The Open Boat by Stephen Crane, Part Two We continue the story of The Open Boat by Stephen Crane. As we told you last week, the story is based on true events. In eighteen ninety-six, Crane was traveling to Cuba as a news reporter. On his way there, h

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(十)月

California has an awareness day that all countries around the world should have. It is Drowsy Driver Awareness Day and it happens on April 6 every year. Its aim is to raise awareness of the dangers of driving your car (or riding your motorcycle) for

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spinning one's wheel re-inventing the wheel 在今天的节目里我们再来给大家讲解两个由轮子,也就是wheel这个字组成的习惯用语。我们已经学过:at the wheel,就是开车

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A crane and a crow made a league on oath,providing that the crane should protect the crow against other birds,and that the crow should foretell the future,so that the crane could be on her guard.After this,they flew as usual into the fields

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A wolf was eating his supper one day when a bone stuck in his throat.Choking and coughing,he howled about the countryside asking every animal he met to help him.There's a good reward for anyone who can save me,he spluttered.A crane heard ab

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A peacock,spreading its gorgeous plumage,mocked a cranethat passed by,ridiculing the ashen hue of its feathers,I am robed,like a king,in gold and purple,looking as splendid as the rainbow;while you have not a bit of colour on your win

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