monday. Under the plan drafted by the National Devel

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